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2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

11 Ranked Colleges
54 Degrees Awarded
$25,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 54 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in hospitality management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality hospitality management programs that also have a lower cost than 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 hospitality management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree hospitality students with aid.

Top 11 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management (With Aid)

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Purdue is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 5 doctorate’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Purdue University - Main Campus

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Orlando, Florida, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s hospitality students in 2019-2020.

UCF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCF are $28,657, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Central Florida Hospitality Management Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Las Vegas, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s hospitality degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UNLV did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNLV are $21,962, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at UNLV

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s hospitality students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Iowa State

#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#9 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree hospitality students with aid list, Texas Tech has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Texas Tech Hospitality Management Report

#6

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#11 in overall quality

University of Houston ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s hospitality students in 2019-2020.

UH also took the #11 spot in our “Best Hospitality 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.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at University of Houston

#7

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi
#12 in overall quality

University of Mississippi did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. University, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s hospitality degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Ole Miss also made our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #12. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mississippi are $25,099.

Read more about Hospitality Management at Ole Miss

#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid 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.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743.

Read more about Hospitality Management at Texas A&M College Station

#9

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

Cornell University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #9. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cornell, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell are $30,042.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Cornell

#10 in overall quality

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 2 doctorate’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Hospitality Management at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

#11

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#8 in overall quality

University of South Carolina - Columbia came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid ranking. UofSC is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC also made our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UofSC 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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