San Antonio, TX (population: 1,402,013) has one hospitality school within its city limits. St Philips College has a total student population of 11,008. It is the 5737th highest ranked school in the USA and the 327th highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Hospitality students from San Antonio 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 San Antonio area alone, there are 84,090 employed food preparation and serving related employees earning an average salary of $19,160. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in this area earn $16,510/yr and there are 2,770 employed.
San Antonio lies in Bexar county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the San Antonio area has 837,030 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.9% unemployment rate, $18.25/hr average worker wage, and a $37,970 average annual salary. Thus, about 3.309 out of every 1000 jobs in San Antonio are held by hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop, and 100.465/1000 are held by food preparation and serving related employees.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, St Philips College ends up costing a student $4,077/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from San Antonio |
| Seguin | TX | - | 2 | 43.9208 | 52 | 33.7 miles |
| Kerrville | TX | - | 2 | 41.881 | 56 | 55.5 miles |
| Austin | TX | 792,778 | 27 | 18.4164 | 459 | 74.4 miles |
| Cedar Park | TX | 72,258 | 0 | - | 0 | 83.3 miles |
| Pflugerville | TX | 43,849 | 1 | 21.9644 | 4 | 86.3 miles |
| Georgetown | TX | 55,998 | 3 | 24.3873 | 208 | 95.8 miles |