2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region” 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 the Southeast region, there were 5,663 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,970 and $23,823 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

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

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$28,657 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Central Florida is a large public school situated in Orlando, Florida. It awarded 10 doctorate’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF also made our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCF are $28,657.

Read more about Hospitality Management at University of Central Florida

#2

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$25,099 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mississippi. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Located in University, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s hospitality students in 2019-2020.

Ole Miss also took the #3 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mississippi are $25,099, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Ole Miss

#3

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Columbia, South Carolina 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.

UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160.

Full University of South Carolina - Columbia Hospitality Management Report

#4

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Knoxville, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville are $31,798, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Hospitality Management at UT Knoxville

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management

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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