General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at Western Michigan University

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

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 22,562. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 63 students received a bachelor's degree in HR management from WMU.

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.

WMU General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR Management

WMU General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the HR management progam at WMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The HR management major at WMU 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 Popular General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Most Popular General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Schools	59
Best General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Schools	143
Most Focused General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Schools	277

HR Management Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 63 students earned a bachelor's degree in HR management from WMU. About 78% of these graduates were women and the other 22% were men.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR management at WMU 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 Western Michigan University with a bachelor's in HR management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	52
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Human Resources Development

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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Human Resources Specialists	16,500	$62,470
Training and Development Specialists	6,010	$61,090
Human Resources Managers	3,720	$115,780
Labor Relations Specialists	3,620	$72,320
Business Professors	2,350	$107,140

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.