Human Resource Management at Concordia University, Chicago

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

Concordia University, Chicago is located in River Forest, Illinois and approximately 6,491 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received a bachelor's degree in HR from Concordia University, Chicago.

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.

Concordia University, Chicago Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

Online Classes Are Available at Concordia University, Chicago

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Concordia University, Chicago does offer online courses in HR for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Concordia University, Chicago Human Resource Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks HR programs across the country. The following shows how Concordia University, Chicago performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The HR major at Concordia University, Chicago 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
	9
Most Focused Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools	37
Most Focused Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	155

How Much Do HR Graduates from Concordia University, Chicago Make?

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at Concordia University, Chicago is $74,135. This is 70% higher than $43,491, which is the national average for all HR bachelor's degree recipients.

HR Student Demographics at Concordia University, Chicago

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the HR majors at Concordia University, Chicago.

Concordia University, Chicago Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management from Concordia University, Chicago in 2020-2021, 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Concordia University, Chicago since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its HR bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Concordia University, Chicago with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concordia University, Chicago also has a doctoral program available in HR. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• Business/Corporate Communications
• Accounting
• Marketing

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 IL, the home state for Concordia University, Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Human Resources Specialists	24,540	$62,410
Human Resources Managers	9,960	$119,160
Training and Development Specialists	9,700	$64,790
Labor Relations Specialists	5,400	$58,620
Business Professors	4,030	$107,910

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 Jeangagnon under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.