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2023 Most Popular Hospitality Management Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Hospitality Management Master's Degree 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Hospitality Management Master's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 67 schools in the United States to see which master's degree 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Hospitality Management Master's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Florida International University to be the most popular school for hospitality management students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. FIU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.

Of the 157 students majoring in hospitality at FIU, 28% are male and 72% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Johnson & Wales University - Online helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular hospitality management schools in the United States. Located in the city of Providence, JWU Online is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 74% of the hospitality majors at the school.

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Out of the 67 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the # 3 spot on the list. UCF is a very large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.

Of the 88 students majoring in hospitality at UCF, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools list. UH is a very large public school located in the large city of Houston.

Women make up 74% of the hospitality majors at the school.

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#5

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Out of the 67 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Women make up 66% of the hospitality majors at the school.

Full Hospitality Management at Cornell University Report

Culinary Institute of America came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Hyde Park, The Culinary Institute of America is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 59% of the hospitality majors at the school.

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George Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for hospitality management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

About 77% of the students majoring in hospitality at the school are women while 23% are male.

Full Hospitality Management at George Washington University Report

With a ranking of #8, University of Nevada - Las Vegas did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for hospitality management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public school with a very large student population.

About 66% of the students majoring in hospitality at the school are women while 34% are male.

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Johnson & Wales University - Providence came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Providence, JWU Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 32 students majoring in hospitality at JWU Providence, 38% are male and 63% are female.

Full Hospitality Management at Johnson & Wales University - Providence Report

#10

New York University

New York, NY

With a ranking of #10, New York University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for hospitality management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 77% of the hospitality majors at the school.

Full Hospitality Management at New York University Report

Additional Noteworthy Schools

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

Rank College Location
11 Boston University Boston, MA
12 Temple University Philadelphia, PA
12 Purdue University - Main Campus West Lafayette, IN
12 University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA

Hospitality Management by Region

View the Most Popular Hospitality Management Master's Degree 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 26 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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