2023 Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 California, there were 832 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general hospitality administration/management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general hospitality administration/management programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, 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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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree vets studying hotel & restaurant management.

Top 2 Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California

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San Diego State University
San Diego, California

1,433 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Master’s list. SDSU is a public institution located in San Diego, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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.Our most recent data shows that 1,433 of the 36,334 students enrolled at San Diego State University were GI Bill® students, of which 853 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,806. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
Pomona, California

34 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Master’s list. Cal Poly Pomona is a large school located in Pomona, California that handed out 10 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.

Cal Poly Pomona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list.According to our most recent data, Cal Poly Pomona supports 30,014 students, and 34 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 17 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,486. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Cal Poly Pomona does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full California State Polytechnic University - Pomona Veteran Student Life Report

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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).
• 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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