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2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
122 Degrees Awarded
$12,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 237 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 122 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general hospitality administration/management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general hospitality administration/management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general hospitality administration/management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #1 spot on the list. Utah Valley University is a public institution located in Orem, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UVU also made our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend UVU is $7,334 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, Utah
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Utah University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Cedar City, Utah, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students whose families make $0-$30k list, Southern Utah University has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Utah University is $11,779 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s 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 Metropolitan State University of Denver. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Denver, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MSU Denver is $11,531 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis - Clark State College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Lewis - Clark State College is located in Lewiston, Idaho and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.

Lewis - Clark State College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $8,809 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Lewis - Clark State College.

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#5

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. DU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for DU is $19,659 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree hotel & restaurant management students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#6

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, Colorado
#7 in overall quality

Colorado Mesa University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Colorado Mesa is a medium-sized school located in Grand Junction, Colorado that handed out 3 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado Mesa also made our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Colorado Mesa University is $12,708 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#7

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#3 in overall quality

Montana State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Bozeman, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman also made our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $15,706 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend MSU Bozeman.

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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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