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General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at Western Carolina University

General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at Western Carolina University

If you are interested in studying general human resources management/personnel administration, you may want to check out the program at Western Carolina University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration section at the bottom of this page.

WCU General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in HR Management

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.

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

  • Master’s Degree

WCU General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Rankings

HR Management Student Demographics at WCU

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

WCU General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Master’s Program

84% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 16% of hr management master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

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Of the students who received a hr management master's degree from WCU, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 28
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That HR Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in hr management 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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