Hospitality Management at Florida Atlantic 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 Florida Atlantic University stacks up to those at other schools.

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 30,805 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 students received a bachelor's degree in hospitality from FAU.

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.

FAU Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Hospitality (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

Online Classes Are Available at FAU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? FAU offers distance education options for hospitality at the following degree levels:

FAU Hospitality Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks hospitality programs across the country. The following shows how FAU 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 FAU 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
Most Focused Hospitality Management Basic Certificate Schools	23
Best Value Hospitality Management Basic Certificate Schools	46

Earnings of FAU Hospitality Graduates

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at FAU is $33,519. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality students.

Hospitality Student Demographics at FAU

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

FAU Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 hospitality majors earned their bachelor's degree from FAU. Of these graduates, 30% were men and 70% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at FAU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	32
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• International Business
• Management Information Systems
• 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 FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Food Service Managers	15,260	$61,160
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	7,540	$48,940
Business Professors	3,190	$94,370
Lodging Managers	3,150	$63,970

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 Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.