2023 Best Value Colleges for Hotel/Motel Administration/Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 2,368 people earned their degree in hotel/motel administration/management, making the major the 317th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 106 hotel/motel administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in hotel/motel administration/management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent hotel/motel administration/management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the hotel/motel administration/management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Hotel/Motel Administration/Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

1

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,715 Average Net Price

$46,901 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. Mizzou is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 77 ’s hotel/motel administration/management degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mizzou, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Missouri - Columbia is $13,715 for Plains States Region Hotel/Motel Administration/Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Full University of Missouri - Columbia Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Report

2

Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$10,265 Average Net Price

$38,090 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kirkwood Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Kirkwood Community College is a public institution located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 21 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Kirkwood Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Kirkwood Community College is $10,265 for Plains States Region Hotel/Motel Administration/Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Hotel/Motel Administration/Management at Kirkwood Community College

• Best Value Colleges for Hotel/Motel Administration/Management (Income $48-$75k)

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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