Hospitality Management at Purdue University Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest is located in Hammond, Indiana and approximately 9,363 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,671 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University Northwest in 2021, 23 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.

Purdue Northwest Hospitality Management Degrees Available

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

Purdue Northwest Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at Purdue Northwest 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 Purdue Northwest 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 Hospitality Management Basic Certificate Schools	54
Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	70
Most Focused Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90
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Earnings of Purdue Northwest Hospitality Graduates

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at Purdue Northwest is $29,781. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality students.

Hospitality Student Demographics at Purdue Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 hospitality majors earned their bachelor's degree from Purdue Northwest. Of these graduates, 35% were men and 65% were women. The typical hospitality bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Purdue Northwest since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at Purdue Northwest 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 Purdue University Northwest with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University Northwest.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Managers	7,290	$71,560
Food Service Managers	3,180	$52,280
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	1,210	$48,970
Lodging Managers	480	$42,130

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.