2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $30-$48k) in California

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 a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 10,363 people earned their degree in general hospitality administration/management, making the major the 80th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 877 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, California

#1 in overall quality

$18,658 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego State University landed the #1 spot on the list. San Diego State University is located in San Diego, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.

SDSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SDSU are $18,658, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

Pomona, California

$18,377 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the #2 spot on the list. Pomona, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly Pomona also made our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal Poly Pomona are $18,377, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at Cal Poly Pomona

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $30-$48k)

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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