Human Resource Management at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and has a total student population of 30,318. In 2021, 149 HR majors received their bachelor's degree from Iowa.

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.

Iowa Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

Iowa Human Resource Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the HR progam at Iowa compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The HR major at Iowa 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 Schools	282

How Much Do HR Graduates from Iowa Make?

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at Iowa is $46,918. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $43,491 for all HR bachelor's degree recipients.

HR Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 149 HR majors earned their bachelor's degree from Iowa. Of these graduates, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa since its program graduates 32% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR at Iowa 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 University of Iowa with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	123
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• International Business
• Insurance
• Hospitality Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• 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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Human Resources Specialists	5,380	$57,960
Training and Development Specialists	3,190	$53,210
Human Resources Managers	1,570	$110,610
Business Professors	1,110	$114,450
Labor Relations Specialists	660	$62,690

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 KMSatoh202 under License

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