If you plan on majoring in hospitality management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #66 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Iowa to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of hospitality management. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 260 degrees in hospitality management during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The hospitality program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Hospitality Management rankings. We derive our Best Overall Hospitality Management School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The hospitality school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Hospitality Management Schools in Iowa.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the hospitality degrees they offer, see the list below.
Iowa State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in hospitality management. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #75 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 130 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the hospitality program report average early career earnings of $37,025.
Mount Mercy University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in hospitality management. Mount Mercy is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Cedar Rapids. This university ranks 23rd out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 11 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at Mount Mercy in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in hospitality management has to look into Des Moines Area Community College. Located in the large suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #501 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means DMACC is a great college overall.
There were about 2 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at DMACC in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in hospitality management has to look into Kirkwood Community College. Located in the medium-sized city of Cedar Rapids, Kirkwood Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 28th out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were about 24 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at Kirkwood Community College in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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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The hospitality program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Hospitality Management rankings. We derive our Best Overall Hospitality Management School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
