Hospitality Management at Wilkes University

If you are interested in studying hospitality management, you may want to check out the program at Wilkes University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Wilkes is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 4,781. Of the 110 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wilkes University in 2021, 3 of them were hospitality management majors.

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.

Wilkes Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

Wilkes Hospitality Management Rankings

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

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 hospitality major at Wilkes 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
	97
	142
	158
	183
	199
	201
	275
	362
	415
	439

Hospitality Student Demographics at Wilkes

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

Wilkes Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 hospitality majors earned their bachelor's degree from Wilkes. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality at Wilkes 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 Wilkes University with a bachelor's in hospitality.

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

Wilkes 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

Hospitality Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wilkes University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Hospitality Administration/Management	3

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Marketing
• Accounting
• Finance & Financial Management
• Business Administration & 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 PA, the home state for Wilkes 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 Jrmski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.