2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the Southeast region, there were 3,724 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$28,657 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Central Florida is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 10 doctorate’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Florida are $28,657.

Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at University of Central Florida

#2

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$25,099 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. University, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Ole Miss also made our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mississippi are $25,099, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at University of Mississippi

#3

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. UT Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 2 doctorate’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also made our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UT Knoxville General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#4

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #4 spot on the list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 3 doctorate’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160.

Full UofSC General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management (With Aid)

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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