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

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 Florida for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Hospitality Administration/Management is the 92nd most popular major in the country with 10,606 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Florida, there were 2,104 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Florida 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. 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Master’s

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

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

1

University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida

2,263 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. UCF is a public institution located in Orlando, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 88 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UCF also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking.According to our most recent data, UCF supports 71,881 students, and 2,263 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,216 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,995. During this same period, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full University of Central Florida Veteran Student Life Report

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Florida International University
Miami, Florida

1,079 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida International University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for Hotel & Restaurant Management for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 157 masters’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.

FIU also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking.According to our most recent data, FIU supports 58,836 students, and 1,079 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 606 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,771. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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