Hospitality Management at George Washington University

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

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students received their master's degree in hospitality.

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.

GWU Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Hospitality

Online Classes Are Available at GWU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GWU offers distance education options for hospitality at the following degree levels:

GWU Hospitality Management Rankings

Hospitality Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Hospitality Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 hospitality majors earned their master's degree from GWU. Of these graduates, 23% were men and 77% were women.

In the hospitality master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Washington University with a master's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• International Business

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	2,510	$67,970
Food Service Managers	1,600	$70,980
Business Professors	640	$115,320
Lodging Managers	150	$119,460

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.