Texas contains eight schools that offer hotel management programs. Texas Tech University, the highest-ranking hotel management school in TX, has a total student population of 30,049 and is the 150th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 8 hotel management schools in Texas, only 7 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Northwood University comes out as the most expensive ($18,247/yr), with St Philips College as the lowest recorded at only $4,077/yr.
Hotel Management students from Texas 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 Texas alone, there are 2,040 employed lodging managers earning an average yearly salary of $56,570. Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in this state earn $18,240/yr and there are 17,130 employed.
Also, within the hotel management schools in Texas, the average student population is 3,703 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1. Aside from hotel management, there are 11086 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,493 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,572, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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