Hospitality Management at National Louis University

If you plan to study hospitality management, take a look at what National Louis University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NLU is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 7,402. Of the 192 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from National Louis University in 2021, 45 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.

NLU Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

NLU Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at NLU 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 NLU 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
	17
	33
	46
	62
	70
	79
	89
	95
	111
	114

How Much Do Hospitality Graduates from NLU Make?

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at NLU is $40,761. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality bachelor's degree recipients.

Hospitality Student Demographics at NLU

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

NLU Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 45 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management from NLU in 2020-2021, 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical hospitality bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at NLU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NLU 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at National Louis University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Hospitality Administration/Management	45

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• General Business/Commerce
• Human Resource Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• 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 IL, the home state for National Louis University.

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
• Image Credit: By TonyTheTiger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.