Human Resource Management at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and approximately 50,411 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,978 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University - New Brunswick in 2021, 457 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.

Rutgers New Brunswick Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR
• Master’s Degree in HR

Rutgers New Brunswick Human Resource Management Rankings

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

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 major at Rutgers New Brunswick 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
	2
	5
	21
	38
	40
	74
	77
	83
	118
	165
	167
	326

In 2021, 144 students received their master’s degree in HR from Rutgers New Brunswick. This makes it the #12 most popular school for HR master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in HR, making the school the #21 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Rutgers New Brunswick HR Graduates

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rutgers New Brunswick is $45,522. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $43,491 for all HR bachelor's degree recipients.

HR Student Demographics at Rutgers New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 457 students earned a bachelor's degree in HR from Rutgers New Brunswick. About 59% of these graduates were women and the other 41% were men. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Rutgers New Brunswick since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	65
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	99
White	140
International Students	100
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Rutgers New Brunswick Human Resource Management Master’s Program

Of the 144 students who graduated with a master’s in HR from Rutgers New Brunswick in 2021, 39% were men and 61% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in HR each year. Rutgers New Brunswick does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

In the HR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	48
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Rutgers New Brunswick 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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	447
Labor & Industrial Relations	154

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Accounting
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business Administration & Management
• 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 NJ, the home state for Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Human Resources Specialists	17,510	$75,360
Training and Development Specialists	6,590	$74,760
Human Resources Managers	4,100	$169,040
Labor Relations Specialists	3,640	$117,470
Business Professors	2,510	$111,740

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 Zampromote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.