Human Resource Management at Excelsior College

If you plan to study human resource management, take a look at what Excelsior College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Excelsior College is located in Albany, New York and has a total student population of 21,974. Of the 3,053 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Excelsior College in 2021, 9 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.

Excelsior College Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR
• Master’s Degree in HR

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Excelsior College does offer online education options in HR for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Excelsior College Human Resource Management Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The HR major at Excelsior College 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 Popular Online Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Most Focused Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	301

In 2021, 59 students received their master’s degree in HR from Excelsior College. This makes it the #45 most popular school for HR master’s degree candidates in the country.

HR Student Demographics at Excelsior College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the HR majors at Excelsior College.

Excelsior College Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a bachelor's degree in HR from Excelsior College. About 78% of these graduates were women and the other 22% were men.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR at Excelsior College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Excelsior College with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Excelsior College Human Resource Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students earned a master's degree in HR from Excelsior College. About 41% of these graduates were women and the other 59% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in HR each year. Excelsior College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 32% more men than average.

In the HR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 51% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Excelsior College with a master's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Telecommunications Management
• Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• Finance & Financial Management
• General Business/Commerce

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 NY, the home state for Excelsior College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Human Resources Specialists	41,300	$75,650
Training and Development Specialists	23,500	$69,910
Human Resources Managers	10,230	$150,280
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	8,810	$76,680

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 Snowy Brooklyn College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.