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2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

5 Ranked Colleges
25 Degrees Awarded
$9,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Plains States region, there were 374 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 25 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in the Plains States Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Sioux City, Iowa is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Western Iowa Tech Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $7,201 for plains states region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students per year to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College.

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#2

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Paul College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Saint Paul College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $11,613 for plains states region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students per year to attend Saint Paul College.

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#3

Normandale Community College

Bloomington, Minnesota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Normandale Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. Normandale Community College is located in Bloomington, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students list, Normandale Community College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $12,620 for plains states region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students per year to attend Normandale Community College.

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#4

Saint Louis Community College

Saint Louis, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Louis Community College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Saint Louis Community College is $6,796 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Des Moines Area Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Ankeny, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

DMACC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $10,076 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students per year to attend DMACC.

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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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