Hospitality Management

Program Vision

Be recognized as a premier institution in producing innovative thinkers, industry disruptors, and ethical leaders who shape the future of hospitality.

Program Values

• Excellence: Provide exceptional learning experiences that promote and develop hospitality leadership
• Integrity: Uphold the highest ethical and professional standards of all faculty, staff, and students
• Community: Involve community partners to provide learning and service opportunities that engage students and faculty from diverse backgrounds
• Sustainability: Engage faculty and students across the curriculum with awareness in sustainability issues and a capacity to contribute to the construction of sustainable societies
• Forward Thinking: Be visionary in moving our program and university forward by providing opportunities for continued growth and development
• Globalization: Uphold a national and global orientation of the hospitality program's curriculum

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:

• Identify and apply the knowledge and skills necessary for hospitality and tourism operations
• Develop and integrate a core set of business skills necessary to successfully operate a hospitality and tourism organization
• Demonstrate competence in the communication skills necessary for hospitality and tourism management
• Formulate business decisions in hospitality and tourism management
• Evaluate leadership principles necessary in the diverse and global hospitality and tourism industry​

Professional placement rates are obtained from the annual alumni survey taken of students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management during the previous academic year.

• Total professional placement and continuing education rate (2023-2024 graduates): 100%
• Three-year average: 96.7%

Student retention rates measure the extent to which students say enroll from one year to the next. One-year student retention rates for students majoring in Hospitality Management are as follows:

First-Time Freshmen:
One-year retention rate of Freshmen beginning Fall 2023: 83%
Three-year average: 86%

Transfer Students:
One-year retention rate of Transfer students beginning Fall 2023: 90%
Three-year average: 88%

The Hospitality Management program offers students the option to participate in various professional and extracurricular activities and provides many opportunities for work experience and job placement in the surrounding area. Various internships, student clubs, and guest speakers provide students with assistance in obtaining knowledge about the many varied careers in hospitality management. Activities include networking, guest lectures, attending professional meetings, and touring various industry sites, such as hotels, restaurants, cruise ships, amusement parks, country clubs, catering operations, etc.

A Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management gives graduates a competitive advantage to excel as managers and leaders in a multitude of hospitality related industries including:

• Restaurants plus various food operations
• Hotels and Lodging facilities
• Resorts, Convention Centers
• Bars, Taverns, and Beverage operations
• Meeting and Event venues
• Sports Arenas
• Clubs (city clubs, country clubs, etc.)
• Convention services
• Amusements parks, Stadiums
• Catering / Banquet facilities
• Cruise ships, Airlines
• On-Site foodservices (schools, colleges, corporate, healthcare facilities)
• Property Management
• Retirement Hotels /Senior Living facilities
• Vendor/supplier to the hospitality industry (Sales)
• And more!