Hospitality Management at Rochester Institute of Technology

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 Rochester Institute of Technology stacks up to those at other schools.

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 16,158 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 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.

RIT Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Hospitality

Online Classes Are Available at RIT

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

RIT does offer online education options in hospitality for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

RIT Hospitality Management Rankings

Hospitality Student Demographics at RIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the hospitality majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.

RIT Hospitality Management Master’s Program

The hospitality program at RIT awarded 5 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women.

In the hospitality master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a master's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

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 NY, the home state for Rochester Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	10,340	$67,990
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Food Service Managers	8,850	$77,760
Lodging Managers	780	$86,200

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 Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.