Hospitality Management at Grand Valley State University

What traits are you looking for in a hospitality school? To help you decide if Grand Valley State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's hospitality program.

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and approximately 23,350 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,263 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Grand Valley State University in 2021, 90 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.

GVSU Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

GVSU Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at GVSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 GVSU 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 Popular Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Best Hospitality Management Schools	65

How Much Do Hospitality Graduates from GVSU Make?

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at GVSU is $35,325. 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 GVSU

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

GVSU Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 90 hospitality majors earned their bachelor's degree from GVSU. Of these graduates, 11% were men and 89% were women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at GVSU 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 Grand Valley State University with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	79
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• International Business
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Human Resource Management
• General Business/Commerce

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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Food Service Managers	4,590	$61,800
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	2,720	$47,090
Business Professors	2,350	$107,140
Lodging Managers	970	$58,550

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.