2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in the Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 374 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in the Plains States Region

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa State University is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 4 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also made our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948.

Full Iowa State General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#2

Southwest Baptist University

Bolivar, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$5,423 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Bolivar, Missouri, and it awarded 6 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

Southwest Baptist University also made our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southwest Baptist University are $5,423, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at Southwest Baptist University

#3

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$24,115 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

K -State also made our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at Kansas State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management

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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