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2024 Best Hospitality Management Schools in Missouri

5 Colleges in Missouri
224 Hospitality Degrees Awarded
$33,284 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 looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Hospitality Management Schools in Missouri ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 224 degrees in hospitality management to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Hospitality Management School

Best Hospitality Management Schools in Missouri The hospitality program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Hospitality Management rankings. 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.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Hospitality Management Rankings by Degree Level

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 Missouri 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 Missouri

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 Missouri Schools in Hospitality

1
Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type
97 Hospitality Degrees Awarded
13.4% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in hospitality management has to check out Missouri State University - Springfield. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #427 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Missouri State is a great university overall.

There were about 97 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent data year. Those hospitality management students who get their degree from Missouri State University - Springfield make $2,918 more than the typical hospitality grad.

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2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
77 Hospitality Degrees Awarded
$38,633 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in hospitality management has to take a look at University of Missouri - Columbia. Mizzou is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #124 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.

There were about 77 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available. Hospitality Management degree recipients from University of Missouri - Columbia receive an earnings boost of around $5,349 above the typical earnings of hospitality management graduates.

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3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$36,159 Median Starting Salary
$22,250 Median Student Debt

Southeast Missouri State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in hospitality management. Located in the city of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri State University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 27th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.

There were about 18 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at Southeast Missouri State University in the most recent data year. Those hospitality management students who get their degree from Southeast Missouri State University receive $2,875 more than the average hospitality grad.

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4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In MO

It's difficult to beat University of Central Missouri if you want to pursue a degree in hospitality management. UCM is a large public university located in the distant town of Warrensburg. This university ranks 21st out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.

There were about 3 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at UCM in the most recent data year.

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Stephens College
Columbia, MO
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In MO
66.7% Growth in Graduates

Located in the city of Columbia, Stephens is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population. This college ranks 20th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.

There were roughly 6 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at Stephens in the most recent data year.

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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
Minnesota 284 34
Kansas 266 85
Iowa 264 142
Nebraska 238 125
North Dakota 210 8
South Dakota 204 10

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One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Hospitality Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Hospitality Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Hospitality Administration/Management 126
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management 79
Meeting and Event Planning 7
Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management 7
Other Hospitality Administration/Management 5

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Majors Similar to Hospitality

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 6,349
General Business/Commerce 3,250
Accounting 1,868
Finance & Financial Management 914
Marketing 857
Human Resource Management 730
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 560
Management Information Systems 231
Entrepreneurial Studies 118
International Business 111

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