2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for an Associate in Oregon

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 an Associate in Oregon” 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 Oregon, there were 92 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 31 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hospitality Schools for an Associate in Oregon” 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.

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.

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Best Value Hospitality Schools for an Associate in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon associate degree hospitality students.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in Oregon

#1

Lane Community College

Eugene, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$8,553 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lane Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for an Associate in Oregon list. Lane Community College is a medium-sized school located in Eugene, Oregon that handed out 16 associates’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

Lane Community College also made our “Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $8,553 for Oregon Associate Degree Hospitality students per year to attend Lane Community College.

Read more about Hospitality Management at Lane Community College

#2

Chemeketa Community College

Salem, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$5,965 Average Net Price

$29,141 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chemeketa Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Hospitality Schools for an Associate in Oregon. Chemeketa Community College is a public institution located in Salem, Oregon. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Chemeketa Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $5,965 for oregon associate degree hospitality students per year to attend Chemeketa Community College.

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#3

Central Oregon Community College

Bend, Oregon

#3 in overall quality

$10,504 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for an Associate in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Oregon Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Bend, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s hospitality degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

COCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The estimated yearly cost for Central Oregon Community College is $10,504 for Oregon Associate Degree Hospitality students.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at COCC

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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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