Hospitality Management at Northern Arizona University

If you are interested in studying hospitality management, you may want to check out the program at Northern Arizona University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 210 students received a bachelor's degree in hospitality from NAU.

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.

NAU Hospitality Management Degrees Available

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

NAU Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at NAU 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 NAU 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
	76

Earnings of NAU Hospitality Graduates

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at NAU is $37,974. This is 4% higher than $36,364, which is the national average for all hospitality bachelor's degree recipients.

Hospitality Student Demographics at NAU

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

NAU Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 210 hospitality majors earned their bachelor's degree from NAU. Of these graduates, 29% were men and 71% were women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at NAU 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 Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	120
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	33

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

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• Construction Management
• Accounting
• 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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Managers	8,520	$101,630
Food Service Managers	5,120	$58,640
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	1,590	$44,160
Business Professors	1,070	$100,200
Lodging Managers	780	$61,830

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.