2024 Best Hospitality Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kansas

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in hospitality management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #49 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Hospitality Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kansas ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 75 bachelor's degrees in hospitality management to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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

The hospitality school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Hospitality Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kansas.

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

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for hospitality management students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Kansas Schools for a Bachelor's in Hospitality

1

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

47 Annual Graduates

$36,706 Median Starting Salary

$25,000 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in hospitality management has to take a look at Kansas State University. K -State is a large public university located in the small city of Manhattan.

Hospitality Management bachelor's degree recipients from Kansas State University get an earnings boost of about $3,202 above the average earnings of hospitality management graduates.

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

2

Fort Hays State University
Hays, KS

28 Annual Graduates

$30,302 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in hospitality management has to take a look at Fort Hays State University. FHSU is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Hays.

After graduation, hospitality bachelor's recipients generally make about $30,302 at the beginning of their careers.

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

Best Hospitality Management Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Hospitality Management Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	161
Minnesota	215	21
Iowa	197	112
Nebraska	180	125
North Dakota	149	8
South Dakota	148	8

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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	75

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	2,394
Finance & Financial Management	784
Accounting	669
Marketing	594
General Business/Commerce	261
Human Resource Management	133
Management Information Systems	116
Construction Management	91
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	72
Entrepreneurial Studies	55

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bblackpsu. More about our data sources and methodologies.