Hospitality Management at East Carolina University

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

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and approximately 28,798 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 88 students received a bachelor's degree in hospitality from ECU.

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.

ECU Hospitality Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at ECU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

ECU does offer online education options in hospitality for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

ECU Hospitality Management Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The hospitality major at ECU 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
	4
	7
	10
	26
	35
	41
	58
	122
	125
	223

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in hospitality from ECU. This makes it the #37 most popular school for hospitality master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of ECU Hospitality Graduates

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at ECU is $33,479. This is less than $36,364, which is the national average of all hospitality majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Hospitality Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 88 hospitality students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from ECU, about 23% were men and 77% were women.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at ECU 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 East Carolina University with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	65
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

ECU Hospitality Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students earned a master's degree in hospitality from ECU. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

Of the students who received a hospitality master's degree from ECU, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ECU 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 East Carolina University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Hospitality Administration/Management	88
Other Hospitality Administration/Management	5

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Information Systems
• Accounting
• Finance & Financial Management
• 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 NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Food Service Managers	5,680	$59,340
Business Professors	3,440	$88,470
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	3,120	$47,080

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 Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.