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)

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Cohort Year	1 Year	2 Year	3 Year	4 Year	5 Year	6 Year
Fall 2015	84.70%	74.50%	62.20%	9.20%	2.00%	0%
Fall 2016	88.20%	84.50%	71.80%	9.10%	2.70%	0%
Fall 2017	79.60%	69.40%	60.20%	6.10%	1.00%	0%
Fall 2018	82.30%	65.50%	56.60%	6.20%	0.90%	0.90%
Fall 2019	75.30%	60.50%	50.60%	8.60%	0%	1.20%
Fall 2020	91.30%	84.10%	69.60%	4.30%	1.40%
Fall 2021	86.50%	80.80%	73.10%	7.70%
Fall 2022	78.70%	65.60%	63.90%
Fall 2023	82.50%	68.30%
Fall 2024	80.20%

Graduation rate

Hospitality Administration

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

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Cohort year	1 Year	2 Year	3 Year	4 Year	5 Year	6 Year
Fall 2015	0.00%	0.00%	8.20%	59.20%	67.30%	69.40%
Fall 2016	0.00%	0.00%	8.20%	67.30%	74.50%	75.50%
Fall 2017	0.00%	0.00%	8.20%	58.20%	64.30%	66.30%
Fall 2018	0.00%	1.80%	17.70%	65.50%	70.80%	71.70%
Fall 2019	0.00%	1.20%	9.90%	51.90%	59.30%	59.30%
Fall 2020	0.00%	0.00%	7.20%	68.10%	73.90%
Fall 2021	0.00%	0.00%	5.80%	67.30%
Fall 2022	0.00%	0.00%	1.60%
Fall 2023	0.00%	1.60%
Fall 2024	0.00%

HRM program overview

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HRM program overview	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
Retention rate % – Freshman to Sophomore for all programs	91.30%	86.50%	78.70%	82.50%	80.20%
% Students employed in the hospitality industry or a related field	70%	52%	64%	82%	70%
% Students continuing their education within 90 days after graduation	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%
Total professional placement and continuing education rate	72%	53%	65%	83%	71%