General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at Western Michigan University

Every general human resources management/personnel administration school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the HR management program at Western Michigan University stacks up to those at other schools.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and approximately 19,887 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 students received a bachelor's degree in HR management from WMU.

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.

WMU General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR Management

WMU General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the HR management progam at WMU 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 management major at WMU 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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HR Management Student Demographics at WMU

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

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

Of the 53 HR management students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from WMU, about 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical HR management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% men. So male students are more repesented at WMU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR management at WMU 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 Michigan University with a bachelor's in HR management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	39
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

WMU also has a doctoral program available in HR management. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Human Resources Development

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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan 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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.