Hospitality Management at Auburn University

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

Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and approximately 30,737 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 students received a bachelor's degree in hospitality from Auburn.

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.

Auburn Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality
• Master’s Degree in Hospitality

Online Classes Are Available at Auburn

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Auburn offers distance education options for hospitality at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Auburn Hospitality Management Rankings

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

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 Auburn 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
	11
	16
	27
	50
	51
	91

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in hospitality from Auburn. This is the #50 most popular school for hospitality master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Hospitality Graduates from Auburn Make?

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at Auburn is $42,369. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 17% higher than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality bachelor's degree recipients.

Hospitality Student Demographics at Auburn

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

Auburn Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 57 hospitality students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Auburn, about 18% were men and 82% were women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at Auburn 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 Auburn University with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	49
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Auburn Hospitality Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of hospitality master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

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

Auburn 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

Hospitality Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Auburn University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Hospitality Administration/Management	58

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• International Business
• Management Information Systems
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

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 AL, the home state for Auburn University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Food Service Managers	2,380	$58,590
Managers	2,110	$106,680
Business Professors	840	$98,110
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	530	$44,280
Lodging Managers	480	$53,050

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 Robert S. Donovan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.