Human Resource Management at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

What traits are you looking for in a HR school? To help you decide if University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's HR program.

UWM is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 24,565. In 2021, 112 HR majors received their bachelor's degree from UWM.

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.

UWM Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

UWM Human Resource Management Rankings

The HR major at UWM 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.

How Much Do HR Graduates from UWM Make?

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at UWM is $41,412. This is less than $43,491, which is the national average of all HR majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

HR Student Demographics at UWM

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

UWM Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of HR bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at UWM since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR at UWM 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 Wisconsin - Milwaukee with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	68
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Management Information Systems
• Accounting
• 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Human Resources Specialists	14,150	$61,180
Training and Development Specialists	5,510	$55,070
Labor Relations Specialists	3,050	$42,650
Human Resources Managers	2,510	$118,330
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	1,310	$56,870

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 Freekee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.