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Instructional Leadership, emphasis: K-12 School Leadership (MEd)
School of Hotel and Restaurant Management student and mentors working behind front desk at a partner hotel.

Hotel and Restaurant Management by the numbers


At the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management we value a learning environment where you are not a number, but a student first—greeted in the halls and known in your classrooms. But, for the records, here is HRM’s job placement, retention, graduation rates, and enrollment by the numbers.

Freshman retention

Hospitality Administration

First-year student (not necessarily within the original start college)


Cohort Year1 Year2 Year3 Year4 Year5 Year6 Year 
Fall 201478.20%69.10%62.70%12.70%1.80%0.90%
Fall 201584.70%74.50%62.20%9.20%2.00%0%
Fall 201688.20%84.50%71.80%9.10%2.70%0%
Fall 201779.60%69.40%60.20%6.10%1.00%0%
Fall 201882.30%65.50%56.60%6.20%0.90%0.90%
Fall 201975.30%60.50%50.60%8.60%0%
Fall 202091.30%84.10%69.60%4.30%
Fall 202186.50%80.80%73.10%
Fall 202278.70%65.60%
Fall 202382.50%

Graduation rate

Hospitality Administration

First-year student (not necessarily within the original start college)


Cohort year1 Year2 Year3 Year4 Year5 Year6 Year
Fall 20140.00%0.00%3.60%%52.70%66.40%68.20%
Fall 20150.00%0.00%8.20%59.20%67.30%69.40%
Fall 20160.00%0.00%8.20%67.30%74.50%75.50%
Fall 20170.00%0.00%8.20%58.20%64.30%66.30%
Fall 20180.00%1.80%17.70%65.50%70.80%71.70%
Fall 20190.00%1.20%9.90%51.90%59.30%
Fall 20200.00%0.00%7.20%68.10%
Fall 20210.00%0.00%5.80%
Fall 20220.00%0.00%
Fall 20230.00%

HRM program overview


HRM program overview2019-20202020-20212021-20222022-20232023-2024
Retention rate % – Freshman to Sophomore for all programs75.30%91.30%86.50%78.70%82.50%
% Students employed in the hospitality industry or a related field 77.5%70%52%64%82%
% Students continuing their education within 90 days after graduation2%2%1%1%1%
Total professional placement and continuing education rate79.5%72%53%65%83%