2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management 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 Master’s in the Southeast Region” 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 the Southeast region, there were 5,663 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,970 and $23,823 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 308 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in the Southeast Region
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - North Miami landed the #1 spot on the list. JWU North Miami is a small school located in North Miami, Florida that handed out 4 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.
JWU North Miami also made our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at JWU North Miami are $14,148.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #2 spot on the list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s hospitality degrees to 169 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree hospitality students list, FIU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida International University are $24,211, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. University of Central Florida is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 68 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCF are $28,657, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. ECU is a large public school situated in Greenville, North Carolina. It awarded 2 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.
ECU also took the #7 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ECU are $20,685, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Orleans. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s hospitality degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.
UNO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Orleans are $13,678, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of South Florida - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s hospitality degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at USF Tampa, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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With a ranking of #7, University of South Carolina - Columbia did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. UofSC is a large school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 6 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.
UofSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Georgia State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. Georgia State is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 15 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree hospitality students list, Georgia State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State University are $24,790, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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%.
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- *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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