Illinois contains ten schools that offer hospitality management programs. Kendall College, the highest-ranking hospitality management school in IL, has a total student population of 2,389 and is the 4103rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 10 hospitality management schools in Illinois, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Kendall College comes out as the most expensive ($33,701/yr), with Triton College as the lowest recorded at only $2,479/yr.
Hospitality Management students from Illinois 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 Illinois alone, there are 447,290 employed food preparation and serving related employees earning an average yearly salary of $20,930. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in this state earn $19,940/yr and there are 12,350 employed.
Also, within the hospitality management schools in Illinois, the average student population is 3,360 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from hospitality management, there are 7983 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,830 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $7,282, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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