The thing about hospitality is that many of the jobs have hours that are the "off hours" for office jobs.... i.e. weekend and nights and holidays ... especially holidays. It's probably not such a problem if your DD works in the same area where her relatives live... b/c then she could still catch up with the family for a little holiday time. But, it wouldn't be very conducive to a person who lives further away and wants to see their family at holidays.

My friend went to University of North Texas for this degree. They have a strong department.

College of Charleston.

Anonymous wrote:Can you actually make a decent living with this degree as a kid starting out in the industry.

The people I know who have degrees in recreation and hospitality have done very well for themselves. I wish I had been aware where these majors led when I was in school.

I had a friend at Iowa St. who got a degree in Hotel/Restaurant Management. She was in a sorority with me. She was also the "house manager" at the sorority... good way to sort of practice the management side of things (hiring the house mom, managing repairs and the house budget, etc.) while in college. She didn't get paid for it, but she had easy hours and essentially "worked from home" while getting some experience.

Culinary Institute of America in NY

Anonymous wrote:Can you actually make a decent living with this degree as a kid starting out in the industry.

https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Hospitality_Manager/Salary/00a0dde3/

Anonymous wrote:Hospitality is a great career choice. I work in international marketing and every country I go to emphasizes hospitality as a career/education focus. It's one job that can't be outsourced and it's a massive and growing industry.

What would the pay be for something like that?

Hospitality is a great career choice. I work in international marketing and every country I go to emphasizes hospitality as a career/education focus. It's one job that can't be outsourced and it's a massive and growing industry.

I work at Marriott in Bethesda. We hire tons from Michigan State.

The top 3 hospitality schools in the country/world are Cornell, Michigan State and University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Then generally Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne (Switzerland) is in the top 5 along one of the following: the Hilton School at University of Houston, Central Florida or Les Roches (Switzerland). The schools are intense and have extremely competitive admissions. If you do well at one of them then you can basically write your own ticket when you graduate.

Anonymous wrote:I work in hotel management. We hire a lot from University of Central Florida from their Rosen College of Hospitality Mgmt

Ooh, that's a good one I forgot about. It's a great location, too - right in Orlando which has one of the highest hotel/restaurants per capita...

Anonymous wrote:What jobs do new graduates (without advanced degrees) hold within these organizations?

We hire for our management training program which allows people to grow into a role and get to know basically every position within a hotel before deciding where to focus

What jobs do new graduates (without advanced degrees) hold within these organizations?

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Anonymous wrote:Can you actually make a decent living with this degree as a kid starting out in the industry.

Ever hear of the Marriotts?

Yes, and I'm fairly certain that new graduates will not be making as much as the Marriott family does each year. What is the starting salary at Marriott or Hilton for a new graduate?
I know several people working for hotel chains and none of them have a hospitality/hotel management degree. Most have MBA's with undergraduate business, finance or marketing degrees.

A person I knew from high school got a degree in hotel management and then an MBA. She makes a ton of money working for Aramark. These people aren’t becoming bell boys or housekeepers (not that there’s anything wrong with those jobs, but I feel like that’s what PP had in mind).