School of Hospitality
& Tourism Management
“One of the things I love about HTM is that the material we learn in class is actually going to be helpful when we graduate. It makes me more excited to learn the material.”
– Cassie Flener
BS Hospitality and Tourism Management 2018
IS YOUR DREAM JOB ON THIS LIST?
Apply to Purdue today and launch your hospitality career!
- Hotel Management
- Human Resources
- Resorts & Entertainment
- Foodservice Corporations
- Cruise Lines
- Destination Marketing and Management Organizations
- Parks and Recreation
- Event Planning for Corporations, Meetings, Weddings
- Conventions & Visitors Bureaus
- Stadiums and Arenas
- Senior Living Properties
- Gaming
- Product and Equipment Suppliers
- Travel Providers
- Airlines
- And more
HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT MAJOR
The WORLD needs Hospitality!
You know hospitality when you receive it. You know when it is missing. Hospitality is the difference.
At Purdue University’s White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, we build leaders for the people side of business.
All businesses and industries have expectations and service needs. Purdue Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) students are trained by the best to be the best, to not only deliver, but exceed the expectations of their companies and clients in each and every transaction and experience they deliver.
With a top-ranked program, Purdue HTM students graduate with not just a degree, but the highly sought skills and acumen to propel their careers and become leaders, in almost any industry. The career path of our graduates are vast and wide, leading to corporate and executive positions in human resources, marketing and sales, revenue management, real estate, procurement, event management, asset management, property management, finance, and operations in the hospitality and tourism industry.
The Hospitality and Tourism Management major offers the following Minors and Concentrations:
- Event & Meeting Management
- Human Resources Management
- Finance for Hospitality and Tourism Management
- Environmental Sustainability
- Hospitality Facilities Design & Management
- Marketing & Sales
- Certificate in Entrepreneurship
- Leadership Development Certificate
Where do our students go? Here is just a sampling of the employers that seek our graduates:
- Marriott International
- Disney
- Amazon
- Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts
- White Lodging
- Aramark
- Ecolab
- Hotels.com
- Hilton Hotels & Resorts
- Expedia.com
- Darden Restaurants
- Google Travel
- Levy Restaurants
- Aldi
- Republic National Distribution Co.
“Hospitality is a business that is relevant across all borders and languages and continues to be a powerful economic driver. Purdue’s HTM program has made giant leaps, including the transformation of the Union Club Hotel as a hands-on learning laboratory and embraces the fact that the modern hospitality industry goes well beyond service. With a degree in hospitality, our students can go on to lead multimillion-dollar assets. Learning to be a business person in the world of hospitality requires the student to learn everything from finance to real estate, marketing to human resources, analytics to logistics – and everything in between.”
Vicki Wicks
General Manager
Union Club Hotel, Purdue University
INSPIRING STORIES
Corcharnelia Martin
BS Hospitality and Tourism Management 2019
Event Management, Marriott International
Jill Hornsby
BS Hospitality and Tourism Management 2002
Senior Director, Human Resources
White Lodging Corporation
DREAM-ACHIEVING ALUMNI
Lance Connolly manages events to build a Purdue legacy.
“My Purdue HTM education taught me the unseen side of the event management world. It allowed me to work in all aspects of hospitality. The hands-on experiences in food and beverage, audiovisual, event design, fiscal responsibilities—and, most importantly, managing and coaching a diverse team—have all helped me accelerate my career, and I use these tools in my day-to-day tasks.”
Lance Connolly
Assistant Vice President for Special Events with the Purdue for Life Foundation
BS Hospitality and Tourism Management 2009
Benjamin George connects hospitals with the latest tech.
“I believe so much in what I have gained from my time at Purdue. I was prepared to go immediately into a large company and make an impact.”
Benjamin George
Senior Director, Global Commercial Operations, Clinical Diagnostics at Thermo Fisher Scientific
BS Selling and Sales Management 2005
Kier Crites ran a food bank during a global pandemic.
“I always wanted to have a job that had purpose. I thought nonprofits were all just volunteer-run, and I didn’t realize that they actually needed people to work at them and manage them – especially people with soft skills like relationship building.”
Kier Crites
Chief Engagement Officer at Food Finders Food Bank Inc.
BS Hospitality and Tourism Management 2003
YOU KNOW GREAT SERVICE WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE IT
It’s more than meeting expectations. Great service goes above and beyond. You already have a knack for serving others, and that’s why you’re here.
We’re here to help you turn your passion into your career.
You’ll graduate from Purdue confident, skilled and ready for the next step. While you’re here and after you launch, you’ll do exciting work that makes people’s lives better. That’s not just a career — that’s a calling.