by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in North Carolina” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 North Carolina, there were 520 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,739 and $25,813 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 240 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree 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 North Carolina”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina bachelor’s degree hospitality students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Livingstone College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in North Carolina. Livingstone College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Salisbury, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in North Carolina list. Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte is a small school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 12 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, High Point University landed the #3 spot on the list. High Point is a private not-for-profit institution located in High Point, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 East Carolina University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in North Carolina. East Carolina University is a large school located in Greenville, North Carolina that handed out 88 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in North Carolina list. Located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 33 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s hospitality students in 2020-2021.
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Campbell University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in North Carolina ranking, coming in at #6. Campbell is a private not-for-profit institution located in Buies Creek, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s 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%.
Appalachian State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in North Carolina list. Appalachian State University is a public institution located in Boone, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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With a ranking of #8, North Carolina Central University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in North Carolina list. North Carolina Central University is a medium-sized public school situated in Durham, North Carolina. It awarded 10 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Hospitality Management at North Carolina Central University
With a ranking of #9, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in North Carolina list. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s hospitality degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #10, Meredith College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in North Carolina list. Meredith College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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