Hospitality Management at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 230 students received a bachelor's degree in hospitality from UH.

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.

UH Hospitality Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UH

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UH does offer online courses in hospitality for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UH Hospitality Management Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The hospitality major at UH 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
	6
	12
	43

In 2021, 58 students received their master’s degree in hospitality from UH. This makes it the #4 most popular school for hospitality master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in hospitality, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Hospitality Graduates from UH Make?

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH is $37,817. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality bachelor's degree recipients.

Hospitality Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of hospitality bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical hospitality bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 University of Houston with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	74
White	63
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UH Hospitality Management Master’s Program

The hospitality program at UH awarded 58 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 26% of these degrees went to men with the other 74% going to women.

In the hospitality master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	20
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UH also has a doctoral program available in hospitality. In 2021, 3 students 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Houston. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	231
General Hospitality Administration/Management	60

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business/Corporate Communications
• 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 TX, the home state for University of Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Food Service Managers	12,180	$61,610
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	7,490	$53,230
Business Professors	6,060	$110,450
Lodging Managers	3,240	$55,880

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.