Hospitality Management at DePaul 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 DePaul University stacks up to those at other schools.

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 21,922. In 2021, 17 hospitality majors received their bachelor's degree from DePaul.

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.

DePaul Hospitality Management Degrees Available

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

DePaul Hospitality Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks hospitality programs across the country. The following shows how DePaul performed in these rankings.

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 hospitality major at DePaul 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
	19
Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
	42
Best Hospitality Management Schools	62

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in hospitality from DePaul. This makes it the #27 most popular school for hospitality master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of DePaul Hospitality Graduates

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at DePaul is $43,199. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 19% higher than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality bachelor's degree recipients.

Hospitality Student Demographics at DePaul

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

DePaul Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students earned a bachelor's degree in hospitality from DePaul. About 82% of these graduates were women and the other 18% were men.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at DePaul are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 DePaul University with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

DePaul Hospitality Management Master’s Program

The hospitality program at DePaul awarded 9 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 44% of these degrees went to men with the other 56% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 30% men graduate in hospitality each year. DePaul 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 DePaul University with a master's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Information Systems
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Real Estate
• Taxation

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 IL, the home state for DePaul University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	4,420	$52,570
Business Professors	4,030	$107,910
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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Just under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.