2025 Best Human Resource Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

a bachelor's degree in human resource management is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #43 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Human Resource Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 691 bachelor's degrees in human resource management to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Human Resource Management School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The hr bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality hr program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to human resource management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of human resource management students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt human resource management students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized human resource management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for human resource management students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Human Resource Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Human Resource Management in the Far Western US Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in human resource management.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in HR

1

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

42 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in human resource management needs to take a look at University of California - Los Angeles. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in human resource management from University of California - Los Angeles

2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

31 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in human resource management has to take a look at University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in human resource management from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

3

Portland State University
Portland, OR

122 Annual Graduates

$49,696 Median Starting Salary

Portland State University is a great choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in human resource management. Portland State University is a very large public university located in the city of Portland.

After graduating, hr bachelor's recipients usually earn around $49,696 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in human resource management from Portland State University

4

The University of Arizona Global Campus
San Diego, CA

314 Annual Graduates

$51,118 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in human resource management needs to look into The University of Arizona Global Campus. UAGC is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the city of San Diego.

Soon after graduation, hr bachelor's recipients typically earn around $51,118 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in human resource management from The University of Arizona Global Campus

5

Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA

39 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in human resource management from Santa Clara University

6

Eastern Washington University
Cheney, WA

28 Annual Graduates

Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in human resource management from Eastern Washington University

7

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI

39 Annual Graduates

$44,615 Median Starting Salary

UH Manoa is a fairly large public university located in the city of Honolulu.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the hr program state that they receive average early career wages of $44,615.

More information about a bachelor’s in human resource management from University of Hawaii at Manoa

8

Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, HI

12 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Honolulu, Hawaii Pacific University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in human resource management from Hawaii Pacific University

Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	427
Washington	226	77
Oregon	185	162
Nevada	129	0
Hawaii	112	55

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Human Resource Management Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Human Resource Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

HR Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	543
Organizational Behavior Studies	88
Labor Studies	48
Human Resources Development	12

Majors Similar to HR

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	30,790
Accounting	2,646
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	2,646
Marketing	2,588
Finance & Financial Management	2,248
General Business/Commerce	1,498
Hospitality Management	1,196
Business/Managerial Economics	1,071
International Business	521
Management Information Systems	407

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Arunkumar Umapathy. More about our data sources and methodologies.