Cal State Long Beach Human Resources (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Human Resources Management and Services
- Public university
- Long Beach, CA
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Cal State Long Beach human resources graduates earn less than graduates of most human resources programs nationally, $46,453 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $12,733 in federal loans, less than at 96% of human resources programs in the country. Strong value, but not one of the highest-paying human resources degrees in California.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The California and national columns are the medians across all human resources bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Cal State Long Beach graduates earn about the national figure and about the same as the California median.
Debt and first-year pay at every California human resources program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the California medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 41% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $135 a month, or 3.5% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
98% of graduates (121 of 124) were working in California one year after graduating. Prices in the Los Angeles area are about 14% above the national average, so a $46,453 salary here buys what about $40,904 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to human resources, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Human Resources Specialists
$83,500Median pay in California. 104,000 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 73,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Training and Development Specialists
$75,790Median pay in California. 46,530 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 11% from 2025 to 2035, with about 46,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Compliance Officers
$96,980Median pay in California. 49,880 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 32,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
$86,500Median pay in California. 45,140 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 27,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
About Cal State Long Beach
Human Resources ranks 16th of 61 bachelor's programs at Cal State Long Beach by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($100,178), Construction Engineering Technology ($89,003), and Computer Engineering ($79,809).
Other human resources bachelor's programs near Long Beach
Common questions
The median graduate earns $46,453 one year after graduating and $65,611 five years after. The median across human resources bachelor's programs in California is $46,247.
The median federal loan balance is $12,733, which ranks 2nd lowest of 5 human resources bachelor's programs in California. That works out to about $135 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 27% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 53%, and the share of borrowers in default two years into repayment is 20% or less.
Most do. 98% (121 of 124) were working in California one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of California comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the human resources program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024