2023 Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Hospitality Administration/Management is the 92nd most popular major in the country with 10,606 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Connecticut, there were 24 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,551 and $25,342 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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 a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general hospitality administration/management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut

1

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, Connecticut

321 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Connecticut State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s list. New Britain, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.

CCSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list.Among the 10,652 students enrolled at CCSU, 321 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 166 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,782. To help with additional expenses, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Central Connecticut State University]](/colleges/central-connecticut-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

Mitchell College
New London, Connecticut

14 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$17,450 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mitchell College landed the #2 spot on the list. Mitchell College is a private not-for-profit institution located in New London, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Mitchell College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list.Our most recent data shows that 14 of the 599 students enrolled at Mitchell College were GI Bill® students, of which 7 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,450. To help with additional expenses, 3 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full Mitchell College Veteran Student Life Report

• Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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