2023 Best Value Colleges for Hotel/Motel Administration/Management in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in hotel/motel administration/management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great hotel/motel administration/management programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

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

1

Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$9,906 Average Net Price

$38,090 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kirkwood Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region. Kirkwood Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It awarded 21 ’s hotel/motel administration/management degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kirkwood Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kirkwood Community College is $9,906 for plains states region hotel/motel administration/management students.

Read full report on Hotel/Motel Administration/Management at Kirkwood Community College

2

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$16,559 Average Net Price

$46,901 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s hotel/motel administration/management degrees to 77 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mizzou, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Missouri - Columbia is $16,559 for plains states region hotel/motel administration/management students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.

Read more about Hotel/Motel Administration/Management at Mizzou

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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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