2023 Best Hospitality Management Colleges for Veterans in Washington

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Hospitality” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Washington, there were 244 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,870 and $22,896 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Hospitality” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in hospitality management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality hospitality management programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the hospitality management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Hospitality” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Hospitality

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Hospitality”.

Top 2 Best Hospitality Management Colleges for Veterans in Washington

1

Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

83 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$6,702 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Hospitality list. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s hospitality degrees to 176 students in 2020-2021.

Wazzu also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 83 of the 31,159 students enrolled at Wazzu were GI Bill® students, of which 53 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,702. During this same period, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Washington State University Veteran Student Life Report

2

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

711 GI Bill® Students**

$5,593 Average GI Bill® Award

$55,685 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Hospitality list. This fairly large school is located in Ellensburg, Washington, and it awarded 16 ’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.

CWU also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 11,174 students enrolled at Central Washington University, 711 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 327 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,593. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Central Washington University]](/colleges/central-washington-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Hospitality Management Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
• Best Hospitality Management Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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