Hospitality Management at College of DuPage

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

COD is located in Glen Ellyn, Illinois and has a total student population of 21,010.

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.

COD Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Hospitality (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Hospitality

COD Hospitality Management Rankings

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Hospitality Student Demographics at COD

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

COD Hospitality Management Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 37% of hospitality associate's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in hospitality only graduates about 30% men each year. The program at COD may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

COD does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in hospitality graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from College of DuPage with a associate's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 DuPage. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Tourism and Travel Services Management	8
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	8
Restaurant/Food Services Management	3

Related Majors

• Business Support & Assistant Services
• Construction Management
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• General Sales & Marketing
• Accounting

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 IL, the home state for College of DuPage.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	4,420	$52,570
Business Professors	4,030	$107,910
Lodging Managers	1,480	$49,360

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.