2023 Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate

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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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,767 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,556 and $22,626 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in hospitality management. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in hospitality management.

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Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree hospitality students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

#5 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Cornell Hospitality Management Report

2

University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

Top 20% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate list. UD is located in Newark, Delaware and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 75 doctorate’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Hospitality Management at University of Delaware

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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