General Hospitality Administration/Management at Western Illinois University

What traits are you looking for in a hotel and restaurant management school? To help you decide if Western Illinois University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's hotel and restaurant management program.

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year. Of the 215 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University in 2021, 7 of them were general hospitality administration/management majors.

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.

WIU General Hospitality Administration/Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management

WIU General Hospitality Administration/Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hotel and restaurant management progam at WIU 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 WIU 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
	17
	86
	86
	117
	126
	169

Hotel & Restaurant Management Student Demographics at WIU

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

WIU General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management from WIU. About 71% of these graduates were women and the other 29% were men.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management at WIU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its hotel and restaurant management bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in hotel and restaurant management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WIU 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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Lodging Managers	1,480	$49,360

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 IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.