General Hospitality Administration/Management at Western Kentucky University

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

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and approximately 17,517 students attend the school each year. Of the 711 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University in 2021, 31 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.

WKU General Hospitality Administration/Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management

WKU General Hospitality Administration/Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks hotel and restaurant management programs across the country. The following shows how WKU performed in these rankings.

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 WKU 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
	56
	85
	261

Hotel & Restaurant Management Student Demographics at WKU

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

WKU General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 3% of hotel and restaurant management bachelor's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management 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 hotel and restaurant management.

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 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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Food Service Managers	2,620	$51,160
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.