Hawaii contains seven schools that offer hospitality programs. Travel Institute of the Pacific, the highest-ranking hospitality school in HI, has a total student population of 202 and is the 1223rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 7 hospitality schools in Hawaii, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Travel Institute of the Pacific comes out as the most expensive ($17,270/yr), with Kauai Community College as the lowest recorded at only $2,452/yr.
Hospitality students from Hawaii 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 Hawaii alone, there are 68,500 employed food preparation and serving related employees earning an average yearly salary of $24,910. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in this state earn $21,120/yr and there are 2,030 employed.
Also, within the hospitality schools in Hawaii, the average student population is 3,134 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from hospitality, there are 704 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,845 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,000, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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