by our College Data Analytics TeamHere is an overview of the program, including how many students graduate each year, the diversity of these students, average starting salaries, and more. Also, learn how Western stacks up against peers offering human resource management.
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Human Resource Management graduates with a bachelor’s degree from Western go on to jobs where they make a median salary of $71,945 a year. This is above $52,554, the median for all majors at Western.
Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $1,000 | $5,000 |
| Fees | $3,630 | $3,630 |
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For the most recent academic year available, 14% of human resource management master’s degrees went to men and 86% went to women.
The largest share of human resource management master’s degree graduates at Western were White. Roughly 80% of graduates fell into this category.
The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from Western Carolina University with a master’s in human resource management.
| Ethnic Background | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 5 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| White | 40 |
| Non-Resident Aliens | 1 |
| Other Races | 0 |
Review the following statistics on the composition of the human resource management majors at Western Carolina University.
The human resource management program at Western includes the following concentrations:
| Concentration | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General | 50 |
Western awarded 50 completions in human resources management/personnel administration, general in the most recent reporting year — 86% to women and 14% to men. Most of these graduates identified as White (80%). This count includes degrees completed through distance education.
More about our data sources and methodologies.