by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in New Jersey” 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 New Jersey, there were 230 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,317 and $24,482 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,237 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in New Jersey” ranking looked at 3 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in New Jersey” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree hospitality students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Madison, New Jersey. It awarded 5 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in New Jersey list. FDU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Teaneck, New Jersey. It awarded 5 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stevens Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in New Jersey. Located in Hoboken, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s hospitality students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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