Human Resource Management at Houston Baptist University

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

HBU is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 3,963 students attend the school each year.

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.

HBU Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in HR

Online Classes Are Available at HBU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

• Master’s Degree

HBU Human Resource Management Rankings

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HR Student Demographics at HBU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the HR majors at Houston Baptist University.

HBU Human Resource Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students graduated with a master's degree in HR from HBU. About 21% were men and 79% were women.

In the HR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 68% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	8
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Houston Baptist University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	47

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business
• Finance & Financial Management
• Accounting
• Marketing

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 TX, the home state for Houston Baptist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Human Resources Specialists	47,880	$67,190
Training and Development Specialists	24,230	$65,960
Human Resources Managers	8,210	$128,310
Business Professors	6,060	$110,450
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	5,800	$68,990

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 LUSportsFan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.