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Hospitality Schools in Charlotte

Charlotte, NC (population: 723,514) has two hospitality schools within its city limits. Central Piedmont Community College, the highest ranked school in the city with a hospitality program, has a total student population of 19,364. It is the 5469th highest ranked school in the USA and the 127th highest in the state of North Carolina (#1 is Duke University).

Hospitality students from Charlotte 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 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord-SC area alone, there are 68,330 employed food preparation and serving related employees earning an average salary of $20,530. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in this area earn $17,260/yr and there are 2,210 employed.

Charlotte lies in Mecklenburg county, which is one of the 64 counties in North Carolina. Overall, the Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord-SC area has 837,820 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.9% unemployment rate, $21.10/hr average worker wage, and a $43,890 average annual salary. Thus, about 2.639 out of every 1000 jobs in Charlotte are held by hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop, and 81.562/1000 are held by food preparation and serving related employees.

Of the 2 hospitality schools in Charlotte, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte comes out as the most expensive ($22,899/yr) for hospitality students, with Central Piedmont Community College as the lowest, reported at only $9,798/yr.

Hospitality Programs in Charlotte

• Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

• Hospitality Administration/Management, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

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