# Hospitality Administration/Management

> A program that prepares individuals to serve as general managers and directors of hospitality operations on a system-wide basis, including both travel arrangements and promotion and the provision of traveler facilities. Includes instruction in principles of operations in the travel and tourism, hotel and lodging facilities, food services, and recreation facilities industries; hospitality marketing strategies; hospitality planning; management and coordination of franchise and unit operations; business management; accounting and financial management; hospitality transportation and logistics; and hospitality industry policies and regulations.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/programs/hospitality-administration-management
- CIP code: 52.09 (Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services)
- Colleges offering it: 325 at its most common degree level

## Outcomes by degree level (College Scorecard, 2025)

| Degree level | Colleges | Median earnings 1 yr | Median earnings 4 yrs | Median federal debt |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Certificate | 303 | $47,781 | $49,976 | $15,000 |
| Associate's | 325 | $37,700 | $40,896 | $23,400 |
| Bachelor's | 275 | $45,932 | $55,856 | $19,500 |
| Master's | 63 | $65,948 | $79,799 | $35,094 |
| Post-baccalaureate certificate | 2 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Doctoral | 15 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Graduate/professional certificate | 30 | not reported | not reported | not reported |

## Colleges whose graduates earn the most (Bachelor's)

Only programs with at least 10 graduates are listed.

| College | Location | Median earnings 4 yrs | Median debt |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: |
| [Cornell University-New York](https://www.collegesref.com/college/cornell-university-new-york-710) | Ithaca, NY | $112,289 | $10,883 |
| [New York University](https://www.collegesref.com/college/new-york-university-nyu-1866) | New York, NY | $84,375 | not reported |
| [Boston University](https://www.collegesref.com/college/boston-university-286) | Boston, MA | $82,302 | $19,500 |
| [University of Denver](https://www.collegesref.com/college/university-of-denver-2906) | Denver, CO | $75,118 | $19,204 |
| [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University](https://www.collegesref.com/college/virginia-polytechnic-institute-and-state-university-3134) | Blacksburg, VA | $72,817 | $22,000 |
| [DePaul University-Illinois](https://www.collegesref.com/college/depaul-university-illinois-795) | Chicago, IL | $71,556 | not reported |
| [Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus](https://www.collegesref.com/college/fairleigh-dickinson-university-florham-campus-935) | Madison, NJ | $71,188 | $19,500 |
| [Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus](https://www.collegesref.com/college/fairleigh-dickinson-university-metropolitan-campus-936) | Teaneck, NJ | $71,188 | $19,500 |
| [University of Delaware](https://www.collegesref.com/college/university-of-delaware-2905) | Newark, DE | $71,102 | $23,250 |
| [University of Massachusetts-Amherst](https://www.collegesref.com/college/university-of-massachusetts-amherst-umass-main-campus-2950) | Amherst, MA | $70,916 | $21,500 |

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- [Food Service Managers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/food-service-managers): $69,390 median pay
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## Sources

- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data, 2025: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data/
- NCES Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2020: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/