2024 Best Hospitality Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington

a bachelor's degree in hospitality management is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #49 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Hospitality Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 197 bachelor's degrees in hospitality management during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on hospitality management students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other hospitality management students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for hospitality management to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized hospitality management related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for hospitality management students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Hospitality Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Hospitality Management in Washington

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in hospitality management.

Top Washington Schools for a Bachelor's in Hospitality

1

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

162 Annual Graduates

$38,870 Median Starting Salary

$25,000 Median Student Debt

Washington State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in hospitality management. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the hospitality program make about $38,870 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in hospitality management from Washington State University

2

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA

16 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in hospitality management has to take a look at Central Washington University. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in hospitality management from Central Washington University

Best Hospitality Management Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Hospitality Management Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	716
Oregon	185	4
Nevada	129	605
Hawaii	112	133
Alaska	75	11

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Rankings in Majors Related to Hospitality

Hospitality Management is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Hospitality Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Hospitality Administration/Management	182
Tourism and Travel Services Management	12
Meeting and Event Planning	3

Majors Similar to Hospitality

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	2,033
Accounting	1,049
Marketing	947
Finance & Financial Management	832
General Business/Commerce	363
Management Information Systems	188
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	155
International Business	147
Entrepreneurial Studies	92
Human Resource Management	77

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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