2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for an Associate in Minnesota

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 Minnesota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Minnesota, there were 26 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,300 and $25,290 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,738 and $20,226 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Hospitality Schools for an Associate in Minnesota” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Hospitality Schools for an Associate in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hospitality Schools for an Associate in Minnesota.

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

#1

Dakota County Technical College

Rosemount, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,063 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for an Associate in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota County Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Rosemount, Minnesota 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.

DCTC also made our “Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend DCTC is $11,063 for minnesota associate degree hospitality students.

Read more about Hospitality Management at DCTC

#2

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$11,613 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Paul College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for an Associate in Minnesota list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s hospitality degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our minnesota associate degree hospitality students list, Saint Paul College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Paul College is $11,613 for minnesota associate degree hospitality students.

Full Saint Paul College Hospitality Management Report

#3

Normandale Community College

Bloomington, Minnesota

#3 in overall quality

$12,620 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for an Associate in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Normandale Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Normandale Community College is a medium-sized school located in Bloomington, Minnesota that handed out 1 associates’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

Normandale Community College also made our “Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Normandale Community College is $12,620 for Minnesota Associate Degree Hospitality students.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Normandale Community College

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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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