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2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

56 Colleges
$28,438 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,874 Avg Salary

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 Value Hospitality Management Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 56 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value programs for hospitality students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in the United States

Check out the hospitality programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Hospitality Management Schools

$13,092 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in the United States for hospitality management students. Located in the midsize city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a very large student population.

ASU - Skysong undergraduate students pay an average of $13,092 in tuition and fees each year.

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$16,498 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Missouri State University - Springfield. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Management Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public college with a very large student population.

Missouri State undergraduate students pay an average of $16,498 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent programs at University of Delaware helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best hospitality management schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Newark, UD is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UD are $36,880 per year.

UD excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Hospitality Management Schools list.

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$40,054 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools list. FDU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Madison.

FDU undergraduate students pay an average of $40,054 in tuition and fees each year.

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$38,074 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus is a great value for hospitality management students. Located in the suburb of Teaneck, FDU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at FDU are $38,074 a year.

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#6

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value hospitality management programs. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cornell are $61,015 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Cornell also did well on our Best Hospitality Management Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Hospitality Management Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas Tech are $24,121 a year.

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$20,906 Average Tuition & Fees

University of North Texas came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Hospitality Management Schools ranking. UNT is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

UNT undergraduate students pay an average of $20,906 in tuition and fees each year.

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#9

DePaul University

Chicago, IL
$42,012 Average Tuition & Fees

DePaul University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Hospitality Management Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at DePaul are $42,012 a year.

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$24,828 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value hospitality management programs. Located in the city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNLV are $24,828 per year.

Full Hospitality Management at University of Nevada - Las Vegas Report

Hospitality Management by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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.

  • 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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