Human Resource Management at University of Maryland Global Campus

If you are interested in studying human resource management, you may want to check out the program at University of Maryland Global Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and approximately 58,526 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 451 HR majors received their bachelor's degree from UMGC.

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.

UMGC Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in HR (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

UMGC Human Resource Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the HR progam at UMGC 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 UMGC 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 Popular Online Human Resource Management Schools	3
Best Value Human Resource Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools	7
	8
Most Popular Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools	10
Best Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
	45
Best Value Human Resource Management Schools	67

Earnings of UMGC HR Graduates

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMGC is $49,149. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 13% higher than the national average of $43,491 for all HR bachelor's degree recipients.

HR Student Demographics at UMGC

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

UMGC Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 451 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management from UMGC in 2020-2021, 26% were men and 74% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 University of Maryland Global Campus with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	171
Hispanic or Latino	73
White	124
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	61

UMGC 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
• General Sales & Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• General Business/Commerce
• Marketing

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Global Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Human Resources Specialists	12,710	$76,560
Training and Development Specialists	7,710	$67,420
Human Resources Managers	2,490	$141,780
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	2,040	$77,480
Labor Relations Specialists	1,320	$83,860

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 M Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.