2025 Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools in Illinois
4Colleges in Illinois
180Hotel & Restaurant Management Degrees Awarded
General Hospitality Administration/Management is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #92 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 180 degrees in general hospitality administration/management to qualified students.
Choosing a Great General Hospitality Administration/Management School
The hotel & restaurant management program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Hospitality Administration/Management rankings. For our Best Overall General Hospitality Administration/Management School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your General Hospitality Administration/Management Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for General Hospitality Administration/Management in Illinois
The schools below may not offer all types of hotel & restaurant management degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Illinois Schools in Hotel & Restaurant Management
It's hard to beat DePaul University if you wish to pursue a degree in general hospitality administration/management. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #135 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DePaul is a great university overall.
There were roughly 30 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent year we have data available.
Roosevelt University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general hospitality administration/management. Located in the city of Chicago, Roosevelt is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 24th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 35 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at Roosevelt in the most recent data year.
National Louis University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general hospitality administration/management. Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #385 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NLU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 23 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at NLU in the most recent data year.
General Hospitality Administration/Management Related Rankings by Major
One of 9 majors within the Hospitality Management area of study, General Hospitality Administration/Management has other similar majors worth exploring.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The hotel & restaurant management program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Hospitality Administration/Management rankings. For our Best Overall General Hospitality Administration/Management School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
