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Human Resource Management at Eastern Illinois University

Human Resource Management at Eastern Illinois University

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

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and has a total student population of 8,626.

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.

EIU Human Resource Management Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in HR

EIU Human Resource Management Rankings

HR Student Demographics at EIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the hr majors at Eastern Illinois University.

EIU Human Resource Management Master’s Program

75% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of hr master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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Of the students who received a hr master's degree from EIU, 75% 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 Eastern Illinois University with a master's in hr.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Human Resource Management

If you plan to be a hr major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Eastern Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Human Resources Development 5

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 Eastern Illinois University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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