2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in Arizona

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 an Associate in Arizona” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Arizona, there were 363 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,749 and $17,785 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in Arizona” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in Arizona

The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona associate degree hotel & restaurant management students.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in Arizona

#1

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$3,583 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in Arizona 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 #1 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The yearly cost to attend Pima County Community College District is $3,583 for arizona associate degree hotel & restaurant management students.

Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at Pima Community College

#2

Arizona Western College

Yuma, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$10,165 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona Western College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in Arizona list. AWC is a public institution located in Yuma, Arizona. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

AWC also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for AWC is $10,165 for arizona associate degree hotel & restaurant management students.

Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at AWC

#3

University of Phoenix - Arizona

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$12,944 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. UOPX - Arizona is a large private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 3 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UOPX - Arizona is $12,944 for Arizona Associate Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students.

Full UOPX - Arizona 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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