by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Human Resource Management is a major offered under the business, management and marketing program of study at Southern New Hampshire University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in HR, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at SNHU paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $18,810 | $18,810 |
The median early career salary of HR students who receive their master’s degree from SNHU is $54,778 per year. That is 4% higher than the national average of $52,685.
If you’re one of the many students who want the flexibility of distance learning courses, you’ll be happy to hear that SNHU offers online option in its HR master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SNHU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 84.0% of the HR students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 73.9%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in HR at SNHU in 2019-2020, 40.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 46%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 7 |
| Black or African American | 75 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 20 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 2 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 137 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 26 |
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 | 268 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to human resource management.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 1,683 |
| Accounting | 292 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 76 |
| International Business | 2 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 122 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.