2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in California (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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 Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree hotel & restaurant management students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in California (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego State University landed the #1 spot on the list. San Diego State University is a public institution located in San Diego, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SDSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SDSU are $18,658, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full San Diego State University General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#2

California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

Pomona, California

$18,377 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. Cal Poly Pomona is a large school located in Pomona, California that handed out 7 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly Pomona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cal Poly Pomona are $18,377.

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

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• Best Value Master’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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