2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Tourism and Travel Services Management in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Tourism and Travel Services Management Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,303 people earned their degree in tourism and travel services management, making the major the 443rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 359 tourism and travel services management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 tourism and travel services management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Tourism and Travel Services Management Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in tourism and travel services management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular tourism and travel services management programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The tourism and travel services management 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 “Most Well Attended Tourism and Travel Services Management Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate”.

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Most Well Attended Tourism and Travel Services Management Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Tourism and Travel Services Management Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate”.

Top 5 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Tourism and Travel Services Management in the Southwest Region

1

St Philip's College
San Antonio, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Philip’s College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Tourism and Travel Services Management Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate. St Philip’s College is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 associates’s tourism and travel services management degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Tourism and Travel Services Management at St Philip’s College

2

Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Scottsdale Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Tourism and Travel Services Management Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate list. This medium-sized school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 3 associates’s tourism and travel services management degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Scottsdale Community College Tourism and Travel Services Management Report

3

Austin Community College District
Austin, Texas

Top 15% overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Tourism and Travel Services Management Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s tourism and travel services management students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Tourism and Travel Services Management at Austin Community College District

4

Houston Community College
Houston, Texas

Top 15% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Tourism and Travel Services Management Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate list. Houston Community College is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 0 associates’s tourism and travel services management degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Tourism and Travel Services Management at Houston Community College

4

Pima Community College
Tucson, Arizona

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Tourism and Travel Services Management Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate list. This fairly large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 0 associates’s tourism and travel services management degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Tourism and Travel Services Management at Pima County Community College District

• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Tourism and Travel Services Management

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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