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2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

8 Ranked Colleges
519 Degrees Awarded
$16,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 941 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 519 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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 Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. UNT is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 120 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,086 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students with aid per year to attend University of North Texas.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at UNT

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. OSU is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 66 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.

OSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full OSU General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephen F Austin State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Stephen F Austin State University is a public institution located in Nacogdoches, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students with aid list, SFASU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,723 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students with aid per year to attend SFASU.

Full Stephen F Austin State University General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#4

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #4 spot on the list. Northern Arizona University is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 209 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.

NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for NAU is $12,915 for southwest region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students with aid.

Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at Northern Arizona University

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 30 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,659 for southwest region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students with aid per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Full NMSU Main Campus General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#6

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#6 in overall quality

Grand Canyon University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 48 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grand Canyon University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Grand Canyon University is $21,020 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students with aid.

Full Grand Canyon University General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#7

Wiley College

Marshall, Texas
#8 in overall quality

Wiley College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. This small school is located in Marshall, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students with aid list, Wiley College has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Wiley College is $17,666 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students with aid.

Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at Wiley College

#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Dallas Baptist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. DBU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 7 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students with aid list, DBU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Dallas Baptist University is $26,387 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students with aid.

Full DBU General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

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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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