by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Hospitality Administration/Management is the 92nd most popular major in the country with 10,606 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 701 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major” ranking analyzed 45 colleges that offered a degree 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree hotel & restaurant management students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Online. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 92 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 45 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Schiller International University landed the #2 spot on the list. Schiller International University is a small private for-profit school situated in Largo, Florida. It awarded 2 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at Schiller International University
Out of the 45 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major that were part of this year’s ranking, San Ignacio University landed the #3 spot on the list. San Ignacio University is located in Doral, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at San Ignacio University
Out of the 45 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the #4 spot on the list. JWU Providence is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 27 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.
Full JWU Providence General Hospitality Administration/Management Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Orleans. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major. UNO is a medium-sized school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 25 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of New Orleans General Hospitality Administration/Management Report
Florida International University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major ranking. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 157 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at FIU
University of Nevada - Las Vegas came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major ranking. Las Vegas, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 38 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UNLV General Hospitality Administration/Management Report
Husson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major ranking, coming in at #8. Bangor, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at Husson
University of Houston came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major ranking. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 58 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at UH
Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major ranking, coming in at #10. This small school is located in Madison, New Jersey, and it awarded 5 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Central Florida ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major list. UCF is a large public school situated in Orlando, Florida. It awarded 88 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at University of Central Florida
Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major ranking, coming in at #12. Located in Teaneck, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2020-2021.
Roosevelt University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major ranking. Roosevelt University is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 4 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at Roosevelt
Boston University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major ranking, coming in at #14. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at Boston University
Georgia State University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major ranking. Georgia State University is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 18 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at Georgia State
With a ranking of #16, University of North Texas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at University of North Texas
St John’s University - New York ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major list. St John’s University - New York is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Queens, New York. It awarded 7 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at STJ
University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major ranking. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major list. Located in Pomona, California, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #20, DePaul University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 9 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full DePaul University General Hospitality Administration/Management Report
With a ranking of #21, Georgetown University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major list. Georgetown University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 10 masters’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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Full Georgetown General Hospitality Administration/Management Report
Temple University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major ranking, coming in at #22. Temple University is a public institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at Temple University
The University of Alabama came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major ranking. The University of Alabama is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 11 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Full UA General Hospitality Administration/Management Report
San Diego State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major ranking, coming in at #24. San Diego State University is located in San Diego, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, 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 89%.
Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at San Diego State University
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major ranking, coming in at #25. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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