General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at George Washington University

If you are interested in studying general human resources management/personnel administration, you may want to check out the program at George Washington University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 28,172 students attend the school each year.

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.

GWU General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in HR Management
• Doctorate Degree in HR Management

Online Classes Are Available at GWU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GWU offers distance education options for HR management at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

GWU General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

There were 22 students who received their doctoral degrees in HR management, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

HR Management Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Master’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 61 HR management majors earned their master's degree from GWU. Of these graduates, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a HR management master's degree from GWU, 59% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	36
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Human Resources Development
• Organizational Behavior Studies

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Human Resources Specialists	7,270	$93,880
Training and Development Specialists	1,890	$76,690
Human Resources Managers	1,540	$162,410
Business Professors	640	$115,320
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	540	$88,400

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.