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

8 Ranked Colleges
306 Degrees Awarded
$27,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 3,724 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 306 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general hospitality administration/management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general hospitality administration/management programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree hotel & restaurant management students with aid.

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

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida International University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Florida International University is located in Miami, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 169 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at FIU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida International University are $24,211, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Central Florida is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 68 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCF are $28,657, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. USF Tampa is a public institution located in Tampa, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126.

Full USF Tampa General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#4

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Orleans. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

UNO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Orleans are $13,678, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Georgia State University is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 15 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State University are $24,790, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Georgia State University General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#6

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. University of South Carolina - Columbia is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.

UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of South Carolina - Columbia General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#5 in overall quality

Johnson & Wales University - North Miami ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in North Miami, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2019-2020.

JWU North Miami did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Johnson & Wales University - North Miami are $14,148.

Full Johnson & Wales University - North Miami General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#8

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

Tulane University of Louisiana ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2019-2020.

Tulane not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane University of Louisiana are $61,176, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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