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Hospitality Management at University of Kentucky

Hospitality Management at University of Kentucky

If you plan to study hospitality management, take a look at what University of Kentucky has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986.

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.

UK Hospitality Management Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

UK Hospitality Management Rankings

The hospitality major at UK 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.

Hospitality Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

74% Women
5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 26% of hospitality bachelor's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

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About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at UK 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 University of Kentucky with a bachelor's in hospitality.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 17
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Hospitality Management

If you plan to be a hospitality major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Kentucky. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Hospitality Administration/Management 27

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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Managers 3,260 $92,630
Food Service Managers 2,620 $51,160
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 670 $40,000
Business Professors 630 $85,970
Lodging Managers 220 $52,770

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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