2025 Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools in North Carolina
4Colleges in North Carolina
155Hotel & Restaurant Management Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in general hospitality administration/management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #92 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools in North Carolina ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 155 degrees in general hospitality administration/management to qualified students.
Choosing a Great General Hospitality Administration/Management School
Your choice of general hospitality administration/management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Hospitality Administration/Management School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
General Hospitality Administration/Management Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for General Hospitality Administration/Management in North Carolina
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the hotel & restaurant management degree levels they offer.
Top North Carolina Schools in Hotel & Restaurant Management
It's hard to beat East Carolina University if you wish to pursue a degree in general hospitality administration/management. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #275 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means ECU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 60 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at ECU in the most recent year we have data available.
Appalachian State University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in general hospitality administration/management. Appalachian State is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Boone. A Best Colleges rank of #401 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Appalachian State is a great university overall.
There were about 18 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at Appalachian State in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Western Carolina University if you want to pursue a degree in general hospitality administration/management. Located in the town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 36th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 34 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at WCU in the most recent data year.
North Carolina Central University is a great option for students interested in a degree in general hospitality administration/management. North Carolina Central University is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Durham. This university ranks 59th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 12 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at North Carolina Central University in the most recent data year.
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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Your choice of general hospitality administration/management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Hospitality Administration/Management School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
