General Hospitality Administration/Management at James Madison University

Every general hospitality administration/management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the hotel and restaurant management program at James Madison University stacks up to those at other schools.

JMU is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 21,594. In 2021, 138 hotel and restaurant management majors received their bachelor's degree from JMU.

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.

JMU General Hospitality Administration/Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management

JMU General Hospitality Administration/Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks hotel and restaurant management programs across the country. The following shows how JMU performed in these rankings.

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 JMU 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
	3
	6
	7
	11
	14
	19
	23
	34
	38
	118

Hotel & Restaurant Management Student Demographics at JMU

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

JMU General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 138 hotel and restaurant management students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from JMU, about 35% were men and 65% were women. The typical hotel and restaurant management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at JMU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management at JMU 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 James Madison University with a bachelor's in hotel and restaurant management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	104
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

JMU 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 VA, the home state for James Madison University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Food Service Managers	3,280	$65,800
Lodging Managers	890	$65,980

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 Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, North Carolina under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.