2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Hotel/Motel Administration/Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Hotel/Motel Administration/Management is the 264th most popular major in the country with 2,657 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 119 hotel/motel administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 hotel/motel administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in hotel/motel administration/management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great hotel/motel administration/management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the hotel/motel administration/management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree hotel/motel administration/management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Hotel/Motel Administration/Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$8,831 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kirkwood Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Cedar Rapids, Iowa is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s hotel/motel administration/management degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kirkwood Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $8,831 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Hotel/Motel Administration/Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Kirkwood Community College.

Read more about Hotel/Motel Administration/Management at Kirkwood Community College

#2

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$11,992 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson County Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. JCCC is a fairly large school located in Overland Park, Kansas that handed out 4 associates’s hotel/motel administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

JCCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for JCCC is $11,992 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Hotel/Motel Administration/Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Hotel/Motel Administration/Management at Johnson County Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Hotel/Motel Administration/Management (Income $30-$48k)

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).
• 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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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