Tucson, AZ (population: 551,067) has one hospitality school within its city limits. Pima Community College has a total student population of 35,880. It is the 4974th highest ranked school in the USA and the 74th highest in the state of Arizona (#1 is Northern Arizona University). To learn more about hospitality programs in Tucson, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of hospitality professors at Pima Community College such as John Dailey.
Hospitality students from Tucson schools who go on to become hospitality managers, caterers, event planners, wedding planners, 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 Tucson area alone, there are 33,790 employed food preparation and serving related employees earning an average salary of $20,680. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in this area earn $18,070/yr and there are 1,270 employed.
Tucson lies in Pima county, which is one of the 15 counties in Arizona. Overall, the Tucson area has 362,000 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $40,870 average annual salary. Thus, about 4 out of every 1000 jobs in Tucson are held by hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop, and 93/1000 are held by food preparation and serving related employees.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Pima Community College ends up costing a student $3,259/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Tucson |
| Sierra Vista | AZ | 44,234 | 0 | - | 0 | 55.0 miles |
| Casa Grande | AZ | 47,388 | 1 | 16.7022 | 3 | 68.8 miles |
| Maricopa | AZ | 53,723 | 0 | - | 0 | 90.0 miles |
| Gilbert | AZ | 243,090 | 0 | - | 0 | 93.1 miles |
| Chandler | AZ | 258,122 | 5 | 22.1433 | 88 | 95.1 miles |
| Mesa | AZ | 474,115 | 6 | 20.6791 | 210 | 97.8 miles |