CIP 52.0905 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Restaurant/Food Services Management.

A program that prepares individuals to plan, manage, and market restaurants, food services in hospitality establishments, food service chains and franchise networks, and restaurant supply operations. Includes instruction in hospitality administration, food services management, wholesale logistics and distribution, franchise operations, business networking, personnel management, culinary arts, business planning and capitalization, food industry operations, marketing and retailing, business law and regulations, finance, and professional standards and ethics.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Restaurant/Food Services Management award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 52.0905. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year ending	Award level	Reporting institutions	Positive awards
2025	Certificate 1–2 years	13	124
2025	Associate degree	16	77
2025	Bachelor degree	9	328
2025	Master degree	2	32
2025	Certificate under 12 weeks	2	4
2025	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	19	218
2024	Certificate 1–2 years	13	99
2024	Associate degree	15	67
2024	Bachelor degree	11	315
2024	Postbaccalaureate certificate	1	32
2024	Master degree	1	51
2024	Certificate under 12 weeks	1	2
2024	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	17	163
2023	Certificate 1–2 years	14	102
2023	Associate degree	14	85
2023	Bachelor degree	10	315
2023	Postbaccalaureate certificate	1	35
2023	Master degree	3	61
2023	Certificate under 12 weeks	1	2
2023	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	20	182
2022	Certificate 1–2 years	13	140
2022	Associate degree	18	140
2022	Bachelor degree	11	345
2022	Postbaccalaureate certificate	1	39
2022	Master degree	3	58
2022	Certificate under 12 weeks	2	4
2022	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	19	185
2021	Certificate 1–2 years	14	125
2021	Associate degree	19	125
2021	Bachelor degree	12	471
2021	Postbaccalaureate certificate	1	29
2021	Master degree	3	64
2021	Certificate under 12 weeks	1	7
2021	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	15	121
2020	Certificate 1–2 years	14	126
2020	Associate degree	21	133
2020	Bachelor degree	17	497
2020	Postbaccalaureate certificate	1	28
2020	Master degree	2	15
2020	Certificate under 12 weeks	1	5
2020	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	17	235

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 52.0905 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 52 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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