Hospitality Management at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

What traits are you looking for in a hospitality school? To help you decide if California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's hospitality program.

Cal Poly Pomona is located in Pomona, California and approximately 30,014 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 267 students received a bachelor's degree in hospitality from Cal Poly Pomona.

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

Cal Poly Pomona Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality
• Master’s Degree in Hospitality

Cal Poly Pomona Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at Cal Poly Pomona 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 hospitality major at Cal Poly Pomona is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Hospitality 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 Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
	100

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in hospitality from Cal Poly Pomona. This makes it the #25 most popular school for hospitality master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Cal Poly Pomona Hospitality Graduates

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Poly Pomona is $35,592. This is less than $36,364, which is the national average of all hospitality majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Hospitality Student Demographics at Cal Poly Pomona

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the hospitality majors at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona.

Cal Poly Pomona Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 267 hospitality majors earned their bachelor's degree from Cal Poly Pomona. Of these graduates, 29% were men and 71% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its hospitality bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State Polytechnic University - Pomona with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	98
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	71
White	34
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Cal Poly Pomona Hospitality Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 hospitality majors earned their master's degree from Cal Poly Pomona. Of these graduates, 40% were men and 60% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 30% men graduate in hospitality each year. Cal Poly Pomona does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

In the hospitality master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State Polytechnic University - Pomona with a master's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Cal Poly Pomona also has a doctoral program available in hospitality. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Hospitality Grads May Go Into

A degree in hospitality 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 California State Polytechnic University - Pomona.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Food Service Managers	37,030	$57,920
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	16,200	$57,960
Business Professors	4,980	$137,530
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 Victorrocha under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.