Human Resource Management at Houghton College

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

Houghton is located in Houghton, New York and has a total student population of 902. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in HR from Houghton.

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.

Houghton Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

Houghton Human Resource Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the HR progam at Houghton compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Houghton 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
	66
	123
	190
	217
	262
	278
	319
	451
	457
	517

HR Student Demographics at Houghton

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

Houghton Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management from Houghton in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Houghton since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR at Houghton are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

Houghton 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

If you plan to be a HR major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Houghton College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	4
Human Resources Development	3

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management

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 Houghton 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 college under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.