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2024 Best Hospitality Management Schools in Colorado

5 Colleges in Colorado
256 Hospitality Degrees Awarded
$39,479 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in hospitality management is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #66 out of 395 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 reviewed 5 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of hospitality management. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 256 degrees in hospitality management during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Hospitality Management School

Best Hospitality Management Schools in Colorado Your choice of hospitality management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for hospitality management schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

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Associate Degrees in Hospitality
Bachelor's Degrees in Hospitality

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Hospitality Management Schools in Colorado ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Hospitality Management in Colorado

The schools below may not offer all types of hospitality degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Colorado Schools in Hospitality

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
49 Hospitality Degrees Awarded
$39,409 Median Starting Salary

Colorado State University - Fort Collins is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in hospitality management. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #156 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Colorado State is a great university overall.

There were about 49 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, hospitality degree recipients generally make about $39,409 at the beginning of their careers.

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2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
33 Hospitality Degrees Awarded
$43,996 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in hospitality management has to look into University of Denver. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Denver. A Best Colleges rank of #126 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means DU is a great university overall.

There were about 33 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at DU in the most recent year we have data available. Hospitality Management degree recipients from University of Denver earn a boost of around $4,517 over the typical earnings of hospitality management majors.

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3
Colorado Mountain College crest
Colorado Mountain College
Glenwood Springs, CO
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In CO
61 Hospitality Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in hospitality management has to look into Colorado Mountain College. Located in the remote town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado Mountain College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 21st out of 33 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.

There were about 61 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at Colorado Mountain College in the most recent year we have data available.

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4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
74 Hospitality Degrees Awarded
$38,609 Median Starting Salary

Metropolitan State University of Denver is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in hospitality management. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 26th out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.

There were roughly 74 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at MSU Denver in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, hospitality degree recipients usually earn around $38,609 in their early careers.

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5
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In CO
33 Hospitality Degrees Awarded

FRCC is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Westminster. This college ranks 8th out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.

There were approximately 33 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at FRCC in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Hospitality Management Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Hospitality Management Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Utah 266 64
Idaho 219 20
Montana 188 11
Wyoming 162 4

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

Hospitality Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Hospitality Administration/Management 119
Restaurant/Food Services Management 56
Meeting and Event Planning 33
Resort Management 27
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management 13
Tourism and Travel Services Management 8

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Majors Similar to Hospitality

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 12,264
Accounting 1,791
Human Resource Management 1,016
General Business/Commerce 602
Marketing 556
Finance & Financial Management 537
Business Support & Assistant Services 512
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 400
Management Information Systems 247
Real Estate 190

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