Hospitality Management is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #66 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Maine to determine which ones were the best for hospitality management students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 42 degrees in hospitality management during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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 Schools in Maine.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the hospitality degree levels they offer.
It's hard to beat Husson University if you want to pursue a degree in hospitality management. Located in the city of Bangor, Husson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 10th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 15 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at Husson in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Southern Maine is a good option for students interested in a degree in hospitality management. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Portland. A Best Colleges rank of #1158 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Southern Maine is a great university overall.
There were roughly 14 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at University of Southern Maine in the most recent data year. After graduating, hospitality degree recipients generally make about $31,231 in the first five years of their career.
Southern Maine Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in hospitality management. SMCC is a medium-sized public college located in the city of South Portland. This college ranks 12th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 6 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at SMCC in the most recent data year.
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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