2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Hotel/Motel Administration/Management in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 119 hotel/motel administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 hotel/motel administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the hotel/motel administration/management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Hotel/Motel Administration/Management in the Plains States Region

#1

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$10,939 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kirkwood Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, this fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s hotel/motel administration/management students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree hotel/motel administration/management students list, Kirkwood Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kirkwood Community College is $10,939 for plains states region associate degree hotel/motel administration/management students.

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

#2

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$12,632 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. JCCC is a fairly large school located in Overland Park, Kansas that handed out 4 associates’s hotel/motel administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at JCCC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Johnson County Community College is $12,632 for plains states 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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