Hospitality Management at Widener University

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

Widener is located in Chester, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,150. In 2021, 11 hospitality majors received their bachelor's degree from Widener.

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.

Widener Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

Widener Hospitality Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hospitality progam at Widener 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 hospitality major at Widener 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
	38
	53
	360

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in hospitality from Widener. This is the #53 most popular school for hospitality master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Hospitality Graduates from Widener Make?

The median salary of hospitality students who receive their bachelor's degree at Widener is $45,377. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 25% higher than the national average of $36,364 for all hospitality bachelor's degree recipients.

Hospitality Student Demographics at Widener

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

Widener Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in hospitality from Widener in 2021, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical hospitality bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Widener since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at Widener 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 Widener University with a bachelor's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Widener 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

If you plan to be a hospitality major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Widener University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Hospitality Administration/Management	11

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• General Business/Commerce
• International Business
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing

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 PA, the home state for Widener University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Food Service Managers	6,010	$66,680
Business Professors	5,490	$91,520
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	3,840	$48,670
Lodging Managers	1,220	$59,520

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 User:Smallbones at English Wikipedia. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.