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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 New England region, there were 867 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,889 and $25,648 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 159 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in hospitality management. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students 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 “Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” 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 new england region master’s degree hospitality students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Online. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Johnson & Wales University - Online is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 95 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the New England Region for a Master’s. Johnson & Wales University - Providence is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 32 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Boston U is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 27 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Husson University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Bangor, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s hospitality degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, 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 New Haven. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the New England Region for a Master’s. University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Haven, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, 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 American International College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Springfield, Massachusetts, and it awarded 0 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
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