Human Resource Management at Northern Kentucky 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 Northern Kentucky University stacks up to those at other schools.

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and has a total student population of 16,211.

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.

NKU Human Resource Management Degrees Available

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

NKU Human Resource Management Rankings

The hr major at NKU 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.

HR Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of hr bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical hr bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at NKU since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hr at NKU 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 Northern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in hr.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	46
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NKU Human Resource Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of hr master's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

Of the students who received a hr master's degree from NKU, 72% 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 Northern Kentucky University with a master's in hr.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Human Resource Management

The following hr concentations are available at Northern Kentucky University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Kentucky University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Organizational Behavior Studies	101

Related Majors

• Business/Corporate Communications
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Accounting

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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Human Resources Specialists	7,300	$57,000
Training and Development Specialists	3,120	$54,240
Human Resources Managers	1,550	$94,260
Labor Relations Specialists	1,410	$57,460
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	680	$54,900

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 Samvscat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.