by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 17,689 people earned their degree in hospitality management, making the major the 66th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, hospitality management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,874 and had an average of $22,906 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 366 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,534 and $23,200 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 225 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in hospitality management. That schools that top this list have a program in hospitality management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The hospitality school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree hospitality students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #1 spot on the list. MSU Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 68 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Hospitality Management at Metropolitan State University of Denver
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lewis - Clark State College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Lewis - Clark State College is located in Lewiston, Idaho and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Hospitality Management at Lewis - Clark State College
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #3 spot on the list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s hospitality degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 49 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Utah University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Southern Utah University is a public institution located in Cedar City, Utah. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Utah Valley University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This large school is located in Orem, Utah, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Hospitality Management at Utah Valley University
Montana State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Montana State University is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 10 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Colorado Mesa University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #8. Colorado Mesa is located in Grand Junction, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.
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