Hospitality Degrees
Find Your Future in Hospitality
Get ready for a fast-paced career in the hospitality industry! At Kirkwood, you’ll learn from the best, working alongside gourmet chefs at The Class Act Restaurant and professional hoteliers at The Hotel at Kirkwood Center, the only luxury teaching hotel in the country.
Students fill training and support roles that match their progress through our programs. You can look forward to learning in roles such as chef, concierge, caterer, supervisor, guest room attendant, restaurant server, and bell staff.
Our graduates find work in everything from casual and fine dining restaurants, to casinos and large food corporations, locally, across the United States and internationally.
Hospitality Programs
Looking for more options?
Check out our Program Areas
Program Areas are a collection of Kirkwood’s academic program options organized by similar career/interest categories. If you’re not ready to commit to a specific program yet, a Program Area is perfect for you! You can also customize any of our programs to meet your transfer needs, if that’s your goal.
Be a Part of Something Exciting!
The Hotel at Kirkwood Center brings a new, real-world learning style to students in Kirkwood Community Colleges Hospitality programs.
Because much of your classroom time is spent catering and working in the hotel/conference center, you'll gain remarkable, practical experience — setting you apart from graduates of other hospitality programs.