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2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
25 Degrees Awarded
$8,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Hospitality Administration/Management is the 80th most popular major in the country with 10,363 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 374 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 25 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general hospitality administration/management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general hospitality administration/management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general hospitality administration/management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Saint Louis Community College

Saint Louis, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Saint Louis Community College is a public institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Louis Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Louis Community College is $5,930 for plains states region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Western Iowa Tech Community College is located in Sioux City, Iowa and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.

Western Iowa Tech Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College is $5,665 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Des Moines Area Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. DMACC is a large school located in Ankeny, Iowa that handed out 7 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

DMACC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for DMACC is $7,776 for plains states region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4

Normandale Community College

Bloomington, Minnesota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Normandale Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Normandale Community College is a public institution located in Bloomington, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students whose families make $0-$30k list, Normandale Community College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Normandale Community College is $10,860 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Paul College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2019-2020.

Saint Paul College also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Saint Paul College is $10,901 for plains states region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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