2023 Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 749 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,019 and $24,679 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in hospitality management. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in hospitality management.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree hospitality students.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in the Plains States Region

1

Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. K -State is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full K -State Hospitality Management Report

2

Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

#6 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 1 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read more about Hospitality Management at Iowa State

3

Southwest Baptist University
Bolivar, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Baptist University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Hospitality Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Southwest Baptist University is a small school located in Bolivar, Missouri that handed out 0 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Southwest Baptist University Hospitality Management Report

• Most Popular Master’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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