General Hospitality Administration/Management at Western Kentucky University

If you plan to study general hospitality administration/management, take a look at what Western Kentucky University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and approximately 19,456 students attend the school each year. Of the 707 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University in 2019, 46 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.

WKU General Hospitality Administration/Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management

WKU General Hospitality Administration/Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hotel and restaurant management progam at WKU 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 WKU 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
Most Popular General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Most Focused General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	72
Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools	180

Hotel & Restaurant Management Student Demographics at WKU

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

WKU General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 46 hotel and restaurant management majors earned their bachelor's degree from WKU. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% 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 WKU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management at WKU 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 Kentucky University with a bachelor's in hotel and restaurant management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	40
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WKU 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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Food Service Managers	2,620	$51,160
Lodging Managers	220	$52,770

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 OPMaster under License

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