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2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
63 Degrees Awarded
$23,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 2,434 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,100 and $20,999 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in hospitality management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent hospitality management programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The hospitality school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 masters’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794.

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

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is a large school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 4 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree hospitality students with aid list, IUPUI has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis are $26,013, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full IUPUI Hospitality Management Report

#3

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s hospitality students in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Hospitality Management at Eastern Michigan University

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the #4 spot on the list. Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

Kent State also made our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State are $21,952, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Hospitality Management at Kent State University at Kent

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 2 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also made our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full OHIO Athens Hospitality Management Report

#6

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

Roosevelt University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Roosevelt is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Roosevelt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt are $21,605, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

DePaul University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s hospitality degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

DePaul not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full DePaul University 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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