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Human Resource Management at Salem State University

Human Resource Management at Salem State University

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

Salem State is located in Salem, Massachusetts and approximately 7,242 students attend the school each year.

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.

Salem State Human Resource Management Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in HR

Salem State Human Resource Management Rankings

The hr major at Salem State 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 Salem State

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

Salem State Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of hr bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical hr bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Salem State since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Salem State University with a bachelor's in hr.

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

Concentrations Within Human Resource Management

If you plan to be a hr major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Salem State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration 19

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 MA, the home state for Salem State University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Human Resources Specialists 17,130 $75,700
Training and Development Specialists 7,490 $75,270
Human Resources Managers 6,310 $140,640
Business Professors 4,050 $126,040
Labor Relations Specialists 2,640 $72,500

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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