General Hospitality Administration/Management at San Diego State University

What traits are you looking for in a hotel and restaurant management school? To help you decide if San Diego State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's hotel and restaurant management program.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 35,303 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 80 students received a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management from SDSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Hospitality Administration/Management section at the bottom of this page.

SDSU General Hospitality Administration/Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management
• Master’s Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management

SDSU General Hospitality Administration/Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hotel and restaurant management progam at SDSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The hotel and restaurant management major at SDSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Hospitality Administration/Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools	17
Most Popular General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools	17
Most Popular General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
Most Focused General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools	25
Most Popular General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools	25
Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56
Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools	78
Most Focused General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86
Most Focused General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools	136

In 2019, 9 students received their master’s degree in hotel and restaurant management from SDSU. This makes it the #17 most popular school for hotel and restaurant management master’s degree candidates in the country.

Hotel & Restaurant Management Student Demographics at SDSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the hotel and restaurant management majors at San Diego State University.

SDSU General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 80 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management from SDSU. About 18% were men and 82% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its hotel and restaurant management bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor's in hotel and restaurant management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	36
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

SDSU General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Program

Of the 9 hotel and restaurant management students who graduated with a master's degree in 2018-2019 from SDSU, about 11% were men and 89% were women.

In the hotel and restaurant management master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Diego State University with a master's in hotel and restaurant management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SDSU also has a doctoral program available in hotel and restaurant management. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Hotel & Restaurant Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in hotel and restaurant management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Food Service Managers	37,030	$57,920
Lodging Managers	4,310	$72,200

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.