Thomas Edison State University Human Resources (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Human Resources Management and Services
- Public university
- Trenton, NJ
- About 19 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Thomas Edison State University human resources graduates earn about what human resources graduates earn nationally, $53,382 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $25,625 in federal loans, close to the national median of $26,442. It is one of the higher-paying human resources degrees in New Jersey.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New Jersey and national columns are the medians across all human resources bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Thomas Edison State University graduates earn more than the national figure and about $8,399 more than the New Jersey median.
Debt and first-year pay at every New Jersey human resources program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New Jersey 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 60% 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 $272 a month, or 6.1% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the Trenton area are about 3% above the national average, so a $53,382 salary here buys what about $51,737 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
$80,690Median pay in New Jersey. 21,690 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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
$77,020Median pay in New Jersey. 9,210 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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
$100,000Median pay in New Jersey. 13,310 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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
$77,910Median pay in New Jersey. 8,190 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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 Thomas Edison State University
Human Resources ranks 7th of 9 bachelor's programs at Thomas Edison State University by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($95,053), Other Interdisciplinary Studies ($88,629), and Other Health Professions ($72,628).
Other human resources bachelor's programs near Trenton
Common questions
The median graduate earns $53,382 one year after graduating and $85,616 five years after. The median across human resources bachelor's programs in New Jersey is $49,441.
The median federal loan balance is $25,625, which ranks 3rd lowest of 5 human resources bachelor's programs in New Jersey. That works out to about $272 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 48% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 53%.
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 New Jersey 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