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2023 Best Hospitality Management Schools

56 Colleges
$35,874 Avg Salary
$22,906 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Hospitality Management School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,341 people earned a degree or certificate in hospitality management, making the major the #121 most popular in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Hospitality Management Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 56 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Hospitality Management Schools in the United States

Check out the hospitality programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Hospitality Management Schools

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Our analysis found Cornell University to be the best school for hospitality management students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best hospitality management schools in the United States. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

The excellent programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best hospitality management schools in the United States. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Hospitality Management Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Newark, UD is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Hospitality Management Schools list. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

New York University

New York, NY

New York University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Hospitality Management Schools ranking. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#7

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for hospitality management students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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Stevens Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for hospitality management students. It came in at #8 on the list. Stevens is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hoboken.

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for hospitality management students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #10, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on this year’s best schools for hospitality management students. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

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Hospitality Management by Region

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Middle Atlantic
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Southwest
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One of 20 majors within the area of study, hospitality management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Hospitality

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
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