by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in Tennessee” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Hospitality Management is the 66th most popular major in the country with 17,689 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Tennessee, there were 137 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,419 and $26,937 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 87 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,466 and $26,819 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in Tennessee” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in hospitality management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in hospitality management.
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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 Tennessee” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee bachelor’s degree hospitality students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this large public school awarded 36 degrees to qualified bachelors’s hospitality students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in Tennessee list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middle Tennessee State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in Tennessee list. Middle Tennessee State University is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lipscomb University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in Tennessee. Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 2 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Christian Brothers University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in Tennessee. This small school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
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