Sacramento, CA (population: 475,452) has thirteen hospitality schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. University of San Francisco, the highest ranked school in this group with a hospitality program, has a total student population of 9,008. It is the 221st highest ranked school in the USA and the 21st highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles).
Hospitality students from Sacramento 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.
Of the 13 hospitality schools with a 100-mile radius of Sacramento, only 6 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, California Culinary Academy comes out as the most expensive ($32,251/yr) for hospitality students, with Lake Tahoe Community College as the lowest, reported at only $3,820/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Sacramento |
| West Sacramento | CA | 50,542 | 1 | 29.8049 | 4 | 4.4 miles |
| Rancho Cordova | CA | 65,274 | 3 | 17.1477 | 50 | 9.4 miles |
| Laguna | CA | 60,976 | 0 | - | 0 | 10.7 miles |
| Roseville | CA | 121,485 | 4 | 20.0435 | 49 | 16.3 miles |
| Woodland | CA | 56,758 | 0 | - | 0 | 17.9 miles |
| Folsom | CA | 69,994 | 1 | 12.6843 | 55 | 18.9 miles |
| Rocklin | CA | 56,052 | 2 | 36.0056 | 125 | 20.2 miles |
| Fairfield | CA | 104,184 | 9 | 23.8893 | 386 | 38.0 miles |
| Yuba City | CA | 62,588 | 1 | 36.3939 | 5 | 40.2 miles |
| Stockton | CA | 291,422 | 7 | 28.794 | 278 | 42.4 miles |
| Antioch | CA | 102,439 | 2 | 25.0238 | 14 | 43.9 miles |
| Pittsburg | CA | 67,613 | 2 | 20.7913 | 157 | 44.4 miles |
| Napa | CA | 75,759 | 1 | 15.1485 | 56 | 48.7 miles |
| Concord | CA | 122,338 | 7 | 21.1076 | 136 | 50.5 miles |
| Vallejo | CA | 114,029 | 1 | 31.5233 | 11 | 53.4 miles |
| Walnut Creek | CA | 64,055 | 0 | - | 0 | 55.7 miles |
| Salida | CA | - | 2 | 26.0837 | 19 | 63.3 miles |
| Dublin | CA | 46,208 | 3 | 13.8145 | 117 | 63.5 miles |
| Berkeley | CA | 102,237 | 13 | 2.98519 | 59 | 65.1 miles |
| Castro Valley | CA | 65,952 | 0 | - | 0 | 67.6 miles |
| Modesto | CA | 203,882 | 4 | 24.9737 | 137 | 68.2 miles |
| Oakland | CA | 412,612 | 12 | 26.3295 | 321 | 68.7 miles |
| San Leandro | CA | 78,904 | 1 | 29.9223 | 11 | 70.1 miles |
| Alameda | CA | 71,628 | 3 | 11.6549 | 62 | 70.1 miles |
| Sonora | CA | - | 1 | 10.5858 | 57 | 71.6 miles |
| Ceres | CA | 43,443 | 0 | - | 0 | 72.6 miles |
| Union City | CA | 76,462 | 1 | 13.7752 | 0 | 73.5 miles |
| Hayward | CA | 145,517 | 6 | 17.5402 | 239 | 73.5 miles |
| San Francisco | CA | 817,411 | 21 | 17.5697 | 455 | 76.8 miles |
| Fremont | CA | 207,431 | 5 | 26.457 | 262 | 77.5 miles |