Pennsylvania contains 24 schools that offer hospitality management programs. Drexel University, the highest-ranking hospitality management school in PA, has a total student population of 22,493 and is the 108th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 24 hospitality management schools in Pennsylvania, only 9 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, YTI Career Institute comes out as the most expensive ($41,895/yr), with Westmoreland County Community College as the lowest recorded at only $2,481/yr.
Hospitality Management students from Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania alone, there are 467,810 employed food preparation and serving related employees earning an average yearly salary of $21,160. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in this state earn $20,880/yr and there are 14,230 employed.
Also, within the hospitality management schools in Pennsylvania, the average student population is 2,077 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from hospitality management, there are 10679 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,747 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $9,718, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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