Human Resource Management at Athens State University

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

Athens State University is located in Athens, Alabama and has a total student population of 3,044. In 2019, 25 HR majors received their bachelor's degree from Athens State University.

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.

Athens State University Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

Online Classes Are Available at Athens State University

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? Athens State University offers distance education options for HR at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Athens State University Human Resource Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the HR progam at Athens State University 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 Athens State University 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
Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Most Focused Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Schools	80
Most Popular Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110
Most Focused Human Resource Management Schools	141
Best Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	167
Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools	229
Best Human Resource Management Schools	273

Earnings of Athens State University HR Graduates

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at Athens State University is $35,500. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $42,900 for all HR students.

HR Student Demographics at Athens State University

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

Athens State University Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 25 HR majors earned their bachelor's degree from Athens State University. Of these graduates, 4% were men and 96% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR at Athens State University 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 Athens State University with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Athens State University also has a doctoral program available in HR. In 2019, 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Athens State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	25

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• 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 AL, the home state for Athens State University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Human Resources Specialists	5,350	$60,660
Training and Development Specialists	2,330	$60,280
Human Resources Managers	1,280	$105,190
Labor Relations Specialists	1,010	$42,590
Business Professors	840	$98,110

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 Dpepper73 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.