Types of Degrees Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many tourism and travel services marketing operations graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Basic Certificate	84
Bachelor’s Degree	32
Associate Degree	22
Undergraduate Certificate	5

What Majors Need to Know

O*NET surveyed people in occupations related to tourism and travel services marketing operations and asked them what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important for their jobs. The responses were rated on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being most important.

Knowledge Areas for Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations Majors

According to O*NET survey takers, a major in tourism and travel services marketing operations should prepare you for careers in which you will need to be knowledgeable in the following areas:

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Sales and Marketing - Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
• Geography - Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
• Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Skills for Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations Majors

The following list of skills has been highlighted as some of the most essential for careers related to tourism and travel services marketing operations:

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Abilities for Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations Majors

A major in tourism and travel services marketing operations will prepare for your careers in which the following abilities are important:

• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Who Is Getting a Bachelor’s Degree in ?

This major is dominated by women with about 78% of recent graduates being female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of tourism and travel services marketing operations majors is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Geographic Diversity

Americans aren’t the only ones with an interest in Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations. About 3.1% of those with this major are international students.

How Much Do Majors Make?

Salaries According to BLS

The median salary for someone in a career related to tourism and travel services marketing operations is $42,720. This median refers to all degree levels, so you may expect those with a more advanced degree to make more while those with less advanced degrees will typically make less.

To put that into context, according to BLS data from the first quarter of 2020, the typical high school graduate makes between $30,000 and $57,900 a year (25th through 75th percentile). The average person with a bachelor’s degree (any field) makes between $45,600 and $99,000. Advanced degree holders make the most with salaries between $55,600 and $125,400.

Amount of Education Required for Careers Related to

Some careers associated with tourism and travel services marketing operations require an advanced degree while some may not even require a bachelor’s. Whatever the case may be, pursuing more education usually means that more career options will be available to you.

How much schooling do you really need to compete in today’s job market? People currently working in careers related to tourism and travel services marketing operations have obtained the following education levels.

Education Level	Percentage of Workers
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)	30.8%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)	11.5%
Some College Courses	6.1%
Associate’s Degree (or other 2-year degree)	37.3%
Bachelor’s Degree	14.4%

Online Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level	Colleges Offering Programs	Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year)	0	0
Certificate (1-2 years)	11	0
Certificate (2-4 Years)	0	0
Associate’s Degree	21	0
Bachelor’s Degree	0	0
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	0	0
Post-Master’s	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Research)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Other)	0	0

Is a Degree in Worth It?

The median salary for a tourism and travel services marketing operations grad is $42,720 per year. This is based on the weighted average of the most common careers associated with the major.

This is 7% more than the average salary for an individual holding a high school degree. This adds up to a gain of about $56,400 after 20 years!

Majors Related to

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to tourism and travel services marketing operations.

Major	Number of Grads
Fashion Merchandising	3,106
Business and Personal/Financial Services Marketing Operations	700
Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations	250
Special Products Marketing Operations	205
Apparel and Accessories Marketing Operations	97
Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations	57
Vehicle and Vehicle Parts and Accessories Marketing Operations	45
Tourism Promotion Operations	40
Auctioneering	25

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
• College Scorecard
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers First Quarter 2020
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