Hospitality Management at Western Illinois University

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

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,560 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University in 2021, 7 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.

WIU Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

WIU Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at WIU 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 WIU 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
	239

Hospitality Student Demographics at WIU

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

WIU Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of hospitality bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at WIU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its hospitality bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

WIU also has a doctoral program available in hospitality. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Construction Management
• Human Resource Management
• 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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	4,420	$52,570
Business Professors	4,030	$107,910
Lodging Managers	1,480	$49,360

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 IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.