Human Resource Management at Vanderbilt University

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

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 13,537.

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.

Vanderbilt Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in HR

Vanderbilt Human Resource Management Rankings

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HR Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Human Resource Management Master’s Program

Of the 36 HR students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Vanderbilt, about 47% were men and 53% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in HR each year. Vanderbilt does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 20% more men than average.

Of the students who received a HR master's degree from Vanderbilt, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Vanderbilt University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Organizational Behavior Studies	36

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial Management
• Accounting
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing
• Business Administration & 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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Human Resources Specialists	12,190	$58,700
Training and Development Specialists	5,280	$59,460
Business Professors	2,540	$78,220
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	1,880	$59,150
Training and Development Managers	1,110	$97,980

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 Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.