Hospitality Management at Florida Gulf Coast University

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

FGCU is located in Fort Myers, Florida and has a total student population of 15,358. Of the 740 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Florida Gulf Coast University in 2021, 109 of them were hospitality management majors.

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.

FGCU Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

FGCU Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at FGCU 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 FGCU 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
	20
	30
	33
	58
	60
	79
	89
	92
	169
	245

Earnings of FGCU Hospitality Graduates

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at FGCU is $37,359. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality bachelor's degree recipients.

Hospitality Student Demographics at FGCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the hospitality majors at Florida Gulf Coast University.

FGCU Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 109 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management from FGCU in 2020-2021, 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical hospitality bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at FGCU since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at FGCU 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 Florida Gulf Coast University with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	83
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

FGCU 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 Florida Gulf Coast University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Resort Management	108
General Hospitality Administration/Management	1

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Accounting
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Business Administration & Management

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 FL, the home state for Florida Gulf Coast University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Food Service Managers	15,260	$61,160
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	7,540	$48,940
Business Professors	3,190	$94,370
Lodging Managers	3,150	$63,970

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 Brett Levin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.