Hospitality Management at San Diego State University

If you are interested in studying hospitality management, you may want to check out the program at San Diego State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 86 students received a bachelor's degree in hospitality from SDSU.

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.

SDSU Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality
• Master’s Degree in Hospitality

SDSU Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at SDSU 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 SDSU 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
	9
	13
	15
	18
	23
	27
	28
	32
	33
	37
	69
	111
	183

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in hospitality from SDSU. This makes it the #15 most popular school for hospitality master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Hospitality Graduates from SDSU Make?

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at SDSU is $43,577. This is 20% higher than $36,364, which is the national average for all hospitality bachelor's degree recipients.

Hospitality Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 86 hospitality majors earned their bachelor's degree from SDSU. Of these graduates, 28% were men and 72% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	39
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

SDSU Hospitality Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students earned a master's degree in hospitality from SDSU. About 87% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men.

Of the students who received a hospitality master's degree from SDSU, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Diego State University with a master's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SDSU 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 San Diego State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Hospitality Administration/Management	97
Meeting and Event Planning	12

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Accounting
• International Business
• 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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Food Service Managers	37,030	$57,920
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	16,200	$57,960
Business Professors	4,980	$137,530
Lodging Managers	4,310	$72,200

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.