General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at Portland State University

If you are interested in studying general human resources management/personnel administration, you may want to check out the program at Portland State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 23,640 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 161 HR management majors received their bachelor's degree from Portland State University.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration section at the bottom of this page.

Portland State University General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR Management

Portland State University General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The HR management major at Portland State University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration. 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
	50
	129
	166
	312

HR Management Student Demographics at Portland State University

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

Portland State University General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Bachelor’s Program

The HR management program at Portland State University awarded 161 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 35% of these degrees went to men with the other 65% going to women. The typical HR management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% men. So male students are more repesented at Portland State University since its program graduates 12% more men than 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 management.

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 management. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That HR Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in HR management 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.