Hospitality Management at College of Charleston

If you plan to study hospitality management, take a look at what College of Charleston has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

C of C is located in Charleston, South Carolina and approximately 10,384 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 56 students received a bachelor's degree in hospitality from C of C.

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.

C of C Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

C of C Hospitality Management Rankings

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

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 C of C 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
	44
	50
	78
	78
	80
	114
	118
	162
	334

How Much Do Hospitality Graduates from C of C Make?

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at C of C is $35,234. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality students.

Hospitality Student Demographics at C of C

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

C of C Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 56 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management from C of C in 2020-2021, 30% were men and 70% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at C of C 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 College of Charleston with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	45
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

C of C 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 College of Charleston. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Hospitality Administration/Management	56

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• International Business
• Finance & Financial Management
• Accounting
• Marketing

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 SC, the home state for College of Charleston.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Food Service Managers	3,000	$61,110
Managers	1,760	$100,890
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	1,660	$40,040
Business Professors	1,140	$99,630
Lodging Managers	540	$54,750

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 Lkeadle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.