Human Resource Management at Oakwood University

What traits are you looking for in a HR school? To help you decide if Oakwood University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's HR program.

Oakwood is located in Huntsville, Alabama and has a total student population of 1,374. In 2021, 21 HR majors received their bachelor's degree from Oakwood.

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.

Oakwood Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

Online Classes Are Available at Oakwood

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.

Oakwood does offer online education options in HR for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Oakwood Human Resource Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks HR programs across the country. The following shows how Oakwood 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 Oakwood 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
	10
	30
	37
	76
	130
	276

HR Student Demographics at Oakwood

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

Oakwood Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management from Oakwood in 2020-2021, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Oakwood since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 Oakwood University with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Organizational Behavior Studies	21

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Accounting
• Finance & Financial Management
• Business Administration & Management
• Management Information Systems

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 AL, the home state for Oakwood University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Human Resources Specialists	5,350	$60,660
Training and Development Specialists	2,330	$60,280
Human Resources Managers	1,280	$105,190
Labor Relations Specialists	1,010	$42,590
Business Professors	840	$98,110

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.