2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Hotel/Motel Administration/Management

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 a Doctorate” 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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 hotel/motel administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Hotel/Motel Administration/Management

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for a Doctorate. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s hotel/motel administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$18,689 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for a Doctorate list. UH is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UH also took the #2 spot in our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

#1 in overall quality

$30,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for a Doctorate. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s hotel/motel administration/management students in 2019-2020.

Cornell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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