Hospitality Management at Central Washington University

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

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and has a total student population of 11,174. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in hospitality from CWU.

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.

CWU Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

CWU Hospitality Management Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The hospitality major at CWU 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
	92
	119
	163
	205

Hospitality Student Demographics at CWU

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

CWU Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of hospitality bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

CWU 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

The following hospitality concentations are available at Central Washington University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Central Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Tourism and Travel Services Management	12
Meeting and Event Planning	3
General Hospitality Administration/Management	1

Related Majors

• Insurance
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• General Sales & Marketing
• 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 WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	2,650	$53,380
Food Service Managers	2,280	$77,970
Business Professors	1,350	$90,100
Lodging Managers	910	$60,560

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.