General Hospitality Administration/Management at South Dakota State University

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

South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and has a total student population of 11,405. In 2021, 8 hotel and restaurant management majors received their bachelor's degree from South Dakota State.

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.

South Dakota State General Hospitality Administration/Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management

South Dakota State General Hospitality Administration/Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hotel and restaurant management progam at South Dakota 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 hotel and restaurant management major at South Dakota State 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
	10
	48
	65
	114
	117
	130
	194
	199
	248

Hotel & Restaurant Management Student Demographics at South Dakota State

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

South Dakota State General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in hotel and restaurant management from South Dakota State in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management at South Dakota 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 South Dakota State University with a bachelor's in hotel and restaurant management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

South Dakota State 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 SD, the home state for South Dakota State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Food Service Managers	830	$52,880
Lodging Managers	240	$58,540

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.