<p>Thanks for all the replies - candid responses and insight from those in the field is exactly what I was looking for.</p>
<p>Cornell University is the best of the best in the field of Hospitality Management. Under it, you have UNLV, Purdue, FIU, UCF, FSU, PSU, and UMass Amherst in no particular order. (Although UNLV provides you with many more opportunities outside of school than any of the others)</p>
<p>[School</a> of Tourism & Hospitality Management - Temple University - Philadelphia, PA, USA](<a href=“http://sthm.temple.edu/]School”>http://sthm.temple.edu/)</p>
<p>Just to add: Collins College of Hospitality and Management on Cal Poly Pomona’s campus. They have a working restaurant and convention facilities on-site.</p>
<p>After Cornell, FSU is the best out there.</p>
<p>Um, no, UNLV is</p>
<p>This argument on which hospitality school really shows me that the people who offer up opinions on this website really have no clue. What some of these claims are based on I have no idea. </p>
<p>Cornell offers the best name recognition, especially for overseas ambitions.
UNLV offers the best practical training, with their mandatory 500 hours of internship and their post graduation job training and placement. (Graduates are often offered entrance into the M.A.P. program with MGM-Mirage, which offers a four 3 month training modules for gaming, hotel, restaurant and VIP management)</p>
<p>I have worked all over the country in many excellent establishments, and I have never encountered anyone who graduated from Ok St, FSU, Temple or Collins college. I am sure they are great schools, but I have never met any of them. Where the hell can you get work experience in Tallahassee?</p>
<p>Your hospitality/restaurant/hotel management degree means nothing until you complete 3 to 5 years of employment. During this time you will make very little money, work long hours and have a truly thankless job. Most people do not make it through this, and realize they really do not like the business.
I would bet my thumb that 8 out of 10 people in the restaurant business want to get out asap.</p>
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<p>I’d imagine most of our grads work in the industry in Philadelphia. I’m sure we have some in NYC. You just haven’t encountered any. </p>
<p>I’m actually in the school of tourism and hospitality management, although I’m not looking to work in the tourism/hospitality industry.</p>
<p>Also, one of my friends is a current Temple student (and soon to be grad) who was at UNLV for a few years, but had to transfer to Temple because his father was ill. He’s been working in the industry in Vegas for like 4 or 5 years.</p>
<p>I heard that Johnson & Wales wasn’t that great of a school. Is it really?</p>
<p>Ive been accepted to PSU and UCF and now I’m trying to decide beteween the two. My dream school was UNLV, but I decided I’d go there for grad school. My ultimate career goal is to end up in a management position in the Disney World Resort, which is originally why I was looking into UCF. It will actually cost me more to go to UCF because I’m out of state, so now I’m just trying to decide what I should choose. Any advice would be appreciated!</p>
<p>kzheng, it’s popular to companies since the school focuses on preparing us after we graduate that’s why companies like it. If your asian and it seems like you are with your username don’t come here, it really isn’t international friendly. I’m Korean and pretty much have no social life since I don’t get along with Internationals or fobs that well and most Caucasian kids think I’m International since I’m Asian.</p>