Overview

The Hospitality Management program offered at Pennsylvania State University is designed to give the student a broad general education and a strong management and problem-solving orientation balanced with the requisite technical skills, all of them essential for career progression to upper-management positions in the hospitality professions.
The program also helps prepare students for graduate study.
The Hospitality Management option helps provide students with the analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills necessary to effectively function as hospitality professionals, while the Hospitality Entrepreneurship option provides them with creative problem solving, opportunity recognition, and leadership skills necessary to effectively manage small or individual unit's hospitality operations.

Careers

Penn State Hospitality Management graduates are placed globally to manage hotels and lodging operations, restaurants, resorts, business dining, college and school food service, casinos, clubs, cruise ships, and senior living communities.
They work in positions including meeting and events, revenue management, human resources, sales and marketing, finance and accounting, real estate and asset management, and for the businesses that supply them.
Hospitality Management graduates are in demand with the many hospitality employers that visit the School’s in-house Career Placement Center each year.
Graduates move quickly to upper management roles, corporate-level positions, and entrepreneurial opportunities.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Legal Aspects of the Hospitality Industry
Advanced Hotel Management
Nutrition Applications for a Healthy Lifestyle
Restaurant Management
Hospitality Facilities Management
Hospitality Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Mindset

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-10-01 00:00:00
Starting 2026-05-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-11-01 00:00:00
Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-11-01 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

University Park, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Application
Official secondary school records
Official test scores: SAT or ACT
English language proficiency, if your native language is not English

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Accidents
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Tuition Fee

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International

43490 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 43490 USD per year during 48 months.
National

43490 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 43490 USD per year during 48 months.
In-State

21098 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 21098 USD per year during 48 months.

Living costs for University Park

1000 - 1500 USD /month

Living costs

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