Human Resource Management at Eastern Washington University

Every human resource management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the HR program at Eastern Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and approximately 12,349 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,346 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Washington University in 2021, 18 of them were human resource management majors.

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.

EWU Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

EWU Human Resource Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks HR programs across the country. The following shows how EWU 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 EWU 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
Most Focused Human Resource Management Schools	494

HR Student Demographics at EWU

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

EWU Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 HR majors earned their bachelor's degree from EWU. Of these graduates, 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at EWU since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR at EWU 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 Eastern Washington University with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• International Business
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Management Information Systems
• Finance & Financial Management
• 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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Human Resources Specialists	17,250	$72,370
Training and Development Specialists	7,090	$76,800
Human Resources Managers	3,320	$134,070
Labor Relations Specialists	2,280	$77,070
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	1,870	$75,860

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 Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.