2023 Most Focused Colleges for Resort Management in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Resort Management Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 214 people earned their degree in resort management, making the major the 802nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 142 resort management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Resort Management Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in resort management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their resort management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools Highly Focused on Resort Management Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region resort management students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Resort Management in the Southeast Region

1

Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, Florida

$43,420 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,690 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Resort Management Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Gulf Coast University landed the #1 spot on the list. Florida Gulf Coast University is located in Fort Myers, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 108 ’s resort management degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full FGCU Resort Management Report

2

Coastal Carolina University
Conway, South Carolina

$33,500 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,179 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Coastal Carolina University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Resort Management Major in the Southeast Region. Coastal Carolina University is located in Conway, South Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 ’s resort management degrees to qualified students.

Full Coastal Carolina University Resort Management Report

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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