Hospitality Management at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 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.

Purdue Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Hospitality
• Doctorate Degree in Hospitality

Purdue Hospitality Management Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in hospitality, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Hospitality Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Hospitality Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students graduated with a master's degree in hospitality from Purdue. About 24% were men and 76% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Managers	7,290	$71,560
Food Service Managers	3,180	$52,280
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	1,210	$48,970
Lodging Managers	480	$42,130

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.