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 in the Middle Atlantic Region” 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.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,158 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in general hospitality administration/management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general hospitality administration/management.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. FDU is located in Madison, New Jersey and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Teaneck, New Jersey. It awarded 5 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St John’s University - New York landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Queens, New York, and it awarded 7 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Full St John’s University - New York General Hospitality Administration/Management Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Georgetown is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at Georgetown University
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #5 spot on the list. 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at Temple
Drexel University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Drexel is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 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 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at Drexel
Widener University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #7. Chester, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at Widener
Monroe College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Bronx, New York, this medium-sized private for-profit school awarded 146 degrees to qualified masters’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at Monroe College
La Roche University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. La Roche University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full La Roche General Hospitality Administration/Management Report
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 0 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%.
Full Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania General Hospitality Administration/Management Report
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