At A Glance
Learn how to manage and lead in the food service industry by obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Restaurant & Foodservice Management at Lackawanna College.
Start your career making $48,000 per year and grow to earn $96,000 per year.
Enter a rapidly growing field with over 40,000 jobs opening per year through 2030.
Earn your degree in four years at Lackawanna College’s Scranton campus and graduate ready to enter the field of restaurant and food service management.
Welcome to Restaurant & Foodservice Management-Bachelor’s Degree
You’ve always been a leader in life, directing others how to perform their tasks successfully and efficiently. Combine this with a love of food and the fast-paced lifestyle of working at a restaurant, Lackawanna College’s Restaurant & Foodservice Management bachelor’s degree can help elevate your passion into a career!
You’ll gain hands-on experience and skills to enter the world of foodservice management ready to lead your staff to greatness.
Your Career Starts Here
Employment of food service managers is projected to increase 15% between now and 2030, which is much faster than other occupations. The median average wage for foodservice managers was $59,440 in May 2021.
Earning your bachelor’s degree in restaurant & foodservice management allows a variety of employment opportunities. You’ll find jobs in:
- Restaurants
- Hotels
- School Cafeterias
- Home Owners Associations
- Hospitals
- Corporate Businesses
- Resorts
- And other establishments where food is prepared.
Jobs you can start as soon as you earn your degree include:
- Food Service Manager
- Restaurant or Catering Manager
- Food Purchaser
- Executive Chef
- Food Business Entrepreneur
- Event Planner
- Sales Manager
- Marketing Manager
- Hotel Manager
- And many more!
More About the Program
Students who enroll in the College’s bachelor’s degree program will study management and leadership in the food and restaurant business. Students focus on all the major aspects of restaurant and foodservice management while also learning the business principles behind every decision. Those principles include staffing, purchasing, marketing and financial practices specific to the foodservice industry.
Students enrolled in this program will be able to:
- Prepare for a career in foodservice leadership through a focused study of the contemporary foodservice business.
- Integrate cutting-edge industry technologies into the functions of food and beverage operations.
- Apply financial formulas and ratios specific to the restaurant industry to foster sustainable revenues and profits and assist with capital planning.
- Identify all aspects of the employment process.
- Manage and foster the employee and customer experience through a focused study on human behavior and best practices in management and leadership.
- Apply the contemporary theories, skills, and values of the professional food service business to national and global foodservice settings.
Students also have the option to use their bachelor’s degrees as leverage for gaining additional education or certification. Options include certifications to become a hotel administrator, food handler and food protection manager.
Students in the major can also complete internships lending them hands-on experience that could make a difference in getting a job later.
The Course Work
Lackawanna College’s Restaurant & Foodservices Management program uses a combination of leadership, management, coordinating and financing to instruct students how to be successful in their careers.
Standard courses in a restaurant & foodservice management degree include:
- Food and Beverage Management
- Hospitality Marketing
- Strategic Management
- Management Accounting
- Event Planning
- Human Resources Management
- And many more.