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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in the Rocky Mountains Region

7 Ranked Colleges
122 Degrees Awarded
$16,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region

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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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 237 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 122 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 7 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, Utah
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Utah University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. Cedar City, Utah is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Utah University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Utah University is $14,285 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Orem, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.

UVU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UVU is $9,159 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students list, MSU Denver has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver is $14,257 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lewis - Clark State College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. This small school is located in Lewiston, Idaho, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students list, Lewis - Clark State College has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $11,046 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students per year to attend Lewis - Clark State College.

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#5

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Bozeman, Montana, this fairly large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman also made our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Montana State University is $19,202 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students.

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#6

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, Colorado
#7 in overall quality

Colorado Mesa University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Grand Junction, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Colorado Mesa also made our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Colorado Mesa University is $15,569 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students.

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#7

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, University of Denver did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 36 degrees to qualified bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $32,361 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students per year to attend University of Denver.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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