Hospitality Management at Ball State University

If you are interested in studying hospitality management, you may want to check out the program at Ball State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and approximately 21,597 students attend the school each year. Of the 924 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ball State University in 2021, 29 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.

Ball State Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

Ball State Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at Ball State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The hospitality major at Ball State 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
	87
	139
	168

Earnings of Ball State Hospitality Graduates

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ball State is $33,366. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality students.

Hospitality Student Demographics at Ball State

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

Ball State Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students earned a bachelor's degree in hospitality from Ball State. About 90% of these graduates were women and the other 10% were men.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at Ball State 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 Ball State University with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Ball State 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 Ball State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Hospitality Administration/Management	29

Related Majors

• International Business
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Real Estate
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Human Resource Management

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 IN, the home state for Ball State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Managers	7,290	$71,560
Food Service Managers	3,180	$52,280
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	1,210	$48,970
Lodging Managers	480	$42,130

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 Travisleehardin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.