Metropolitan State University Human Resources (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Human Resources Management and Services
- Public university
- Saint Paul, MN
- About 42 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Metropolitan State University human resources graduates earn about what human resources graduates earn nationally, $48,999 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $34,516 in federal loans, more than at 82% of human resources programs in the country. Several Minnesota programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Minnesota and national columns are the medians across all human resources bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Metropolitan State University graduates earn about the national figure and about the same as the Minnesota median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Minnesota human resources program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Minnesota 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 33% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned $4,209 less in their first year than other graduates. They also borrowed more. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $366 a month, or 9.0% 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
95% of graduates (87 of 92) were working in Minnesota one year after graduating. Prices in the Minneapolis area are about 5% above the national average, so a $48,999 salary here buys what about $46,745 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
$78,760Median pay in Minnesota. 17,240 people work in this job in Minnesota. 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
$76,710Median pay in Minnesota. 9,650 people work in this job in Minnesota. 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
$85,920Median pay in Minnesota. 6,140 people work in this job in Minnesota. 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
$64,600Median pay in Minnesota. 4,200 people work in this job in Minnesota. 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 Metropolitan State University
Human Resources ranks 15th of 26 bachelor's programs at Metropolitan State University by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($77,421), Computer Science ($72,865), and Information Science ($64,382).
Other human resources bachelor's programs near Saint Paul
Common questions
The median graduate earns $48,999 one year after graduating and $64,963 five years after. The median across human resources bachelor's programs in Minnesota is $52,667.
The median federal loan balance is $34,516, which ranks 7th lowest of 9 human resources bachelor's programs in Minnesota. That works out to about $366 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 70% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 53%. Compare the cost with other Minnesota programs before deciding.
Most do. 95% (87 of 92) were working in Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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