Human Resource Management at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and has a total student population of 50,411. Of the 8,803 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University - New Brunswick in 2021, 457 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.

Rutgers New Brunswick Human Resource Management Degrees Available

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Human Resource Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the HR progam at Rutgers New Brunswick 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 Rutgers New Brunswick 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
	77
Best Value Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	165

In 2021, 144 students received their master’s degree in HR from Rutgers New Brunswick. This makes it the #12 most popular school for HR master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in HR, making the school the #21 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do HR Graduates from Rutgers New Brunswick Make?

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rutgers New Brunswick is $45,522. This is 5% higher than $43,491, which is the national average for all HR bachelor's degree recipients.

HR Student Demographics at Rutgers New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

The HR program at Rutgers New Brunswick awarded 457 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 41% of these degrees went to men with the other 59% going to women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Rutgers New Brunswick since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	65
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	99
White	140
International Students	100
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Rutgers New Brunswick Human Resource Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 144 students earned a master's degree in HR from Rutgers New Brunswick. About 61% of these graduates were women and the other 39% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in HR each year. Rutgers New Brunswick does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

In the HR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	48
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Rutgers New Brunswick 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
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business Administration & Management
• Finance & Financial 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 NJ, the home state for Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Human Resources Specialists	17,510	$75,360
Training and Development Specialists	6,590	$74,760
Human Resources Managers	4,100	$169,040
Labor Relations Specialists	3,640	$117,470
Business Professors	2,510	$111,740

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 Zampromote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.