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2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$34,302 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,693 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Hospitality Management School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, hospitality management was ranked #121 in the country. In fact 1,341 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for hospitality students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for hospitality majors pursuing a .

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Hospitality Management

#1

DePaul University

Chicago, IL
$42,012 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found DePaul University to be the best value school for hospitality management students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

DePaul undergraduate students pay an average of $42,012 in tuition and fees each year.

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$22,810 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the town of Athens.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at OHIO Athens are $22,810 a year.

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#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.

Purdue also claimed a spot on our Best Hospitality Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#4

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL
$31,493 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Roosevelt University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Roosevelt are $31,493 a year.

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$19,876 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kent State University at Kent. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kent State are $19,876 per year.

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$32,101 Average Tuition & Fees

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for hospitality management students. It came in at #6 on the list. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at IUPUI are $32,101 a year.

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Best Hospitality Management Colleges by State

Explore the best hospitality management schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 0
Illinois 13
Ohio 8
Indiana 34
Wisconsin 0

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Hospitality Management is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

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 6 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Bblackpsu.

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