General Hospitality Administration/Management at Ferris State University

What traits are you looking for in a hotel and restaurant management school? To help you decide if Ferris State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's hotel and restaurant management program.

Ferris is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and has a total student population of 11,165. In 2021, 33 hotel and restaurant management majors received their bachelor's degree from Ferris.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Hospitality Administration/Management section at the bottom of this page.

Ferris General Hospitality Administration/Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management

Ferris General Hospitality Administration/Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hotel and restaurant management progam at Ferris 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 hotel and restaurant management major at Ferris is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Hospitality Administration/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
	74
	116

Hotel & Restaurant Management Student Demographics at Ferris

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the hotel and restaurant management majors at Ferris State University.

Ferris General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management from Ferris. About 30% were men and 70% were women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management at Ferris 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 Ferris State University with a bachelor's in hotel and restaurant management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	29
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Ferris also has a doctoral program available in hotel and restaurant management. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Hotel & Restaurant Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in hotel and restaurant management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Ferris State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Food Service Managers	4,590	$61,800
Lodging Managers	970	$58,550

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.