by our College Data Analytics TeamHuman Resource Management is a major offered under the business, management and marketing program of study at Cornell University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in HR, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Cornell was $1,575 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $29,500 | $29,500 |
| Fees | $542 | $542 |
The median early career salary of HR students who receive their master’s degree from Cornell is $115,339 per year. That is 119% higher than the national average of $52,685.
Online degrees for the Cornell HR master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Cornell Online Learning page.
About 66.4% of the students who received their Master’s in HR in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 73.9%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 25.7% of the HR master’s degrees at Cornell in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 46%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 12 |
| Black or African American | 4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 52 |
| International Students | 25 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 11 |
Human Resource Management students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration | 37 |
| Labor & Industrial Relations | 76 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to human resource management.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 689 |
| Hospitality Management | 8 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 77 |
| Real Estate | 27 |
*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.
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