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2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$21,815 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Hospitality Management Graduate Certificate School for You

Hospitality Management is the #121 most popular major in the country with 1,341 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Hospitality Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for hospitality students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Hospitality Management Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Hospitality Management

Our 2023 rankings named Missouri State University - Springfield the best value school in the Plains States Region for hospitality management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri State are $12,618 a year.

Full Hospitality Management at Missouri State University - Springfield Report

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 per year.

Iowa also claimed a spot on our Best Hospitality Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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Best Hospitality Management Colleges by State

Explore the best hospitality management colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 5
Iowa 110
Kansas 2

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

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 2 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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