Human Resource Management

Overview

Whether you’re a full-time student, working professional, military veteran, or transfer student, PSU’s degree in HR management provides you with first-rate career preparation via in-person or online course formats. You’ll acquire practical, highly marketable skills and workplace experience, earning an HR management degree from one of the nation’s best-known sources of HR talent. 

The Human Resource Management degree from Portland State University equips you with the tools to shape workplace culture, identify and groom leaders, improve productivity, and to use HR data and analytics to inform and support long-range strategic objectives. With an HR management degree from PSU, you’ll stand out in the job market and in your HR management career. 

Career

Glassdoor.com ranks HR management as one of the nation’s top five career opportunities, based on average starting salary, job satisfaction, and employer demand. 

Organizations of every size, in every industry (including nonprofits and government employers), need HR management professionals to recruit, train, manage, retain, and optimize their workforce.

You may start or accelerate your HR management career in an area such as:

• General HR management
• Recruitment and hiring
• Training HR analytics
• Performance management
• Leadership development
• HR information systems
• Labor relations
• Organizational culture
• Change management
• Employee rewards and compensation