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Major Overview for Resort Management

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Overview for Resort Management

A program that prepares individuals to plan, manage, and market comprehensive vacation facilities and services and related products. Includes instruction in hospitality administration, hotel/motel management, restaurant and food services management, facilities planning, leisure studies, recreation administration, marketing, recreation equipment and grounds operations and maintenance, business finance, insurance and taxation, event management and guest services, personnel management, travel and logistics management, safety and health services, professional standards and ethics, and applications to specific vacation types and locations.

Careers for Resort Management Majors

A major in Resort Management is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

Colleges Offering a Major in Resort Management

Top 6 U.S. Colleges with the most degrees awarded of Resort Management among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded*/
Percentage
SelectivityCost*
Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, FL
36
(3.5%)
Minimally Selective$12,748
Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC
22
(2.2%)
Moderately Selective$15,294
Johnson State College
Johnson, VT
5
(1.8%)
Minimally Selective$15,464
Green Mountain College
Poultney, VT
4
(3.6%)
Minimally Selective$34,547
College of St Joseph
Rutland, VT
3
(5.8%)
$24,360
Sierra Nevada College
Incline Village, NV
3
(5.5%)
$31,801
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* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.