The Thriving World of Hospitality!

Are you seeking an exciting and rapidly expanding field for your future? Then take a look at the hospitality industry! With its diverse range of opportunities and continuous growth, hospitality offers an enticing career path for aspiring students like you.

Earn-to-Learn Program

New for 2023 is the Statler Erie Earn-to-Learn Program! This one-of-a-kind program at SUNY Erie allows students to earn money while earning their associate degree. Students get real-world, on-the-job work experience in the hotel/restaurant management industry and a paycheck at the same time. Do you have what it takes to be a Statler Scholar?

Learn More About the Statler Erie Earn-to-Learn Program!

Program Description
The hospitality industry, one of the nation's leading employers, is continually looking for well-qualified managers. Students entering the curriculum are provided with the skills and knowledge necessary for management positions in hotels, restaurants, country clubs, catering, sales, fine dining and quick service.

The program is designed to emphasize strategies in supervision, marketing, sanitation, food, beverage, labor cost controls and management. Laboratory courses (on-campus fine dining restaurant) are scheduled for students to actively participate in actual operation. An eight-week internship in the hospitality industry concludes the program providing students with a management-oriented experience.

Upon graduation, students are prepared to enter the job market or transfer to a four-year program. Transfer agreements are in place with many colleges. These include Niagara University, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Florida International University, Paul Smith's College and Buffalo State College, just to mention a few.