2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in the Southwest Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” 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 Southwest region, there were 941 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 124 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 12 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general hospitality administration/management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students.
Top 12 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in the Southwest Region
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #1 spot on the list. Austin Community College District is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.
Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,861 for southwest region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students per year to attend Austin Community College District.
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Collin County Community College District landed the #2 spot on the list. Collin County Community College District is a large public school situated in McKinney, Texas. It awarded 14 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.
Collin County Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,293 for southwest region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students per year to attend Collin County Community College District.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarrant County College District. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Tarrant County College is a large public school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 11 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.
Tarrant County College also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,434 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students per year to attend Tarrant County College District.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 7 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.
Pima County Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Pima County Community College District is $3,583 for southwest region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified associates’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at CNM, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CNM is $3,429 for southwest region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students.
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Grayson College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. Grayson College is located in Denison, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students list, Grayson College has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $7,877 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students per year to attend Grayson College.
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New Mexico State University - Dona Ana landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 9 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students list, NMSU Dona Ana has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is $5,539 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Phoenix - Arizona did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
UOPX - Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,944 for southwest region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students per year to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona.
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Arizona Western College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. AWC is located in Yuma, Arizona and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.
AWC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $10,165 for southwest region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students per year to attend AWC.
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El Paso Community College landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. El Paso Community College is located in El Paso, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at El Paso Community College, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $4,594 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students per year to attend El Paso Community College.
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McLennan Community College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. Waco, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students list, MCC has also earned the #12 rank in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,752 for southwest region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students per year to attend MCC.
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Santa Fe Community College ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. SFCC is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.
SFCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Santa Fe Community College is $7,020 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students.
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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%.
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- 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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