Hospitality Management at California State University - Northridge

If you plan to study hospitality management, take a look at what California State University - Northridge has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and has a total student population of 40,381. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 61 students received a bachelor's degree in hospitality from CSUN.

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.

CSUN Hospitality Management Degrees Available

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

CSUN Hospitality Management Rankings

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

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 CSUN 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
	38
	43
	47
	152
	152
	265
	291
	301

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in hospitality from CSUN. This makes it the #33 most popular school for hospitality master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Hospitality Graduates from CSUN Make?

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUN is $31,432. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality students.

Hospitality Student Demographics at CSUN

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

CSUN Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 61 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management from CSUN in 2020-2021, 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical hospitality bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUN since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 California State University - Northridge with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	12
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

CSUN Hospitality Management Master’s Program

Of the 6 hospitality students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from CSUN, about 17% were men and 83% were women.

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

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

CSUN 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 California State University - Northridge. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Hospitality Administration/Management	67

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Accounting
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Business Administration & 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 CA, the home state for California State University - Northridge.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Food Service Managers	37,030	$57,920
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	16,200	$57,960
Business Professors	4,980	$137,530
Lodging Managers	4,310	$72,200

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 Cbl62 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.