2025 Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools in the Southwest Region
9Colleges in the Southwest Region
866Hotel & 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 9 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 866 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
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college 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 the Southwest Region
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 Southwest Region Schools in Hotel & Restaurant Management
Northern Arizona University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general hospitality administration/management. NAU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Flagstaff. A Best Colleges rank of #221 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NAU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 173 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at NAU in the most recent year we have data available.
University of North Texas is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in general hospitality administration/management. UNT is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Denton. A Best Colleges rank of #310 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNT is a great university overall.
There were approximately 121 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year.
University of Houston is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in general hospitality administration/management. UH is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Houston. This university ranks 14th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 53 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent year we have data available.
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in general hospitality administration/management. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #366 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means OSU is a great university overall.
There were about 47 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at OSU in the most recent data year.
CNM is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Albuquerque. This college ranks 2nd out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were roughly 9 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at CNM in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of McKinney, Collin County Community College District is a public college with a very large student population. This college ranks 15th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 36 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at Collin County Community College District in the most recent year we have data available.
Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix. A Best Colleges rank of #144 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Grand Canyon University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 53 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Nacogdoches, SFASU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 39th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 25 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at SFASU in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were roughly 26 general hospitality administration/management students who graduated with this degree at NMSU Main Campus 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.
