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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,657 people earned their degree in hotel/motel administration/management, making the major the 264th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 461 hotel/motel administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 51 hotel/motel administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

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

#1

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$6,861 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified associates’s hotel/motel administration/management students in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $6,861 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Hotel/Motel Administration/Management students.

Read more about Hotel/Motel Administration/Management at Austin Community College District

#2

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$5,272 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Houston Community College is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 9 associates’s hotel/motel administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Houston Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,272 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Hotel/Motel Administration/Management students per year to attend Houston Community College.

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#3

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$6,250 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Philip’s College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. St Philip’s College is a fairly large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 4 associates’s hotel/motel administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree hotel/motel administration/management students list, St Philip’s College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for St Philip’s College is $6,250 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Hotel/Motel Administration/Management students.

Full St Philip’s College Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Report

#4

Del Mar College

Corpus Christi, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$5,738 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Del Mar College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Del Mar College is a fairly large public school situated in Corpus Christi, Texas. It awarded 1 associates’s hotel/motel administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DMC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,738 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Hotel/Motel Administration/Management students per year to attend Del Mar College.

Read more about Hotel/Motel Administration/Management at DMC

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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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