Campbell University Hospitality Management (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Hospitality Administration/Management
- Private nonprofit university
- Buies Creek, NC
- About 11 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Campbell University hospitality management graduates earn more than graduates of most hospitality management programs nationally, $44,464 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $19,750 in federal loans, less than at 81% of hospitality management programs in the country. It is one of the higher-paying hospitality management degrees in North Carolina.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The North Carolina and national columns are the medians across all hospitality management bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Campbell University graduates earn more than the national figure and about $16,837 more than the North Carolina median.
Debt and first-year pay at every North Carolina hospitality management program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the North Carolina medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 53% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $209 a month, or 5.6% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the parts of North Carolina outside metro areas are about 12% below the national average, so a $44,464 salary here buys what about $50,293 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to hospitality management, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Food Service Managers
$74,080Median pay in North Carolina. 9,420 people work in this job in North Carolina. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 38,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Facilities Managers
$108,130Median pay in North Carolina. 4,810 people work in this job in North Carolina. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 14,200 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
$54,990Median pay in North Carolina. 4,340 people work in this job in North Carolina. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 16,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Tour and Travel Guides
$32,570Median pay in North Carolina. 1,650 people work in this job in North Carolina. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 11,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
About Campbell University
Hospitality Management ranks 9th of 19 bachelor's programs at Campbell University by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($70,772), Finance ($60,445), and Other Science Technology ($59,366).
Other hospitality management bachelor's programs near Buies Creek
Common questions
The median graduate earns $44,464 one year after graduating and $67,985 five years after. The median across hospitality management bachelor's programs in North Carolina is $32,827.
The median federal loan balance is $19,750, which ranks the lowest of 6 hospitality management bachelor's programs in North Carolina. That works out to about $209 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 44% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 67%.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of North Carolina comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the hospitality management program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024