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2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

3 Ranked Colleges
9 Degrees Awarded
$19,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Southwest region, there were 1,955 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,317 and $21,565 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in hospitality management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality hospitality management programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s hospitality degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Texas Tech University

#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. 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.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree hospitality students whose families make $75-$110k list, UH has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689.

Full UH Hospitality Management Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s hospitality degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743.

Full Texas A&M College Station 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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