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2022 Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
200 Degrees Awarded
$16,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,031 people earned their degree in restaurant/food services management, making the major the 451st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 362 restaurant/food services management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 200 restaurant/food services management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in restaurant/food services management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality restaurant/food services management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the restaurant/food services management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Restaurant/Food Services Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Orlando, Florida, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF also took the #1 spot in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UCF is $6,211 for southeast region bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UCF Restaurant/Food Services Management Report

#2

University of North Alabama

Florence, Alabama
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Alabama landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Florence, Alabama, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

UNA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of North Alabama is $11,925 for southeast region bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 78 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

UA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $19,322 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend The University of Alabama.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full The University of Alabama Restaurant/Food Services Management Report

#4

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Kennesaw, Georgia, this large public school handed out 41 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s restaurant/food services management students in 2019-2020.

KSU Georgia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $13,975 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Kennesaw State University.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - North Miami. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in North Miami, Florida, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

JWU North Miami also took the #3 spot in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Johnson & Wales University - North Miami is $21,007 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#6

ECPI University

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#6 in overall quality

ECPI University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. ECPI University is a fairly large school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 27 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

ECPI University also made our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $19,926 for southeast region bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend ECPI University.

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#7

Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Charlotte, North Carolina. It awarded 4 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students whose families make $0-$30k list, JWU Charlotte has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte is $20,455 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#8

Stratford University

Fairfax, Virginia
#8 in overall quality

Stratford University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, this small private for-profit school awarded 29 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s restaurant/food services management students in 2019-2020.

Stratford University also took the #8 spot in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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