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Major Overview for Restaurant/Food Services Management

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Overview for Restaurant/Food Services Management

A program that prepares individuals to plan, manage, and market restaurants, food services in hospitality establishments, food service chains and franchise networks, and restaurant supply operations. Includes instruction in hospitality administration, food services management, wholesale logistics and distribution, franchise operations, business networking, personnel management, culinary arts, business planning and capitalization, food industry operations, marketing and retailing, business law and regulations, finance, and professional standards and ethics.

Careers for Restaurant/Food Services Management Majors

A major in Restaurant/Food Services Management is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

Colleges Offering a Major in Restaurant/Food Services Management

Top 8 U.S. Colleges with the most degrees awarded of Restaurant/Food Services Management among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded*/
Percentage
SelectivityCost*
Culinary Institute of America
Hyde Park, NY
304
(100.0%)
Moderately Selective$33,640
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO
63
(1.5%)
Minimally Selective$13,791
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
52
(1.7%)
Moderately Selective$15,600
Stratford University
Falls Church, VA
13
(46.4%)
Open Admissions$17,730
Platt College
Oklahoma City, OK
5
(100.0%)
Most Selective-
College of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, MO
4
(1.4%)
$21,380
The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College
Philadelphia, PA
3
(13.0%)
$25,645
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
3
(0.1%)
Moderately Selective$14,339
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* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.