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2023 Most Popular Hospitality Management Graduate Certificate Schools

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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 Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate 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 graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Iowa the most popular school in the United States for hospitality management students working on their graduate certificate. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

Of the 106 students majoring in hospitality at Iowa, 19% are male and 81% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Central Florida is a great place for hospitality management students working on their graduate certificate. UCF is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.

About 82% of the students majoring in hospitality at the school are women while 18% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for hospitality management students working on their graduate certificate. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

About 59% of the students majoring in hospitality at the school are women while 41% are male.

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#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means East Carolina University is a great place for hospitality management students working on their graduate certificate. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

Women make up 92% of the hospitality majors at the school.

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Out of the 22 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Universidad del Sagrado Corazon landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Santurce, Sagrado is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 44% of the students majoring in hospitality at the school are women while 56% are male.

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Washington State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Hospitality Management Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 13 students majoring in hospitality at Wazzu, 69% are male and 31% are female.

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With a ranking of #7, Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for hospitality management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in hospitality at Missouri State, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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George Washington University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate hospitality management programs. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

About 75% of the students majoring in hospitality at the school are women while 25% are male.

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University of North Texas ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Hospitality Management Graduate Certificate Schools list. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.

Women make up 67% of the hospitality majors at the school.

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Arizona State University - Skysong came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Hospitality Management Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public college with a very large student population.

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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 22 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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