General Hospitality Administration/Management at Western Carolina University

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

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and approximately 12,243 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students received a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management from WCU.

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.

WCU General Hospitality Administration/Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management

WCU General Hospitality Administration/Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks hotel and restaurant management programs across the country. The following shows how WCU 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 hotel and restaurant management major at WCU 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
	52
	58
	62
	74
	130
	148
	200
	247

Hotel & Restaurant Management Student Demographics at WCU

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

WCU General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Program

The hotel and restaurant management program at WCU awarded 33 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 30% of these degrees went to men with the other 70% going to women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management at WCU 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 Western Carolina University with a bachelor's in hotel and restaurant management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	26
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

WCU 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 NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Food Service Managers	5,680	$59,340

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.