Park and Rec, Tourism/ hospitality management degrees?
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Anonymous
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My DD loves sports and to travel, is a good planner and is looking to study something more hands on. Anyone have a student majoring in this field? We’re looking NC State, ECU, ASU, Colorado State and a few CA state schools that are probably impossible to get into. We’re in DC and will utilize DC-TAG.
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Anonymous
At the risk of being blunt, those degrees are a total sham. They exist largely so athletes unwilling or incapable of doing college level work have something to major in and maintain their eligibility. Your daughter would be much better off majoring in econ, business, finance, accounting, etc. All of those degrees would still offer a pipeline into the hospitality/tourism/recreation industries and she would at least have a solid foundation to build her career on. |
Anonymous
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https://www.trade-schools.net/travel-hospitality/
Fits right in and hands on |
Anonymous
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For Parks and Rec - how about University of Vermont or Colorado is good (already on your list I see).
For tourism, most schools have this - what about UCF or schools near Orlando? |
Anonymous
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Penn State has a strong program, particularly on the parks & rec / outdoor tourism end of things.
https://hhd.psu.edu/rptm |
Anonymous
| A girl I grew up with has a degree in hospitality from a college in FL, and she works for the Four Seasons. Not front desk, but I can’t remember exactly what she does for them. |
Anonymous
| If she wants to work in tourism, The Rosen College of hospitality management at UCF cannot be beat. I work in the industry and many hotels and other tourism entities in Orlando and Florida, in general, recruit very heavily from this program. They provide fantastic internship opportunities and the Orlando business community is extremely supportive. The alumni is strong. They also have a sports management degree with which I’m not familiar, but I would think they offer similar opportunities. Penn State also has a robust program in both hospitality and sports. Having been in this field myself for 30 years, there are some really interesting opportunities and paths. Even if she doesn’t want to work in a hotel or other entity doing something like catering or event planning, the school at UCF provides in roads into non traditional areas of hospitality- finance, accounting, procurement etc. |
Anonymous
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on the hospitality side:
UMass-Amherst: https://www.umass.edu/admissions/articles/meet-major-hospitality-and-tourism-management University of Nevada - Las Vegas is another great option In NY, Cornell's Hotel School for hospitality For outdoor rec: Radford SUNY Cortland Oregon State |
Anonymous
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Marriott hotels have a management training program.
I would contact them and see their selection process. |
Anonymous
| My daughter graduated from the Hospitality Management program at Michigan State and has nothing but good things to say about the program. She's in the Voyage program with Marriott now- https://university.marriott.com/post-graduates/ |
Anonymous
| For the sports administration, University of Louisville has a program. You can use the DC TAG, and if your kid has decent scores & grades, there are merit scholarships for kids from the DC area of at least $12K a year. |
Anonymous
| I would go for a broader business degree and intern in the parks and rec /tourism field. |
Anonymous
OP here. This is a good idea. She’s concerned about her poor math skills. Business math can be challenging. |
Anonymous
| The University of New Hampshire has an Outdoor Education program and a Recreational Management program if she wanted to go more into park/outdoor tourism than hotels. |
Anonymous
| Was going to suggest UMass Amherst as well. When we toured they have a big hotel on campus that I believe was run by hospitality majors. |