Human Resource Management at University of South Dakota

Every human resource management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the HR program at University of South Dakota stacks up to those at other schools.

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and has a total student population of 9,459. Of the 1,333 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Dakota in 2021, 12 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.

USD Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

USD Human Resource Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks HR programs across the country. The following shows how USD performed in these rankings.

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 USD 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
	395

HR Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in HR from USD. About 25% were men and 75% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR at USD 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 South Dakota with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• 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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Human Resources Specialists	1,030	$54,320
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	680	$52,920
Training and Development Specialists	510	$50,700
Business Professors	270	$84,620
Human Resources Managers	250	$96,480

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.