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2022 Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

8 Ranked Colleges
200 Degrees Awarded
$18,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in restaurant/food services management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent restaurant/food services management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the restaurant/food services management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Restaurant/Food Services Management in the Southeast Region

#1 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 that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. UCF is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 19 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Florida is $10,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UCF Restaurant/Food Services Management Report

#2

ECPI University

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#6 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 that were part of this year’s ranking, ECPI University landed the #2 spot on the list. ECPI University is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECPI University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $20,489 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students per year to attend ECPI University.

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#3

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennesaw State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. KSU Georgia is a large public school situated in Kennesaw, Georgia. It awarded 41 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees 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 $17,221 for southeast region bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students per year to attend KSU Georgia.

Full KSU Georgia Restaurant/Food Services Management Report

#4

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Alabama landed the #4 spot on the list. UNA is a public institution located in Florence, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $14,130 for southeast region bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students per year to attend University of North Alabama.

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#5

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#2 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 that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 78 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

UA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UA is $22,597 for southeast region bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students.

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 UA Restaurant/Food Services Management Report

#3 in overall quality

Johnson & Wales University - North Miami did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Johnson & Wales University - North Miami is a small private not-for-profit school situated in North Miami, Florida. It awarded 1 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

JWU North Miami also made our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Johnson & Wales University - North Miami is $22,909 for southeast region bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students.

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#7

Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

JWU Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte is $23,774 for southeast region bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students.

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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 ranking, coming in at #8. Stratford University is a small private for-profit school situated in Fairfax, Virginia. It awarded 29 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

Stratford University also made our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $15,927 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students per year to attend Stratford University.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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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