New Mexico contains seventeen schools that offer hospitality management programs. Texas Tech University, the highest-ranking hospitality management school in NM, has a total student population of 30,049 and is the 150th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 17 hospitality management schools in New Mexico, only 5 have 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 Central Texas College as the lowest recorded at only $4,285/yr.
Hospitality Management students from New Mexico 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 New Mexico alone, there are 73,520 employed food preparation and serving related employees earning an average yearly salary of $19,260. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in this state earn $18,030/yr and there are 2,060 employed.
Also, within the hospitality management schools in New Mexico, the average student population is 2,774 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from hospitality management, there are 1598 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,262 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $1,963, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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