El Paso, TX (population: 631,862) has one hospitality school within a 100-mile radius of its city center. New Mexico State University-Main Campus has a total student population of 18,526. It is the 396th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of New Mexico. To learn more about hospitality programs in El Paso, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of hospitality professors at New Mexico State University such as Elizabeth Albin, Gregory Blanch, Darren Bloomquist, Priscilla Bloomquist, Lee Chang, and John Hartley.
Hospitality students from El Paso 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 El Paso area alone, there are 26,450 employed food preparation and serving related employees earning an average salary of $18,090. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in this area earn $15,800/yr and there are 790 employed.
El Paso lies in El Paso county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the El Paso area has 269,250 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 2.0% unemployment rate, $16.37/hr average worker wage, and a $34,050 average annual salary. Thus, about 2.921 out of every 1000 jobs in El Paso are held by hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop, and 98.247/1000 are held by food preparation and serving related employees.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, New Mexico State University-Main Campus ends up costing a student $9,500/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from El Paso |
| Las Cruces | NM | 95,663 | 3 | 29.6043 | 193 | 38.7 miles |
| Alamogordo | NM | - | 2 | 15.3602 | 50 | 77.8 miles |