Human Resource Management at Georgia Southwestern State University

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

GSW is located in Americus, Georgia and has a total student population of 3,162. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in HR from GSW.

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.

GSW Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

Online Classes Are Available at GSW

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, GSW does offer online courses in HR for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

GSW Human Resource Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the HR progam at GSW 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 major at GSW 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	40
Most Focused Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Schools	81
Most Popular Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	144
Best Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	187
Best Human Resource Management Schools	295

Earnings of GSW HR Graduates

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at GSW is $33,165. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $43,491 for all HR students.

HR Student Demographics at GSW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the HR majors at Georgia Southwestern State University.

GSW Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 HR majors earned their bachelor's degree from GSW. Of these graduates, 28% were men and 72% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Georgia Southwestern State University with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management

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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southwestern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Human Resources Specialists	21,060	$60,230
Training and Development Specialists	9,600	$64,420
Human Resources Managers	5,240	$126,650
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	2,810	$64,870
Business Professors	1,930	$94,670

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.