Arizona contains four schools that offer hotel management programs. Arizona Western College, the highest-ranking hotel management school in AZ, has a total student population of 7,984 and is the 4802nd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 4 hotel management schools in Arizona, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Arizona Western College comes out as the most expensive ($10,426/yr), with Estrella Mountain Community College as the lowest recorded at only $7,811/yr.
Hotel Management students from Arizona schools who go on to become hotel managers, hotel and hospitality managers, food service managers, resort managers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 224,360 people working as hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $21,130. Also, Lodging managers make on average $53,500 per year and there are about 31,660 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Arizona alone, there are 980 employed lodging managers earning an average yearly salary of $48,260. Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in this state earn $22,140/yr and there are 5,180 employed.
Also, within the hotel management schools in Arizona, the average student population is 7,131 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Aside from hotel management, there are 3266 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,667 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $2,108, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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