Human Resource Management at Ottawa University - Kansas City

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

Ottawa University - Kansas City is located in Overland Park, Kansas and approximately 532 students attend the school each year. Of the 93 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ottawa University - Kansas City in 2021, 7 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.

Ottawa University - Kansas City Human Resource Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Ottawa University - Kansas City

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Ottawa University - Kansas City offers distance education options for HR at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Ottawa University - Kansas City Human Resource Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks HR programs across the country. The following shows how Ottawa University - Kansas City 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 Ottawa University - Kansas City 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
Most Focused Human Resource Management Schools	33
Best Value Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Most Focused Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	61
	118
Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Schools	127
	246
Best Human Resource Management Schools	351
Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools	387
	391

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in HR from Ottawa University - Kansas City. This makes it the #212 most popular school for HR master’s degree candidates in the country.

HR Student Demographics at Ottawa University - Kansas City

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

Ottawa University - Kansas City Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

The HR program at Ottawa University - Kansas City awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 14% of these degrees went to men with the other 86% going to women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR at Ottawa University - Kansas City 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 Ottawa University - Kansas City with a bachelor's in HR.

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

Ottawa University - Kansas City Human Resource Management Master’s Program

The HR program at Ottawa University - Kansas City awarded 4 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women.

In the HR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 33% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ottawa University - Kansas City with a master's in HR.

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

Ottawa University - Kansas City also has a doctoral program available in HR. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• Management Information Systems
• 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 KS, the home state for Ottawa University - Kansas City.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Human Resources Specialists	5,430	$60,970
Training and Development Specialists	3,250	$60,650
Human Resources Managers	1,150	$107,810
Business Professors	570	$90,730
Labor Relations Specialists	460	$55,300

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.