Albuquerque, NM (population: 535,923) has fifteen hotel management schools within a 500-mile radius of its city center. Texas Tech University, the highest ranked school in this group with a hotel management program, has a total student population of 30,049. It is the 150th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Hotel Management students from Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque area alone, there are 90 employed lodging managers earning an average salary of $48,620. Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in this area earn $19,940/yr and there are 800 employed.
Albuquerque lies in Bernalillo county, which is one of the 23 counties in New Mexico. Overall, the Albuquerque area has 381,870 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $19.31/hr average worker wage, and a $40,170 average annual salary. Thus, about 2.083 out of every 1000 jobs in Albuquerque are held by hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks, and 0.230/1000 are held by lodging managers.
Of the 15 hotel management schools with a 500-mile radius of Albuquerque, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-Utah Campus comes out as the most expensive ($24,719/yr) for hotel management students, with Colby Community College as the lowest, reported at only $6,131/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Albuquerque |
| Albuequerque | NM | - | 1 | 4.18669 | 13 | 3.0 miles |
| Rio Rancho | NM | 85,837 | 1 | 10.6625 | 12 | 10.6 miles |
| Santa Fe | NM | 74,019 | 6 | 20.0822 | 127 | 54.1 miles |
| Grants | NM | - | 1 | 9.85236 | 40 | 69.7 miles |