Hospitality Management at Buffalo State

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

Buffalo State is located in Buffalo, New York and has a total student population of 8,339. Of the 330 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Buffalo State in 2021, 40 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.

Buffalo State Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

Buffalo State Hospitality Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks hospitality programs across the country. The following shows how Buffalo State performed in these rankings.

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 Buffalo 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
	60
	70
	105
	106
	116
	174
	176
	282
	288
	301

Earnings of Buffalo State Hospitality Graduates

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at Buffalo State is $31,023. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality students.

Hospitality Student Demographics at Buffalo State

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

Buffalo State Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 40 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in hospitality from Buffalo State in 2021, 28% were men and 73% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Buffalo State with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Buffalo 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

The following hospitality concentations are available at Buffalo State. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Buffalo State. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Hospitality Administration/Management	40

Related Majors

• 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 NY, the home state for Buffalo State.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	10,340	$67,990
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Food Service Managers	8,850	$77,760
Lodging Managers	780	$86,200

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 Fortunate4now under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.