2023 Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Louisiana

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 10,606 people earned their degree in general hospitality administration/management, making the major the 92nd most popular in the United States.

Across Louisiana, there were 219 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 71 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,566 and $28,067 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general hospitality administration/management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general hospitality administration/management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general hospitality administration/management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Louisiana

1

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana

604 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s. Located in Lafayette, Louisiana, this fairly large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UL Lafayette, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking.Of the 16,450 students enrolled at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 604 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 224 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,336. During this same period, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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2

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

304 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$4,782 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Orleans landed the #2 spot on the list. UNO is a public institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UNO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list.According to our most recent data, UNO supports 8,375 students, and 304 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 116 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,782. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full UNO Veteran Student Life Report

3

Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, Louisiana

73 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$5,637 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern State University of Louisiana. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s list. Natchitoches, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.

NSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking.Of the 11,447 students enrolled at Northwestern State University of Louisiana, 73 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 49 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,637. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Northwestern State University of Louisiana offers credit for military training for eligible students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at NSU]](/colleges/northwestern-state-university-of-louisiana/student-life/veterans/)

• Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
• Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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