General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at Portland State University

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

Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and has a total student population of 25,711. Of the 1,210 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Portland State University in 2019, 148 of them were general human resources management/personnel administration majors.

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.

Portland State University General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR Management

Portland State University General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the HR management progam at Portland State University 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 Portland State University 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
Most Focused General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71
Most Focused General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Schools	182

HR Management Student Demographics at Portland State University

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

Portland State University General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Bachelor’s Program

The HR management program at Portland State University awarded 148 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 62% going to women. The typical HR management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Portland State University since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR management at Portland 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 Portland State University with a bachelor's in HR management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	79
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Portland State University also has a doctoral program available in HR management. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Human Resources Management and Services

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 OR, the home state for Portland State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Human Resources Specialists	6,790	$62,640
Training and Development Specialists	3,550	$65,740
Human Resources Managers	2,290	$104,110
Labor Relations Specialists	1,130	$85,820
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	810	$69,110

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 Visitor7 under License

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