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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Virginia 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 Virginia, there were 251 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 206 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,553 and $27,844 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia 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. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general hospitality administration/management programs and a strong support system for 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

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

1

James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia

842 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 James Madison University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s. JMU is a large public school situated in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It awarded 138 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.

JMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list.Among the 21,594 students enrolled at JMU, 842 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 464 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,824. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.

Full James Madison University Veteran Student Life Report

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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

119 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.

Virginia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list.Among the 37,024 students enrolled at Virginia Tech, 119 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 108 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,314. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

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Virginia State University
Petersburg, Virginia

368 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$4,578 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Petersburg, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s hotel and restaurant management degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

Virginia State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list.Our most recent data shows that 368 of the 4,020 students enrolled at Virginia State University were GI Bill® students, of which 112 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,578. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Virginia State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Virginia State University]](/colleges/virginia-state-university/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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