Graduate Certificates in Human Resource Management

Among those who recently graduated from the schools offering this degree, the majority were women, and 44% were students from underrepresented racial-ethnic groups. Also, 1.9% of HR graduates were international students.

Education Levels of HR Majors

In 2020-2021, 2,089 graduate certificates were awarded to HR majors. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in HR at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	11,722
Master’s Degree	9,750
Basic Certificate	3,373
Graduate Certificate	2,089
Associate Degree	1,096
Undergraduate Certificate	479
Doctor’s Degree	278

Earnings of HR Majors With Graduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding a graduate certificate in HR is $46,095. This number may vary for a lot of reasons. For instance, you may decide to move to a location where people with your degree are rare and make more money. A better approximation of salary is to look at the typical range of salaries. In this case the low is $46,095 and the high is $46,095.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding a graduate certificate in HR is $20,894. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $21,385 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $20,353.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their graduate certificate in HR. About 75.1% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	520
Women	1,569

The racial-ethnic distribution of HR graduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	90
Black or African American	493
Hispanic or Latino	257
White	917
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	293

HR Concentrations

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Resources Management	1,319
Human Resources Development	327
Organizational Behavior Studies	232
Other Human Resources Management	115
Labor Studies	49

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors that are similar to HR that offer graduate certificates.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	5,948
Management Sciences & Methods	2,275
Finance & Financial Management	1,197
Accounting	1,091
Entrepreneurial Studies	731

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Image Credit: By Arunkumar Umapathy under License

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