Hospitality Management at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Every hospitality management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the hospitality program at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 40 hospitality majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Knoxville.

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.

UT Knoxville Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality
• Doctorate Degree in Hospitality

UT Knoxville Hospitality Management Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The hospitality major at UT Knoxville 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	70
Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	109
Most Focused Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156

How Much Do Hospitality Graduates from UT Knoxville Make?

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Knoxville is $36,105. 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 UT Knoxville

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the hospitality majors at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

UT Knoxville Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 40 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management from UT Knoxville in 2020-2021, 28% were men and 73% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at UT Knoxville 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UT Knoxville also has a doctoral program available in hospitality. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Construction Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Human Resource Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Food Service Managers	10,030	$47,240
Business Professors	2,540	$78,220
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	1,830	$48,980
Lodging Managers	1,370	$58,010

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.