Human Resource Management at Harvard University

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

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 30,391. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received their master's degree in HR.

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.

Harvard Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in HR
• Doctorate Degree in HR

Online Classes Are Available at Harvard

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

Harvard Human Resource Management Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in HR, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

HR Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard Human Resource Management Master’s Program

Of the 11 students who earned a master's degree in Human Resource Management from Harvard in 2020-2021, 27% were men and 73% were women.

Of the students who received a HR master's degree from Harvard, 73% 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 Harvard University with a master's in HR.

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

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• Accounting
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Corporate Communications

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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Human Resources Specialists	17,130	$75,700
Training and Development Specialists	7,490	$75,270
Human Resources Managers	6,310	$140,640
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040
Labor Relations Specialists	2,640	$72,500

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 Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.