by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Alabama” 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 Alabama, there were 351 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,027 and $22,020 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 264 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,756 and $28,178 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in Alabama” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in hospitality management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in hospitality management.
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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 Alabama”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama bachelor’s degree hospitality students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Troy University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in Alabama. Troy University is a fairly large school located in Troy, Alabama that handed out 71 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in Alabama list. The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 99 bachelors’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #3 spot on the list. Auburn University is a public institution located in Auburn, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 57 bachelors’s 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 92%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Alabama landed the #4 spot on the list. USA is a fairly large public school situated in Mobile, Alabama. It awarded 24 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Hospitality Management at University of South Alabama
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Alabama. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in Alabama list. Located in Florence, Alabama, this medium-sized public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s hospitality students in 2020-2021.
Full University of North Alabama Hospitality Management Report
Tuskegee University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in Alabama ranking. This small school is located in Tuskegee, Alabama, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
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