2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Hotel/Motel Administration/Management in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

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 Getting Aid” 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.

This year’s “Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Hotel/Motel Administration/Management in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$10,939 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 Getting Aid 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.

Kirkwood Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $10,939 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Hotel/Motel Administration/Management students with aid per year to attend Kirkwood Community College.

Full Kirkwood Community College Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Report

#2

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$12,632 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Johnson County Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Overland Park, Kansas. It awarded 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 yearly cost to attend Johnson County Community College is $12,632 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Hotel/Motel Administration/Management students with aid.

Full Johnson County Community College Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Hotel/Motel Administration/Management (With Aid)

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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