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2023 Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools

79 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 79 schools in the United States to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Hospitality Management program at each school on the list.

Check out the hospitality programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Florida the most popular school in the United States for hospitality management students. UCF is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida International University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools list. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Miami.

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#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools list. Iowa is a very large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Online. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Providence, JWU Online is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#5

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools list. UH is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.

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#6

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

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

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University of Southern California landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular hospitality management programs. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public college with a very large student population.

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Culinary Institute of America ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools list. Located in the suburb of Hyde Park, The Culinary Institute of America is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#10

George Washington University

Washington, DC

George Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for hospitality management students. It came in at #10 on the list. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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With a ranking of #11, Johnson & Wales University - Providence did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for hospitality management students. Located in the midsize city of Providence, JWU Providence is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional popular schools for Hospitality Management students that almost earned our Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools award.

Rank College Location
12 New York University New York, NY
13 East Carolina University Greenville, NC
13 Purdue University - Main Campus West Lafayette, IN
15 Boston University Boston, MA

Hospitality Management by Region

View the Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools for a specific region near you.

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 28 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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