General Hospitality Administration/Management at West Virginia University

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

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,864 students attend the school each year. Of the 720 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University in 2019, 17 of them were general hospitality administration/management majors.

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.

WVU General Hospitality Administration/Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management

WVU General Hospitality Administration/Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hotel and restaurant management progam at WVU 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 WVU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	80
Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools	104
Most Focused General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools	283

Hotel & Restaurant Management Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in hotel and restaurant management from WVU in 2019, 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical hotel and restaurant management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at WVU since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management at WVU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

WVU 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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Food Service Managers	1,500	$47,230
Lodging Managers	170	$54,500

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

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