2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in District of Columbia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking.

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 District of Columbia, there were 100 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,933 and $15,333 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Master’s in District of Columbia” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$49,683 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 29 diplomas to qualified masters’s hospitality students in 2019-2020.

GWU also made our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824.

Read more about Hospitality Management at GWU

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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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