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2024 Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools in the Southeast Region

78 Colleges in the Southeast Region
4,082 Hotel & Restaurant Management Degrees Awarded
Ranked #92 in popularity, general hospitality administration/management is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 78 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for general hospitality administration/management students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,082 degrees in general hospitality administration/management during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great General Hospitality Administration/Management School

Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools in the Southeast Region Your choice of general hospitality administration/management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general hospitality administration/management schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

General Hospitality Administration/Management Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Hotel & Restaurant Management
Bachelor's Degrees in Hotel & Restaurant Management
Master's Degrees in Hotel & Restaurant Management
Doctor's Degrees in Hotel & Restaurant Management

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for General Hospitality Administration/Management in the Southeast Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the hotel & restaurant management degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

11 Top Southeast Region Schools in Hotel & Restaurant Management

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In SC
160 Hotel & Restaurant Management Degrees Awarded

University of South Carolina - Columbia is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general hospitality administration/management. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #152 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.

There were about 160 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent data year.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In FL
603 Hotel & Restaurant Management Degrees Awarded

University of Central Florida is a great choice for students interested in a degree in general hospitality administration/management. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #193 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCF is a great university overall.

There were about 603 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent data year.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In FL
776 Hotel & Restaurant Management Degrees Awarded

Florida International University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general hospitality administration/management. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #183 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means FIU is a great university overall.

There were approximately 776 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at FIU in the most recent year we have data available.

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Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In FL
229 Hotel & Restaurant Management Degrees Awarded

Florida State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general hospitality administration/management. Florida State is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Tallahassee. A Best Colleges rank of #121 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.

There were approximately 229 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent year we have data available.

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Valencia College
Orlando, FL
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In FL
101 Hotel & Restaurant Management Degrees Awarded

Valencia College is a very large public college located in the large city of Orlando. This college ranks 14th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were roughly 101 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at Valencia College in the most recent data year.

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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In VA
53 Hotel & Restaurant Management Degrees Awarded

Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Blacksburg. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.

There were approximately 53 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In LA
50.0% Growth in Graduates

Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #78 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Tulane is a great university overall.

There were approximately 2 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at Tulane in the most recent year we have data available.

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8
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In AL
110 Hotel & Restaurant Management Degrees Awarded

UA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tuscaloosa. A Best Colleges rank of #139 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UA is a great university overall.

There were approximately 110 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at UA in the most recent data year.

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James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In VA
138 Hotel & Restaurant Management Degrees Awarded

Located in the small city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #169 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means JMU is a great university overall.

There were roughly 138 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at JMU in the most recent data year.

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Auburn University
Auburn, AL
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In AL
58 Hotel & Restaurant Management Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #154 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Auburn is a great university overall.

There were about 58 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent year we have data available.

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Broward College
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
8th Most Popular In FL

Located in the midsize city of Fort Lauderdale, BC is a public college with a very large student population. This college ranks 16th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were roughly 27 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at BC in the most recent data year.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
12 University of Georgia Athens, GA
13 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Knoxville, TN
14 Miami Dade College Miami, FL
15 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
16 University of Mississippi University, MS
17 Hillsborough Community College Tampa, FL
18 East Carolina University Greenville, NC
19 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL

Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Colleges by State

Explore the best general hospitality administration/management schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Florida 715 1,985
North Carolina 710 193
Georgia 690 131
Virginia 630 234
Tennessee 624 55
South Carolina 530 264
Kentucky 518 70
Mississippi 501 54
Alabama 500 303
Louisiana 489 111
Arkansas 466 33
West Virginia 410 55

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General Hospitality Administration/Management is one of 9 different types of Hospitality Management programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management 599
Meeting and Event Planning 389
Restaurant/Food Services Management 324
Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management 319
Tourism and Travel Services Management 144
Resort Management 142
Other Hospitality Administration/Management 40
Casino Management 10

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