Ferris State Human Resources (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Human Resources Management and Services
- Public university
- Big Rapids, MI
- About 12 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Ferris State human resources graduates earn about what human resources graduates earn nationally, $50,089 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $27,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $26,442. Several Michigan programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Michigan and national columns are the medians across all human resources bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every Michigan human resources program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Michigan medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $286 a month, or 6.9% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
83% of graduates (25 of 30) were working in Michigan one year after graduating. Prices in the parts of Michigan outside metro areas are about 11% below the national average, so a $50,089 salary here buys what about $56,297 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
$69,520Median pay in Michigan. 25,520 people work in this job in Michigan. 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
$64,350Median pay in Michigan. 10,640 people work in this job in Michigan. 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
$77,390Median pay in Michigan. 9,720 people work in this job in Michigan. 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
$59,440Median pay in Michigan. 9,170 people work in this job in Michigan. 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 Ferris State
Human Resources ranks 16th of 37 bachelor's programs at Ferris State by first-year earnings. The top three are Industrial Technology ($78,820), Nursing ($74,851), and Construction Management ($73,292).
Other human resources bachelor's programs near Big Rapids
Common questions
The median graduate earns $50,089 one year after graduating. The median across human resources bachelor's programs in Michigan is $50,498.
The median federal loan balance is $27,000, which ranks 7th lowest of 12 human resources bachelor's programs in Michigan. That works out to about $286 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 54% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 53%. Compare the cost with other Michigan programs before deciding.
Most do. 83% (25 of 30) were working in Michigan 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 Michigan 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