UNT Human Resources (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Human Resources Management and Services
- Public university
- Denton, TX
- About 73 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
UNT human resources graduates earn less than graduates of most human resources programs nationally, $45,745 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $20,142 in federal loans, less than at 84% of human resources programs in the country. Debt is low, but pay is also below the Texas median of $46,700.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Texas and national columns are the medians across all human resources bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, UNT graduates earn about the national figure and about $2,692 more than the Texas median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Texas human resources program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Texas 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 46% 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 $6,176 less in their first year than other graduates. 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 $214 a month, or 5.6% 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
90% of graduates (70 of 78) were working in Texas one year after graduating. Prices in the Dallas area are about 3% above the national average, so a $45,745 salary here buys what about $44,374 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
$68,920Median pay in Texas. 84,930 people work in this job in Texas. 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
$62,860Median pay in Texas. 46,630 people work in this job in Texas. 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
$75,370Median pay in Texas. 42,900 people work in this job in Texas. 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
$67,900Median pay in Texas. 31,730 people work in this job in Texas. 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 UNT
Human Resources ranks 20th of 60 bachelor's programs at UNT by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer Engineering ($78,714), Electrical Engineering ($75,265), and Construction Engineering Technology ($72,266).
Other human resources bachelor's programs near Denton
Common questions
The median graduate earns $45,745 one year after graduating and $66,958 five years after. The median across human resources bachelor's programs in Texas is $46,700.
The median federal loan balance is $20,142, which ranks 3rd lowest of 12 human resources bachelor's programs in Texas. That works out to about $214 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 44% 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. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Texas programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 90% (70 of 78) were working in Texas 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 Texas 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