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2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

7 Ranked Colleges
122 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 $48-$75k” 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 $48-$75k” 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#6 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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis - Clark State College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lewiston, Idaho, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

Lewis - Clark State College also made our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $10,825 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Lewis - Clark State College.

Full Lewis - Clark State College General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Metropolitan State University of Denver is a fairly large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 23 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Denver did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Metropolitan State University of Denver is $13,849 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#3

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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Utah University landed the #3 spot on the list. Southern Utah University is located in Cedar City, Utah and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Utah University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Utah University is $13,991 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Southern Utah University General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#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 $48-$75k list. UVU is a large school located in Orem, Utah that handed out 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. The estimated yearly cost for Utah Valley University is $9,755 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full UVU General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#5

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, Colorado
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Mesa University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Colorado Mesa is located in Grand Junction, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.

Colorado Mesa also took the #7 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Colorado Mesa University is $15,136 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#6

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#3 in overall quality

Montana State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Bozeman, Montana, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2019-2020.

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. The estimated yearly cost for Montana State University is $19,616 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Montana State University General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#7

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

University of Denver landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Denver is $27,530 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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