2023 Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 “Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Hotel/Motel Administration/Management is the 317th most popular major in the country with 2,368 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 106 hotel/motel administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in hotel/motel administration/management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent hotel/motel administration/management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the hotel/motel administration/management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region hotel/motel administration/management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Hotel/Motel Administration/Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

1

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$11,005 Average Net Price

$46,901 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 77 ’s hotel/motel administration/management degrees in 2020-2021.

Mizzou also took the #1 spot in our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mizzou is $11,005 for plains states region hotel/motel administration/management students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, 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 89%.

Full University of Missouri - Columbia Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Report

2

Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$7,182 Average Net Price

$38,090 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kirkwood Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, this fairly large public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified ’s hotel/motel administration/management students in 2020-2021.

Kirkwood Community College also made our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Kirkwood Community College is $7,182 for Plains States Region Hotel/Motel Administration/Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Hotel/Motel Administration/Management at Kirkwood Community College

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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).
• 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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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