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2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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25 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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. 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 $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Iowa Tech Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This medium-sized school is located in Sioux City, Iowa, and it awarded 4 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students whose families make $48-$75k list, Western Iowa Tech Community College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College is $7,939 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Western Iowa Tech Community College General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#2

Saint Louis Community College

Saint Louis, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Louis Community College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Louis Community College is $9,052 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Saint Louis Community College General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Des Moines Area Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Des Moines Area Community College is located in Ankeny, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to qualified students.

DMACC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for DMACC is $10,468 for plains states region associate degree hotel & restaurant management students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#4

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Paul College landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Paul College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $12,676 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Saint Paul College.

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#5

Normandale Community College

Bloomington, Minnesota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Normandale Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Normandale Community College is a medium-sized school located in Bloomington, Minnesota that handed out 1 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

Normandale Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Normandale Community College is $13,253 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Hotel & Restaurant Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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