2022 Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Hotel/Motel Administration/Management is the 264th most popular major in the country with 2,657 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 558 hotel/motel administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 37 hotel/motel administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in hotel/motel administration/management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality hotel/motel administration/management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the hotel/motel administration/management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree hotel/motel administration/management students.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Hotel/Motel Administration/Management in the Southeast Region

#1

Southwest Tennessee Community College

Memphis, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$4,931 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Tennessee Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 6 associates’s hotel/motel administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

Southwest did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southwest is $4,931 for southeast region associate degree hotel/motel administration/management students.

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#2

Chattanooga State Community College

Chattanooga, Tennessee

#3 in overall quality

$6,742 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chattanooga State Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Chattanooga, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s hotel/motel administration/management degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Chattanooga State Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Chattanooga State Community College is $6,742 for southeast region associate degree hotel/motel administration/management students.

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#3

Nashville State Community College

Nashville, Tennessee

#4 in overall quality

$7,669 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nashville State Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Nashville State Community College is a medium-sized school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 2 associates’s hotel/motel administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

Nashville State Community College also made our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Nashville State Community College is $7,669 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Hotel/Motel Administration/Management students.

Full Nashville State Community College Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Report

#4

Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$23,774 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte is a small school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 1 associates’s hotel/motel administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

JWU Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend JWU Charlotte is $23,774 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Hotel/Motel Administration/Management students.

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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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