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Virginia Tech

Hospitality Administration/Management, General (52.0901)
Bachelor's Degree
Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes




Hospitality and Tourism Management
Program Status: Active/Approved to Enroll Students and Confer Degrees
Degree Title: BSBUS
2010 CIP Code: 520901

Credit HoursProgram Offered
On-Campus:YesYes
Off-Campus:YesYes

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees:  09/1988
Program authorized for distance learning
Enrollments and Awards
Academic YearFall HeadcountAnnual FTEDegrees
2018-1921121966
2019-2020020758
2020-2120420953
2021-2218819154
2022-2318619456

Average time-to-completion in yearsAverage credits-to-completionAverage monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.07128$ 4,104

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.0591




The table to the right provides the degree award history of each the last five years, disaggregated by state residency. This breakout may may help explain why a relatively low percentage of program completers may appear to be working in Virginia.



Program Graduates by Domicile
YearIn-StateOut-of-StateTotal
2018-19501666
2019-20332558
2020-21411253
2021-22371754
2022-23461056
Five Year Summary20780287
Distribution by Gender and Race/Ethnicity within Five-year Totals,


YearForeign/ InternationalAfrican Am. or Black (NH)Am. Indian/ Native Am. (NH)Asian/ Pacific Islander (NH)HispanicWhite, Caucasian Am. (NH)Multi-Race (NH)Unknown/ Unreported (NH)Total
Sum of the Last 5 Years20702628782142287



Wages Earned in 2020

The table below shows the wage data for the select program and places it in the context of all wages at the same degree level of this institution by graduates with at least three (3) quarters of employment.





Post-Completion Wage Outcomes, Earnings in 2022
Graduation YearGrads (n)Grads w/Wages (n)25th PercentileMedian Wage75th Percentile
2011-12 (10 years)66936%$61,121$83,393$118,244
2013-14 (8 years)63442%$54,328$71,569$98,633
2016-17 (5 years)39039%$48,870$63,852$80,994
2018-19 (3 years)36440%$42,484$53,079$67,332
2020-21 (18 months)59937%$73,511$100,466$121,845



Student Debt of Graduates
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Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
Borrowers (n)Borrowers (%)25th PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-1818250.4%$ 20,500$ 27,000$ 30,552$ 31,201
2014-15 to 2018-1918051.0%$ 20,250$ 27,000$ 30,980$ 33,886
2015-16 to 2019-2016047.8%$ 19,750$ 27,000$ 31,403$ 34,200
2016-17 to 2020-2115448.6%$ 19,000$ 27,000$ 31,282$ 34,800
2017-18 to 2021-2213043.8%$ 17,751$ 26,922$ 31,086$ 34,800
Note: Student borrowing at graduation, excludes PLUS loans, in five-year rollups. Includes all known institutionally-processed borrowing occuring at all public and nonprofit institutions in Virginia. Debt accrued outside Virginia in prior postsecondary activity is not available.
Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation, Including Parent-PLUS and Grad-PLUS
Borrowers (n)Borrowers (%)25th PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-1818350.7%$ 21,500$ 28,000$ 38,905$ 52,200
2014-15 to 2018-1918151.3%$ 21,500$ 29,000$ 40,390$ 52,458
2015-16 to 2019-2016148.1%$ 21,500$ 29,000$ 42,237$ 54,722
2016-17 to 2020-2115448.6%$ 21,000$ 29,000$ 41,658$ 57,840
2017-18 to 2021-2213043.8%$ 19,000$ 28,000$ 40,618$ 49,453


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