Admission

The Hospitality and Dietetics Administration M.S. is offered through the Hospitality Management and Dietetics  graduate program.  Admission to the program requires a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. Regular admission requires a grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Completion of the following prerequisite coursework is required for regular admission:

• management concepts
• marketing
• food production management and/or lodging management
• food safety and/or current ServSafe Certification

If these prerequisites are not met, the student may be admitted provisionally with the expectation that these deficiencies will be removed within the first two semesters at K-State.

Industry experience in some aspect of foodservice, hospitality management, or dietetics is preferred. If the student has no industry-related work experience, 1000 hours of such experience must be completed during the degree program.

All applicants are required to take the Graduate Record Examination or the Graduate Management Admission Test. International applicants are required to submit results from the Test of English as a Foreign Language. A TOEFL score of 570 (230 CB) is required for admission to M.S. and 600 (250 CB) to Ph.D. programs.

M.S. program

Application materials required include: application form; official transcript of all completed academic work; GRE or GMAT scores and TOEFL scores, if applicable; statement of objectives; resume; and three letters of recommendations. Application materials are reviewed by graduate faculty and recommendations forwarded to the Graduate School.