2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in the Far Western US Region

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In 2021-2022, 9,593 people earned their degree in general hospitality administration/management, making the major the 92nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,905 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,633 and $152,837 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general hospitality administration/management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general hospitality administration/management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in the Far Western US Region

1

University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Far Western US Region. University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a public institution located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UNLV General Hospitality Administration/Management Report

2

Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Hotel & Restaurant Management Major in the Far Western US Region. Washington State University is a public institution located in Pullman, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 218 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at Washington State University

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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