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2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
29 Degrees Awarded
$21,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Great Lakes region, there were 1,226 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school situated in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It awarded 1 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan are $26,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Eastern Michigan General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 10 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kent State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State are $21,952, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Kent State General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. OHIO Athens is a large public school situated in Athens, Ohio. It awarded 2 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree hotel & restaurant management students with aid list, OHIO Athens has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712.

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#4

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roosevelt University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Roosevelt, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt University are $21,605.

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#5

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. DePaul University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. 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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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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