Human Resource Management at Western Governors University

What traits are you looking for in a HR school? To help you decide if Western Governors University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's HR program.

WGU is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 147,866 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 926 HR majors received their bachelor's degree from WGU.

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.

WGU Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

Online Classes Are Available at WGU

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? WGU offers distance education options for HR at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

WGU Human Resource Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the HR progam at WGU 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 WGU 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
	1
	2
	2
	3
	10
	14
	22
	23
	58
	86
	246

HR Student Demographics at WGU

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

WGU Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 926 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in HR from WGU in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR at WGU 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 Western Governors University with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	76
Hispanic or Latino	89
White	622
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	115

WGU 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Governors University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	926

Related Majors

• General Sales & Marketing
• Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• Accounting
• 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 UT, the home state for Western Governors University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Human Resources Specialists	6,030	$56,960
Training and Development Specialists	4,790	$54,480
Human Resources Managers	1,340	$104,440
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	770	$75,270
Business Professors	770	$96,460

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.