Human Resource Management at Excelsior College

If you are interested in studying human resource management, you may want to check out the program at Excelsior College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Excelsior College is located in Albany, New York and approximately 21,974 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in HR from Excelsior College.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Human Resource Management section at the bottom of this page.

Excelsior College Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR
• Master’s Degree in HR

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior College

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Excelsior College offers distance education options for HR at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Excelsior College Human Resource Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks HR programs across the country. The following shows how Excelsior College performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The HR major at Excelsior College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Human Resource Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	17
	55
	116
	149
	186
	301
	347

In 2021, 59 students received their master’s degree in HR from Excelsior College. This makes it the #45 most popular school for HR master’s degree candidates in the country.

HR Student Demographics at Excelsior College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the HR majors at Excelsior College.

Excelsior College Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in HR from Excelsior College in 2021, 22% were men and 78% were women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR at Excelsior College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its HR bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Excelsior College with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Excelsior College Human Resource Management Master’s Program

Of the 59 students who graduated with a master’s in HR from Excelsior College in 2021, 59% were men and 41% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in HR each year. Excelsior College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 32% more men than average.

In the HR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 51% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Excelsior College with a master's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Excelsior College also has a doctoral program available in HR. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Excelsior College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	61
Other Human Resources Management and Services	7

Related Majors

• Telecommunications Management
• Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• Finance & Financial Management
• General Business/Commerce

Careers That HR Grads May Go Into

A degree in HR can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Excelsior College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Human Resources Specialists	41,300	$75,650
Training and Development Specialists	23,500	$69,910
Human Resources Managers	10,230	$150,280
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	8,810	$76,680

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Snowy Brooklyn College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.