About the Program
Our specialized hospitality business bachelor's degree offers a hands-on approach to learning that blends real-world experience with industry-focused academics. Prepare for leadership roles in the dynamic hospitality industry by developing analytical, marketing, and human resources skills; fostering teamwork and service excellence; and embracing technology, ethics and leadership.
The Polytechnic Approach
Rooted in the art and business of hospitality, we equip students with skills that lead to success in any industry. Master communication, teamwork, problem-solving, leadership and creativity. Our graduates thrive in hospitality, tourism, events, real estate, finance and more鈥攕haping experiences worldwide.
Career Outcomes
Courses
Cal Poly Pomona鈥檚 Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management provides a combination of hospitality management, business, and general education coursework designed to assure that students understand the economic, legal, and social forces that shape the hospitality industry. Major coursework emphasizes qualitative and quantitative analysis, marketing and human resources. The program objectives include team building, unique characteristics of service, guest encounter skills, technology, critical thinking, ethics and leadership. Students work with a faculty mentor to design a series of elective courses to help them focus on individual career goals. Additionally, students learn about the hospitality industry by completing a minimum of 800 required hours of professional work experience prior to graduation.
Accredited by ACPHA
Cal Poly Pomona's Hospitality Management bachelor's degree program is one of only 64 hospitality management and tourism programs worldwide to be accredited by the .
Accreditation is a status granted to an educational institution or a program that has been found to meet or exceed stated standards of educational quality. It has two fundamental purposes: to assure the quality of the institution or program and to assist in the improvement of the institution or program.
Financial Aid & Scholarships
$300,000+ in Merit-Based Scholarships Available Annually
We believe your education should be both affordable and accessible, and we are dedicated to supporting you every step of the way. Thanks to longtime industry partnerships and generous donors, students have access to numerous private industry and college-based scholarships.
Alumni Success Story
Full Circle: Architecture Alumna Goes from Student to Designer of Campus Buildings
Kristina Singiser spent countless hours as a child solving jigsaw puzzles. Years later as the managing principal of HMC Architects' studio in Los Angeles, she is still figuring out puzzles but on a much larger scale - namely, the Cal Poly Pomona campus. For nearly a decade, she has led architectural teams in projects ranging from feasibility studies to construction projects to building renovations. Once her classroom, the university has become one of her work sites.
Student Life
Student Clubs and Organizations
Student organizations are platforms for growth, innovation, and leadership through hands-on industry activities, professional development, networking events, and conferences. And most importantly, you form friendships that last a lifetime.
