page_title: Cornell University School of Hotel Administration
section_title: Profile
hierarchical_section_title: Cornell University School of Hotel Administration / Profile
caption_attribution_description: English: Robert A. and Jan M. Beck Center, Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, Ithaca, NY
context_page_description: The School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University is a specialized business school in the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, a private Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1922, it was the world's first four-year intercollegiate school devoted to hospitality management.
  The undergraduate business curriculum at SHA is one of only three such Ivy League programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Students in the Hotel School are referred to as Hotelies.
context_section_description: The school enrolled 895 undergraduates and 67 graduate students in 2011, hailing from almost 50 countries; it is Cornell's second smallest undergraduate college. Its curriculum encompasses all facets of general business management with a focus on the hospitality industry. Although not required, many students choose to work at the Statler Hotel to supplement their education at the school. SHA employs 65 full-time faculty members, most with field management experience.
  In 1954, Conrad Hilton, who was closely associated with the school after his company bought the Statler hotel chain, called it "the greatest hotel school in the world."  Conrad Hilton later became more closely associated with another school after he founded the Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston in 1969.
  SHA's course catalog includes several offerings for students in other Cornell colleges, notably HADM 4300, Introduction to Wines, a wine tasting course which enrolls 600–900 students each semester, as well as a 2-credit cooking course.
  SHA also runs technical courses such as Real Estate Finance and Investments (HADM 4428), Securitization and Structured Finance (HADM 4425), and Investment Portfolio Analysis (HADM 4429). Roughly 40% of undergraduates go into banking or consulting fields after graduation.
  In a 2007 Newsweek article dubbing Cornell the "Hottest Ivy", SHA was mentioned to be "considered the world's best." The School was ranked the No. 1 hospitality and hotel management school in the world for 2015 by CEOWORLD magazine.
  Fictional Hotelies have included:
  In Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart, a hotel manager attended the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration because it was the only Ivy League school he got into
  In Dirty Dancing, Neil
  In Hotel by Arthur Hailey, Peter McDermott, manager of the St. Gregory.
  In 30 Rock, Tracy Jordan's friend, Fat Balls 
  Some notable alumni of the school include the founders of Alamo Rent-A-Car; Arby's; Burger King; Dunkin' Donuts; Duty Free Shoppers Group ; HVS Global Hospitality Services; and PriceWaterhouseCoopers Global Hospitality Consulting. (For more, List of Cornell University alumni)
caption: The Robert A. and Jan M. Beck Center addition to Statler Hall was dedicated in 2004
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