Oklahoma City, OK (population: 564,147) has two hospitality management schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Caddo Kiowa Technology Center, the highest ranked school in this group with a hospitality management program, has a total student population of 183. It is the 1856th highest ranked school in the USA and the 40th highest in the state of Oklahoma (#1 is Oklahoma City University).
Hospitality Management students from Oklahoma City 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 Oklahoma City area alone, there are 49,170 employed food preparation and serving related employees earning an average salary of $18,330. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in this area earn $16,500/yr and there are 1,950 employed.
Oklahoma City lies in Oklahoma county, which is one of the 41 counties in Oklahoma. Overall, the Oklahoma City area has 564,710 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.5% unemployment rate, $18.31/hr average worker wage, and a $38,090 average annual salary. Thus, about 3.462 out of every 1000 jobs in Oklahoma City are held by hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop, and 87.068/1000 are held by food preparation and serving related employees.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Caddo Kiowa Technology Center comes out as the most expensive ($/yr) for hospitality management students, with Tulsa Community College as the lowest, reported at only $5,722/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Oklahoma City |
| Midwest City | OK | 57,117 | 2 | 17.3383 | 110 | 7.9 miles |
| Choctaw | OK | - | 1 | 23.6866 | 52 | 13.7 miles |
| Edmond | OK | 83,110 | 2 | 44.4236 | 227 | 14.9 miles |
| Norman | OK | 109,682 | 3 | 32.5918 | 201 | 19.2 miles |
| El Reno | OK | - | 2 | 15.8225 | 75 | 25.4 miles |
| Seminole | OK | - | 1 | 13.2494 | 38 | 50.3 miles |
| Stillwater | OK | 49,103 | 3 | 29.7057 | 219 | 51.9 miles |
| Ada | OK | - | 3 | 41.9631 | 159 | 67.3 miles |
| Weatherford | OK | - | 2 | 18.0217 | 135 | 67.6 miles |
| Enid | OK | 48,152 | 2 | 30.1217 | 45 | 68.1 miles |
| Lawton | OK | 87,265 | 4 | 24.3174 | 114 | 79.2 miles |
| Ponca City | OK | - | 2 | 30.535 | 26 | 88.8 miles |
| Ardmore | OK | - | 1 | 18.2326 | 23 | 92.0 miles |