2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

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 Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Illinois, there were 221 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general hospitality administration/management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general hospitality administration/management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general hospitality administration/management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The hotel & restaurant management 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 “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

$21,605 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roosevelt University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k list. Roosevelt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Roosevelt also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt are $21,605, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Hospitality Administration/Management at Roosevelt University

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2019-2020.

DePaul also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (Income $48-$75k)

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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