Human Resource Management at Western Michigan University

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

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 19,887. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 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.

WMU Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in HR

WMU Human Resource Management Rankings

HR Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Human Resource Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a master's degree in HR from WMU. About 62% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in HR each year. WMU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

In the HR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Accounting
• Business Administration & 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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Human Resources Specialists	16,500	$62,470
Training and Development Specialists	6,010	$61,090
Human Resources Managers	3,720	$115,780
Labor Relations Specialists	3,620	$72,320
Business Professors	2,350	$107,140

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.