Hospitality Management at Eastern Illinois 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 Eastern Illinois University stacks up to those at other schools.

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and approximately 8,626 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 1 hospitality major received their bachelor's degree from EIU.

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.

EIU Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

EIU Hospitality Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks hospitality programs across the country. The following shows how EIU 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 EIU 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	42
	294
Most Focused Hospitality Management Schools	510

Hospitality Student Demographics at EIU

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

EIU Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 hospitality major earned their bachelor's degree from EIU.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Construction Management
• Marketing

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 Eastern Illinois 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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.