General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at Western Governors University

If you plan to study general human resources management/personnel administration, take a look at what Western Governors University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration section at the bottom of this page.

WGU General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR Management

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, WGU does offer online courses in HR management for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

WGU General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Rankings

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

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 management major at WGU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration. 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
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	1
	2
	3
	9
	10
	11
	36
	179

HR Management Student Demographics at WGU

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

WGU General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 926 students earned a bachelor's degree in HR management from WGU. About 80% of these graduates were women and the other 20% were men.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR management 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 management.

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 management. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That HR Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in HR management 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.