Hospitality Management at San Jose State University

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

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and has a total student population of 36,208. Of the 1,988 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University in 2021, 62 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.

San Jose State Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

San Jose State Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at San Jose State 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 San Jose 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
	41
	50
	141
	144
	296

How Much Do Hospitality Graduates from San Jose State Make?

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at San Jose State is $45,617. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 25% higher than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality bachelor's degree recipients.

Hospitality Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 students earned a bachelor's degree in hospitality from San Jose State. About 73% of these graduates were women and the other 27% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% more racial-ethnic minorities in its hospitality bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	5
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Hospitality Administration/Management	62

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Taxation
• Accounting
• 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 CA, the home state for San Jose 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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.