Hospitality Management at University of Central Florida

What traits are you looking for in a hospitality school? To help you decide if University of Central Florida is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's hospitality program.

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and approximately 71,881 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 88 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.

UCF Hospitality Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UCF

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UCF Hospitality Management Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in hospitality, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Hospitality Student Demographics at UCF

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

UCF Hospitality Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 88 hospitality majors earned their master's degree from UCF. Of these graduates, 25% were men and 75% were women.

Of the students who received a hospitality master's degree from UCF, 58% 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 University of Central Florida with a master's in hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	51
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management
• General Business/Commerce

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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Food Service Managers	15,260	$61,160
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	7,540	$48,940
Business Professors	3,190	$94,370
Lodging Managers	3,150	$63,970

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.