Hospitality Management at Florida International University

If you plan to study hospitality management, take a look at what Florida International University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

FIU is located in Miami, Florida and approximately 58,836 students attend the school each year. Of the 13,988 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Florida International University in 2021, 619 of them were hospitality management majors.

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.

FIU Hospitality Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at FIU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, FIU does offer online courses in hospitality for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

FIU Hospitality Management Rankings

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

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 FIU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Best Value Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools	29

In 2021, 157 students received their master’s degree in hospitality from FIU. This makes it the #1 most popular school for hospitality master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Hospitality Graduates from FIU Make?

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at FIU is $35,771. 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 FIU

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

FIU Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 619 hospitality majors earned their bachelor's degree from FIU. Of these graduates, 28% were men and 72% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Florida International University with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	45
Hispanic or Latino	222
White	75
International Students	256
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

FIU Hospitality Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 157 students earned a master's degree in hospitality from FIU. About 72% of these graduates were women and the other 28% were men.

In the hospitality master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	26
International Students	59
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Management Information Systems
• Real Estate
• Human Resource Management
• Accounting

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 International 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 Comayagua99 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.