Human Resource Management at Wayne State University

If you plan to study human resource management, take a look at what Wayne State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and approximately 26,241 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,088 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wayne State University in 2021, 186 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.

Wayne State Human Resource Management Degrees Available

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

Wayne State Human Resource Management Rankings

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

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 Wayne State 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
	22
	61
	115
	117
	203
	216
	226
	249
	456

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in HR from Wayne State. This makes it the #150 most popular school for HR master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do HR Graduates from Wayne State Make?

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wayne State is $43,409. This is less than $43,491, which is the national average of all HR majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

HR Student Demographics at Wayne State

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

Wayne State Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of HR bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Wayne State since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR at Wayne State 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 Wayne State University with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	116
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Wayne State Human Resource Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students graduated with a master's degree in HR from Wayne State. About 15% were men and 85% were women.

Of the students who received a HR master's degree from Wayne State, 62% 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 Wayne State University with a master's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Wayne State 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 Wayne State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Organizational Behavior Studies	180
Labor & Industrial Relations	19

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Management Information Systems
• Accounting
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing

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 MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Human Resources Specialists	16,500	$62,470
Training and Development Specialists	6,010	$61,090
Human Resources Managers	3,720	$115,780
Labor Relations Specialists	3,620	$72,320
Business Professors	2,350	$107,140

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 Del arte under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.