Hospitality Management at Salem State University

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

Salem State is located in Salem, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 7,242. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in hospitality from Salem State.

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.

Salem State Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

Salem State Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at Salem State 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 hospitality major at Salem State 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
	14
	121
	124
	189
	197
	259

Hospitality Student Demographics at Salem State

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

Salem State Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 hospitality majors earned their bachelor's degree from Salem State. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical hospitality bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Salem State since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at Salem State 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 Salem State University with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Salem State 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

Hospitality Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Salem State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Hospitality Administration/Management	13
Tourism and Travel Services Management	1

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Management Information Systems
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business
• Human Resource 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 MA, the home state for Salem State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Food Service Managers	6,270	$68,770
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	3,090	$56,570

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 Fletcher6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.