Human Resource Management at Marquette University

What traits are you looking for in a HR school? To help you decide if Marquette University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's HR program.

Marquette is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 11,550 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,386 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Marquette University in 2021, 13 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.

Marquette Human Resource Management Degrees Available

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

Marquette Human Resource Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks HR programs across the country. The following shows how Marquette performed in these rankings.

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 Marquette 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
Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	19
	39
Best Value Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	54

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in HR from Marquette. This makes it the #170 most popular school for HR master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Marquette HR Graduates

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at Marquette is $48,832. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $43,491 for all HR bachelor's degree recipients.

HR Student Demographics at Marquette

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

Marquette Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in HR from Marquette. About 31% were men and 69% were women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Marquette since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 Marquette University with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Marquette Human Resource Management Master’s Program

The HR program at Marquette awarded 10 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in HR each year. Marquette does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a HR master's degree from Marquette, 60% 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 Marquette University with a master's in HR.

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

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

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Real Estate

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 WI, the home state for Marquette University.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Human Resources Specialists	14,150	$61,180
Training and Development Specialists	5,510	$55,070
Labor Relations Specialists	3,050	$42,650
Human Resources Managers	2,510	$118,330
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	1,310	$56,870

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 scottfeldstein under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.