2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Southwest region, there were 941 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 69 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Master’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 Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$18,689 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Houston is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 52 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$15,618 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. UNT is a large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 10 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree hotel & restaurant management students with aid list, UNT has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNT are $15,618, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (With Aid)

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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