Labor & Industrial Relations at SUNY Empire State College

If you plan to study labor and industrial relations, take a look at what SUNY Empire State College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SUNY Empire is located in Saratoga Springs, New York and has a total student population of 10,724. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in labor relations from SUNY Empire.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Labor & Industrial Relations section at the bottom of this page.

SUNY Empire Labor & Industrial Relations Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Labor Relations
• Bachelor’s Degree in Labor Relations

Online Classes Are Available at SUNY Empire

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SUNY Empire offers distance education options for labor relations at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

SUNY Empire Labor & Industrial Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the labor relations progam at SUNY Empire 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 labor relations major at SUNY Empire is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Labor & Industrial Relations. 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.

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Labor Relations Student Demographics at SUNY Empire

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the labor relations majors at SUNY Empire State College.

SUNY Empire Labor & Industrial Relations Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 91% of labor relations associate's degrees went to men and 9% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in labor relations only graduates about 44% men each year. The program at SUNY Empire may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 47% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in labor relations at SUNY Empire are white. Around 52% fell into this category, which is typical for this degree. SUNY Empire does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in labor relations graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SUNY Empire State College with a associate's in labor relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	67
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

SUNY Empire Labor & Industrial Relations Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 labor relations majors earned their bachelor's degree from SUNY Empire. Of these graduates, 74% were men and 26% were women. The typical labor relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Empire since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in labor relations at SUNY Empire are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SUNY Empire State College with a bachelor's in labor relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SUNY Empire also has a doctoral program available in labor relations. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Labor Studies

Careers That Labor Relations Grads May Go Into

A degree in labor relations can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for SUNY Empire State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Human Resources Managers	10,230	$150,280
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Labor Relations Specialists	7,890	$85,870

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 DanielPenfield under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.