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2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
122 Degrees Awarded
$13,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 10,363 people earned their degree in general hospitality administration/management, making the major the 80th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 237 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 122 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in general hospitality administration/management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general hospitality administration/management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general hospitality administration/management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, Utah
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Utah University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Utah University is a public institution located in Cedar City, Utah. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Utah University also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $11,759 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Southern Utah University.

Full Southern Utah University General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Metropolitan State University of Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 23 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Denver, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $12,219 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Full MSU Denver General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis - Clark State College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Lewiston, Idaho is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Lewis - Clark State College also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $10,025 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Lewis - Clark State College.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UVU is a large public school situated in Orem, Utah. It awarded 40 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

UVU also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $8,047 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Utah Valley University.

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#5

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Denver is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 36 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

DU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $20,735 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Denver.

The low student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#6

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, Colorado
#7 in overall quality

Colorado Mesa University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Colorado Mesa is a public institution located in Grand Junction, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado Mesa also took the #7 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $13,624 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Colorado Mesa University.

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#7

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#3 in overall quality

Montana State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. MSU Bozeman is located in Bozeman, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.

MSU Bozeman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $16,625 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend MSU Bozeman.

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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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