Hospitality Management at Arkansas Tech University

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

ATU is located in Russellville, Arkansas and has a total student population of 10,829. In 2021, 18 hospitality majors received their bachelor's degree from ATU.

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.

ATU Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

ATU Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at ATU 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 ATU 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
	69
	114
	160
	186
	191
	215
	295
	322

Earnings of ATU Hospitality Graduates

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at ATU is $30,600. This is less than $36,364, which is the national average of all hospitality majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Hospitality Student Demographics at ATU

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

ATU Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in hospitality from ATU. About 28% were men and 72% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at ATU 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 Arkansas Tech University with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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 Arkansas Tech University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Hospitality Administration/Management	18

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• Accounting
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business/Managerial Economics

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 AR, the home state for Arkansas Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Managers	3,360	$86,410
Food Service Managers	1,330	$48,760
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	640	$45,490
Business Professors	620	$85,990

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 Valis55 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.