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Hospitality and Travel
Program Length: Our Hospitality and Travel program is designed to be completed by full-time students in 16 months
Program Options: 16-Month Associate Degree Program
Program Highlights

Fox College's Hospitality and Travel program exposes students to the world of travel and events. Students learn to plan events and meetings at destination locations, such as hotels or convention centers. Most importantly, graduates are armed with the business communication skills needed to succeed.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, “personal travel experience is an asset because knowledge about a city or foreign country often helps influence a client's travel plans. Business experience or training is important for self-employed agents who run their own business. In addition, computer skills are necessary and essential, because most travel arrangements are now made using the Internet or electronic reservation systems.”

Fox College graduates work in:
•    Hotels and resorts
•    Corporate travel departments
•    Event planning businesses

At Fox College, you’ll:
•    Learn important computer skills
•    Learn essential business skills to apply as you advance in your career
•    Be qualified for entry level travel and hospitality positions upon graduation
•    Have access to Fox College's placement department to help get you the job

 
 
 
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oThe Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) taxonomic coding scheme was developed in 1980 by the National Center for Education Statistics to facilitate the organization, collection, and reporting of fields of study and program completions.  The CIP titles and program descriptions are intended to be generic categories into which program completions data can be placed, not exact duplicates of a specific major or field of study titles used by individual institutions.  This institution’s programs generally are intended to provide training for occupations associated with multiple CIP codes and each program’s graduates generally occupy a wide variety of positions both following graduation and within a few years.  However, the institution is required to choose one CIP code and believes that a code of 52.0904 is a better representation of expected occupations than is 52.0903.  The institution is required to list the following occupations (by name and Standard Occupational Classification—or SOC—code) that the O*NET crosswalk identifies as a representative sample of identified occupations for completers of a program with a CIP code of 52.0904. 

11-9051.00 Food Service Managers  

11-9081.00 Lodging Managers

39-9041.00 Residential Advisors

The institution notes that, due to the nature of CIP codes and SOC codes, this list of representative occupations may be expected to comprise a subset of actual graduates’ occupations; further, graduates may or may not work in each of these listed occupations.

o   The on-time graduation rates as defined by the U.S. Department of Education for students who completed the programs between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012 are not applicable (no graduates) for the diploma program and 100% for the degree program.  The definition is the percentage of graduates that completed the program within the normal timeframe.

o   We are not required by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools or the Illinois Board of Higher Education to report placement rates.  However, placement rates may be shown elsewhere on this site.

o   Tuition and fees charged for completing the program within the normal time for students who start the programs between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013 are $22,670 for the diploma program and $27,110 for the degree program.  (Note that financial aid is available for those who qualify and the net price paid may be materially less; please visit  www.foxcollege.edu/aid.)

o   The typical costs for books and supplies for completing the program within the normal time for students who start the programs between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013 are expected—as of the fall of 2012—to be approximately $1,900 for the diploma program and $1,900 (the same) for the degree program.

o   Potential applicants may find the following information at  www.foxcollege.edu/catalog.pdf: institutional accreditation; contact information for accrediting agencies and state licensing/approval agencies; admissions policies and practices; policies on transfer of credits to and from the institution; policies and processes for withdrawal and for refunds of tuition/fees; and additional consumer information.

o    For graduates of the degree program between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, median federal loan debt was $8,513, median private loan debt was zero, and median institutional loan debt was zero. For graduates of the diploma program between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, median federal loan debt was not applicable (no graduates), median private loan debt was not applicable (no graduates), and median institutional loan debt was not applicable (no graduates).

 
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Graduates of travel-hospitality programs have a variety of career opportunities to choose from, including becoming a full time travel agent, sales worker supervisor, lodging manager, and hotel and resort clerk among others. Some highlights of the travel industry for the entire US include:
- Travel agents who specialize in specific destinations or in certain types of travel or travelers should have the best chance for success.
-Employment of sales worker supervisors is expected to grow by 5 percent between 2008 and 2018. -Employment of lodging managers is expected to grow 5 percent from 2008 to 2018
-Employment of hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks is expected to grow faster than the average. As developers open new hotels, jobs for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks should become available.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition

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