2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in Florida

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in Florida” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Florida, there were 3,073 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,508 and $21,882 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,671 and $120,169 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Hospitality Management Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in Florida” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in Florida

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in Florida

#1

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$28,657 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Central Florida is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 doctorate’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

UCF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCF are $28,657, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at University of Central Florida

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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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