Hospitality Management at Western Kentucky University

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

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and approximately 17,517 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in hospitality from WKU.

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.

WKU Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

WKU Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at WKU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 WKU 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
	182

Earnings of WKU Hospitality Graduates

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at WKU is $25,076. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality students.

Hospitality Student Demographics at WKU

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

WKU Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 31 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in hospitality from WKU in 2021, 3% were men and 97% were women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at WKU 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 Kentucky University with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	25
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WKU 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 Western Kentucky University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Western Kentucky University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Hospitality Administration/Management	31

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• International Business
• Management Information Systems
• Construction 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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Managers	3,260	$92,630
Food Service Managers	2,620	$51,160
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	670	$40,000
Business Professors	630	$85,970
Lodging Managers	220	$52,770

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 OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.