Hotels, resorts, restaurants, events, cruise and theme parks — the management side of the industry Florida is built on. ⚠⚠ 22 Florida public institutions award 1,745 credentials under the general code, 1,206 of them bachelor's. ⚠⚠⚠ And the education sits exactly where the industry does: FIU (667) and UCF (590) produce 72% of the state's output, which is Miami and Orlando.
The degrees this program covers
⚠⚠ THE DEGREE IS CONCENTRATED IN TWO CITIES. Of 1,745 credentials under Hospitality Administration/Management, Florida International awards 667 and the University of Central Florida 590 — together 72% of the state total, with Florida State third at 224 and Valencia fourth at 64. ⚠ That is Miami and Orlando, which is where the cruise industry and the theme parks are, and it means a student outside those two metros is choosing between relocating and a much smaller local programme. ⚠⚠⚠ AND THE DEGREE IS NOT THE GATE TO MOST OF THE INDUSTRY'S JOBS. Lodging managers report 72% of employers requiring a bachelor's — but food service managers report 30% accepting a high school diploma, 21% a postsecondary certificate and 19% an associate degree, and food service management is SEVEN TIMES the occupation by headcount at nearly identical pay. ⚠ What the bachelor's buys is the corporate and lodging side, and speed of promotion — not entry. Decide which of those you are paying for. ⚠⚠ THE SHORT CREDENTIALS ARE REAL AND THEY ARE ELSEWHERE IN THE FAMILY: Hotel/Motel Administration (52.0904) is 251 credentials at 12 institutions, ALL certificates, led by Valencia at 97 and Broward at 53; Restaurant/Food Services Management (52.0905) is 105 at 13; and the catering and hotel-restaurant codes add another 49 at 9. ⚠ Those are state-college and technical-college credentials and they are the cheap way in. ⚠ Meeting and Event Planning (52.0907) is different again — 157 credentials at just TWO institutions, 140 of them UCF bachelor's.
Careers this program leads to
Each one sets out the courses along the way, the licence or certification at the end,
and the sources behind it.
Neighbouring fields that share much of the same coursework, and often the same employers.
⚠ Read these before you commit to a major — which doors a neighbouring degree
keeps open is the part no catalog tells you, and it is far cheaper to change now than later.
23 institutions awarded a credential in this field in 2023,
at these levels: Associate, Bachelor's, Certificate (1-2 years), Certificate (12 weeks-1 year), Doctorate (research/scholarship), Master's, Postbaccalaureate certificate.
A school appears here if it awards anything in the field, however limited
its offering — a technical college teaching only practical nursing has a nursing
program. Listed alphabetically, not ranked.
Source: federal IPEDS completions data for 2023, first majors only —
the most recent year published. ⚠ It records what was awarded, which is
strong evidence of what is offered, but a program launched since 2023
will not appear here. Check the institution’s own catalog before applying.
Updated 22 September 2026.
⚠ Program pages describe a field of study, not one school’s degree — always
read the catalog of the institution you are applying to.