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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received a bachelor's degree in hospitality from UK.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks hospitality programs across the country. The following shows how UK performed in these rankings.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Hospitality Management Schools	286

Earnings of UK Hospitality Graduates

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at UK is $39,835. This is 10% higher than $36,364, which is the national average for all hospitality bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 27 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in hospitality from UK in 2021, 22% were men and 78% were women.

About 67% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UK 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
• Business Administration & Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Accounting
• 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.