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2024 Best Hospitality Management Schools in South Carolina

4 Colleges in South Carolina
400 Hospitality Degrees Awarded
$33,237 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.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for hospitality management students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 400 degrees in hospitality management to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Hospitality Management School

Best Hospitality Management Schools in South Carolina 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.

Pick Your Hospitality Management Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Hospitality
Master's Degrees in Hospitality
Doctor's Degrees in Hospitality

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 South Carolina. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.


 

Best Schools for Hospitality Management in South Carolina

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 South Carolina Schools in Hospitality

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
201 Hospitality Degrees Awarded
$33,639 Median Starting Salary

University of South Carolina - Columbia is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in hospitality management. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #152 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.

There were about 201 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the hospitality program earn about $33,639 in the first couple years of working.

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College of Charleston
Charleston, SC
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
56 Hospitality Degrees Awarded
$35,234 Median Starting Salary

College of Charleston is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in hospitality management. C of C is a fairly large public college located in the midsize city of Charleston. A Best Colleges rank of #699 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means C of C is a great college overall.

There were roughly 56 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at C of C in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the hospitality program earn about $35,234 in their early career salary.

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3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
34 Hospitality Degrees Awarded
$32,183 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Coastal Carolina University if you want to pursue a degree in hospitality management. Coastal Carolina University is a large public university located in the city of Conway. This university ranks 19th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.

There were about 34 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at Coastal Carolina University in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, hospitality degree recipients typically earn about $32,183 in their early careers.

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4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
43 Hospitality Degrees Awarded
$31,890 Median Starting Salary

University of South Carolina - Beaufort is a great option for students pursuing a degree in hospitality management. USCB is a small public university located in the fringe town of Bluffton. This university ranks 40th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.

There were approximately 43 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at USCB in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the hospitality program report average early career income of $31,890.

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Best Hospitality Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Georgia 287 180
Florida 282 2,397
North Carolina 279 313
Virginia 274 347
Tennessee 269 123
Kentucky 244 79
Louisiana 242 111
Mississippi 234 74
Arkansas 234 33
Alabama 233 311
West Virginia 207 59

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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 264
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management 61
Tourism and Travel Services Management 41
Resort Management 34

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Majors Similar to Hospitality

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 4,076
Accounting 1,199
Finance & Financial Management 993
Marketing 984
General Business/Commerce 906
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 412
International Business 332
Business Support & Assistant Services 299
General Sales & Marketing 278
Human Resource Management 268

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