2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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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 Southwest region, there were 1,955 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,317 and $21,565 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 85 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 5 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the hospitality management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 7 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743.

Read more about Hospitality Management at Texas A&M University - College Station

#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$18,689 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 52 degrees to qualified masters’s hospitality students in 2019-2020.

UH also took the #2 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at University of Houston

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,107 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree hospitality students list, Texas Tech has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Texas Tech University

#4

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas

#5 in overall quality

$15,618 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$39,369 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. UNT is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

UNT also took the #5 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas are $15,618, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at UNT

#5

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#4 in overall quality

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. OSU is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

OSU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Hospitality Management Report

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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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