Labor and Industrial Relations

A program that focuses on employee-management interactions and the management of issues and disputes regarding working conditions and worker benefit packages, and that may prepare individuals to function as labor or personnel relations specialists. Includes instruction in labor history, policies and strategies of the labor movement, union organization, labor-management negotiation, labor law and contract interpretation, labor economics, welfare and benefit packages, grievance procedures, and labor policy studies.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 27 institutions across the United States, with a total of 5063 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

40

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

203

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

909

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

8

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

504

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

14

degrees awarded

Other Awards

3,385

awards given

Top Schools for Labor and Industrial Relations

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank Institution Degrees
1 Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
1,005
2 Empire State University
Saratoga Springs, NY
606
3 Pennsylvania State University-World Campus
University Park, PA
522
4 University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
507
5 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
429
6 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
414
7 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA
318
8 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
294
9 Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
246
10 Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
153
11 Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH
153
12 CUNY Graduate School and University Center
New York, NY
56
13 University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
San Juan, PR
51
14 Los Angeles Trade Technical College
Los Angeles, CA
49
15 Marshall University
Huntington, WV
39
16 Pennsylvania Western University
California, PA
36
17 University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
33
18 Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
33
19 Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJ
24
20 SUNY Old Westbury
Old Westbury, NY
21
21 Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, HI
18
22 University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston, MA
15
23 Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro
San Juan, PR
15
24 University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI
12
25 University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT
6
26 Providence College
Providence, RI
4
27 City College of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
4