Hospitality Management at Washington State University

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

Wazzu is located in Pullman, Washington and approximately 31,159 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,226 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Washington State University in 2021, 162 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.

Wazzu Hospitality Management Degrees Available

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

Wazzu Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at Wazzu 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 Wazzu 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	7
Best Hospitality Management Graduate Certificate Schools	8

Earnings of Wazzu Hospitality Graduates

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wazzu is $38,870. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality bachelor's degree recipients.

Hospitality Student Demographics at Wazzu

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

Wazzu Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 162 students earned a bachelor's degree in hospitality from Wazzu. About 68% of these graduates were women and the other 32% were men. The typical hospitality bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Wazzu since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	49
International Students	88
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Wazzu also has a doctoral program available in hospitality. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business
• Management Information Systems
• Accounting
• Marketing

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 WA, the home state for Washington State University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	2,650	$53,380
Food Service Managers	2,280	$77,970
Business Professors	1,350	$90,100
Lodging Managers	910	$60,560

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 {} under License

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