by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in South Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 South Carolina, there were 400 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,237 and $25,461 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 321 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,293 and $28,603 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in South Carolina” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in hospitality management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their hospitality management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in South Carolina” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in South Carolina”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Beaufort. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in South Carolina. University of South Carolina - Beaufort is a small school located in Bluffton, South Carolina that handed out 43 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Charleston landed the #2 spot on the list. Charleston, South Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s hospitality degrees to 56 students in 2020-2021.
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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in South Carolina list. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s hospitality degrees to 183 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Hospitality Management at University of South Carolina - Columbia
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Coastal Carolina University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in South Carolina. Coastal Carolina University is a public institution located in Conway, South Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Coastal Carolina University Hospitality Management Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College landed the #5 spot on the list. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s hospitality degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Hospitality Management at Columbia College South Carolina
Charleston Southern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in South Carolina ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Charleston, South Carolina, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
Bob Jones University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in South Carolina ranking. Bob Jones University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Greenville, South Carolina. It awarded 0 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Hospitality Management at Bob Jones University
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