Human Resource Management at Portland State University

Every human resource management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the HR program at Portland State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 23,640 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,258 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Portland State University in 2021, 161 of them were human resource management majors.

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.

Portland State University Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

Portland State University Human Resource Management Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The HR major at Portland State University 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
	11
	165
	170
	229

Earnings of Portland State University HR Graduates

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at Portland State University is $44,051. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $43,491 for all HR bachelor's degree recipients.

HR Student Demographics at Portland State University

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

Portland State University Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 161 HR students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Portland State University, about 35% were men and 65% were women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Portland State University since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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 Portland State University with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	79
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Portland State University 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

The following HR concentations are available at Portland State University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Portland State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	161

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Taxation
• Real Estate
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Finance & Financial 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 OR, the home state for Portland State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Human Resources Specialists	6,790	$62,640
Training and Development Specialists	3,550	$65,740
Human Resources Managers	2,290	$104,110
Labor Relations Specialists	1,130	$85,820
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	810	$69,110

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
• Image Credit: By Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.