Hawaii contains seven schools that offer hotel management programs. Travel Institute of the Pacific, the highest-ranking hotel management school in HI, has a total student population of 202 and is the 1223rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 7 hotel management 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.
Hotel Management students from Hawaii 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 Hawaii alone, there are 300 employed lodging managers earning an average yearly salary of $65,560. Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in this state earn $33,900/yr and there are 2,340 employed.
Also, within the hotel management schools in Hawaii, the average student population is 3,134 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from hotel management, 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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