Hospitality Management at Kent State University at Kent

Every hospitality management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the hospitality program at Kent State University at Kent stacks up to those at other schools.

Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and has a total student population of 26,822. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 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.

Kent State Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Hospitality

Online Classes Are Available at Kent State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

Kent State Hospitality Management Rankings

Hospitality Student Demographics at Kent State

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

Kent State Hospitality Management Master’s Program

Of the 6 students who earned a master's degree in Hospitality Management from Kent State in 2020-2021, 83% were men and 17% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 30% men graduate in hospitality each year. Kent State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 54% more men than average.

Of the students who received a hospitality master's degree from Kent State, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Construction Management
• Management Information Systems
• Accounting
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• 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 OH, the home state for Kent State University at Kent.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Managers	14,410	$107,320
Food Service Managers	8,080	$53,810
Business Professors	3,900	$108,400
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	3,000	$48,590
Lodging Managers	1,330	$49,320

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 JonRidinger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.