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2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

9 Ranked Colleges
308 Degrees Awarded
$26,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Hospitality Management is the 61st most popular major in the country with 17,830 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the Southeast region, there were 5,663 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,970 and $23,823 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 308 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the hospitality management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #1 spot on the list. FIU is a public institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 169 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

FIU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at FIU are $24,211.

Read more about Hospitality Management at FIU

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Central Florida is a public institution located in Orlando, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 68 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Florida are $28,657, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UCF Hospitality Management Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s hospitality students in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Hospitality Management at University of South Florida - Main Campus

#4

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UofSC is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofSC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160.

Full University of South Carolina - Columbia Hospitality Management Report

#5

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Tulane is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane are $61,176, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Tulane University of Louisiana

#6

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#7 in overall quality

East Carolina University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

ECU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at East Carolina University are $20,685, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Hospitality Management at East Carolina University

#7

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

University of New Orleans did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. University of New Orleans is a public institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNO also made our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Orleans are $13,678, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Hospitality Management at University of New Orleans

#8

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Georgia State is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State University are $24,790, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Georgia State Hospitality Management Report

#5 in overall quality

Johnson & Wales University - North Miami did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #9. JWU North Miami is a small private not-for-profit school situated in North Miami, Florida. It awarded 4 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree hospitality students whose families make $0-$30k list, JWU North Miami has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at JWU North Miami are $14,148.

Full JWU North Miami Hospitality Management Report

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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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