Human Resource Management at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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 University of Alabama at Birmingham stacks up to those at other schools.

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 22,563. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in HR from UAB.

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.

UAB Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

UAB Human Resource Management Rankings

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

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 UAB 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
	89
	143
	188
	209
	239
	296

HR Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 31 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management from UAB in 2020-2021, 19% were men and 81% were women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR at UAB are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UAB 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Alabama at Birmingham. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	31

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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
• Image Credit: By Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.