Colorado contains five schools that offer hospitality management programs. Johnson & Wales University-Denver, the highest-ranking hospitality management school in CO, has a total student population of 1,461 and is the 3273rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 5 hospitality management schools in Colorado, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Johnson & Wales University-Denver comes out as the most expensive ($23,765/yr), with Colorado Mountain College as the lowest recorded at only $6,996/yr.
Hospitality Management students from Colorado schools who go on to become hospitality managers, hospitality professionals, hospitaly managers, hotel and hospitality managers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 334,310 people working as hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $19,190. Also, Food preparation and serving related employees make on average $20,880 per year and there are about 11,218,260 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Colorado alone, there are 206,780 employed food preparation and serving related employees earning an average yearly salary of $21,920. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in this state earn $19,670/yr and there are 8,120 employed.
Also, within the hospitality management schools in Colorado, the average student population is 3,182 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1. Aside from hospitality management, there are 2501 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 3,103 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,337, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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