Hospitality Management at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 86 students received a bachelor's degree in hospitality from SDSU.

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.

SDSU Hospitality Management Degrees Available

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

SDSU Hospitality Management Rankings

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

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 SDSU 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 Master’s Degree Schools	18
Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in hospitality from SDSU. This makes it the #15 most popular school for hospitality master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SDSU Hospitality Graduates

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at SDSU is $43,577. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 20% higher than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality bachelor's degree recipients.

Hospitality Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

The hospitality program at SDSU awarded 86 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 28% of these degrees went to men with the other 72% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	39
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

SDSU Hospitality Management Master’s Program

Of the 23 students who graduated with a master’s in hospitality from SDSU in 2021, 13% were men and 87% were women.

Of the students who received a hospitality master's degree from SDSU, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SDSU 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
• Finance & Financial Management
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Accounting
• International Business

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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Food Service Managers	37,030	$57,920
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	16,200	$57,960
Business Professors	4,980	$137,530
Lodging Managers	4,310	$72,200

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.