Human Resource Management at Western Carolina University

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

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and has a total student population of 12,243.

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.

WCU Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in HR

Online Classes Are Available at WCU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, WCU does offer online courses in HR for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

WCU Human Resource Management Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

HR Student Demographics at WCU

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

WCU Human Resource Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of HR master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

Of the students who received a HR master's degree from WCU, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the HR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Carolina University with a master's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Hospitality Management
• Management Information Systems
• 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 NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Human Resources Specialists	17,070	$64,690
Training and Development Specialists	7,780	$65,480
Human Resources Managers	3,560	$126,060
Business Professors	3,440	$88,470
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	2,480	$65,170

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.