2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 17,830 people earned their degree in hospitality management, making the major the 61st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, hospitality management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,271 and had an average of $21,829 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Jersey, there were 215 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,600 and $24,083 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in hospitality management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great hospitality management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the hospitality 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree hospitality students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management (Income $0-$30k) in New Jersey

#1

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus

Teaneck, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$10,656 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Teaneck, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s hospitality students in 2019-2020.

FDU also made our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus are $10,656, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full FDU Hospitality Management Report

#2

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey

$38,876 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stevens Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k. Stevens Institute of Technology is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hoboken, New Jersey. It awarded 7 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

Stevens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stevens Institute of Technology are $38,876, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Stevens Institute of Technology

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management (Income $0-$30k)

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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