by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
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 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.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in hospitality management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular hospitality management programs in the United States.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s. ECU is a public institution located in Greenville, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 88 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s. Appalachian State is located in Boone, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.
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 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Hospitality Management at Appalachian State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s list. WCU is a public institution located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend High Point University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s. High Point is located in High Point, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s. 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.
Read more about Hospitality Management at University of North Carolina at Greensboro
With a ranking of #6, Campbell University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Buies Creek, North Carolina, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s hospitality students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s ranking. Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte is a private not-for-profit institution located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Hospitality Management at Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte
North Carolina Central University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this medium-sized public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s hospitality students in 2020-2021.
Full North Carolina Central University Hospitality Management Report
Livingstone College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Salisbury, North Carolina, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
Meredith College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s ranking. Meredith 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.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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