Human Resource Management at Excelsior College

If you are interested in studying human resource management, you may want to check out the program at Excelsior College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Excelsior College is located in Albany, New York and has a total student population of 30,008.

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.

Excelsior College Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in HR

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior College

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

• Master’s Degree

Excelsior College Human Resource Management 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.

HR Student Demographics at Excelsior College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the HR majors at Excelsior College.

Excelsior College Human Resource Management Master’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 68 students graduated with a master's degree in HR from Excelsior College. About 66% were men and 34% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in HR each year. Excelsior College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 37% more men than average.

In the HR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Excelsior College with a master's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Excelsior College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Human Resources Management and Services	57
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	11

Related Majors

• Telecommunications Management
• Accounting
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• General Business/Commerce

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 NY, the home state for Excelsior College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Human Resources Specialists	41,300	$75,650
Training and Development Specialists	23,500	$69,910
Human Resources Managers	10,230	$150,280
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	8,810	$76,680

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 Snowy Brooklyn College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.