Oklahoma City, OK (population: 564,147) has four human resources schools within its city limits. Oklahoma City University, the highest ranked school in the city with a human resources program, has a total student population of 3,829. It is the 310th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Oklahoma.
Human Resources students from Oklahoma City schools who go on to become human resource workers, hr managers, human resource managers, human resource specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 219,240 people working as human resources, training, and labor relations specialists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $59,070. Also, Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists make on average $54,530 per year and there are about 198,190 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Oklahoma City area alone, there are 690 employed employment, recruitment, and placement specialists earning an average salary of $37,170. Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists in this area earn $46,830/yr and there are 750 employed.
Oklahoma City lies in Oklahoma county, which is one of the 41 counties in Oklahoma. Overall, the Oklahoma City area has 564,710 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.5% unemployment rate, $18.31/hr average worker wage, and a $38,090 average annual salary. Thus, about 1.320 out of every 1000 jobs in Oklahoma City are held by human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, and 1.228/1000 are held by employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.
Of the 4 human resources schools in Oklahoma City, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, DeVry University-Oklahoma comes out as the most expensive ($27,380/yr) for human resources students, with Francis Tuttle Technology Center as the lowest, reported at only $12,586/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Oklahoma City |
| Midwest City | OK | 57,117 | 2 | 17.3383 | 110 | 7.9 miles |
| Choctaw | OK | - | 1 | 23.6866 | 52 | 13.7 miles |
| Edmond | OK | 83,110 | 2 | 44.4236 | 227 | 14.9 miles |
| Norman | OK | 109,682 | 3 | 32.5918 | 201 | 19.2 miles |
| El Reno | OK | - | 2 | 15.8225 | 75 | 25.4 miles |
| Seminole | OK | - | 1 | 13.2494 | 38 | 50.3 miles |
| Stillwater | OK | 49,103 | 3 | 29.7057 | 219 | 51.9 miles |
| Ada | OK | - | 3 | 41.9631 | 159 | 67.3 miles |
| Weatherford | OK | - | 2 | 18.0217 | 135 | 67.6 miles |
| Enid | OK | 48,152 | 2 | 30.1217 | 45 | 68.1 miles |
| Lawton | OK | 87,265 | 4 | 24.3174 | 114 | 79.2 miles |
| Ponca City | OK | - | 2 | 30.535 | 26 | 88.8 miles |
| Ardmore | OK | - | 1 | 18.2326 | 23 | 92.0 miles |