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General Hospitality Administration/Management at Western Illinois University

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General Hospitality Administration/Management at Western Illinois University

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

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and has a total student population of 8,502. Of the 249 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University in 2019, 8 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.

WIU General Hospitality Administration/Management Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management

WIU General Hospitality Administration/Management Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The hotel and restaurant management major at WIU 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 91
Most Popular General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools 110
Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools 118
Most Focused General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools 135
Most Popular General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools 198
Most Focused General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools 260

Hotel & Restaurant Management Student Demographics at WIU

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

WIU General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Program

75% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The hotel and restaurant management program at WIU awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women.

WIU Gender Breakdown of General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor's Degree Grads

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management at WIU 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 Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in hotel and restaurant management.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity of General Hospitality Administration/Management Majors at Western Illinois University
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Lodging Managers 1,480 $49,360

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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