2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

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General Hospitality Administration/Management is the 80th most popular major in the country with 10,363 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 221 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general hospitality administration/management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general hospitality administration/management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general hospitality administration/management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

$21,605 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roosevelt University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. Roosevelt University is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 7 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

Roosevelt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt University are $21,605, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Roosevelt University General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 9 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul also made our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full DePaul University General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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