In the Midwest, you can find master's degree programs in hospitality management at Iowa State University, Kansas State University, the University of New Orleans in Louisiana, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and Texas Tech University and the University of Texas.
Great Lakes-region academic institutions offering hospitality management master's degree programs include Purdue University in Indiana and Eastern Michigan University.
Master's degree programs at academic institutions in the West include those offered at Oklahoma State University and at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.
The Eastern region offers the most academic institutions offering a master's degree in hospitality management. Programs there include Virginia Tech; Cornell University, Rochester Institute of Technology and New York University, all in New York State; Widener University, Drexel University and Penn State, all in Pennsylvania; Florida International University and the University of Central Florida; Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey; and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Coursework for master's degree programs in hospitality management covers communication, promotion and marketing, management, event planning, and travel liability and legal aspects of the hospitality business. Overall, master's degree programs in hospitality management seek to balance training in marketing, business management and communication skills to prepare students for a broad range of potential career paths in the hospitality industry.
Professionals in hospitality management careers can anticipate slower-than-average job growth between 2008 and 2018, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). For lodging managers, the median annual salary was $45,800 as of February 2011, according to the BLS.