Hospitality Management at Cornell University

Every hospitality management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the hospitality program at Cornell University stacks up to those at other schools.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 23,620.

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.

Cornell Hospitality Management Degrees Available

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

Cornell Hospitality Management Rankings

The hospitality major at Cornell 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.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in hospitality, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Hospitality Student Demographics at Cornell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the hospitality majors at Cornell University.

Cornell Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of hospitality bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical hospitality bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Cornell University with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	66
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	113
International Students	36
Other Races/Ethnicities	36

Cornell Hospitality Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of hospitality master's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 30% men graduate in hospitality each year. Cornell does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Hospitality Management

Hospitality Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Cornell University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	277

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Human Resource Management
• 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 NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	10,340	$67,990
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Food Service Managers	8,850	$77,760
Lodging Managers	780	$86,200

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.