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2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in the Southwest Region

11 Ranked Colleges
518 Degrees Awarded
$23,400 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Southwest Region

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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 10,606 people earned their degree in general hospitality administration/management, making the major the 92nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 986 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 518 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general hospitality administration/management. That schools that top this list have a program in general hospitality administration/management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 11 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in the Southwest Region

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Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Southwest Region list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 210 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at NAU

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Wiley College
Marshall, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wiley College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Southwest Region list. Wiley College is located in Marshall, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.

Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at Wiley College

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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 40 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at SFASU

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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #5 spot on the list. UNT is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 109 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at UNT

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 53 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

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University of North Texas at Dallas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. UNT Dallas is a public institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at UNT Dallas

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Dallas Baptist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Southwest Region ranking. DBU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 3 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.

Full DBU General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

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Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, Arizona

Grand Canyon University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 62 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at Grand Canyon University

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University of the Southwest
Hobbs, New Mexico

University of the Southwest ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Southwest Region list. USW is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hobbs, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at USW

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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Southwest Region list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

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