2025 Best Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management Schools
6Colleges in the United States
444Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management Degrees Awarded
Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #815 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for hotel, motel, and restaurant management students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 444 degrees in hotel, motel, and restaurant management to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management School
The hotel, motel, and restaurant management program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management rankings. For our Best Overall Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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.
Pick Your Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management 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 Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management Schools 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 Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management in the United States
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, motel, and restaurant management degree levels they offer.
Top Schools in Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management
Johnson & Wales University - Providence is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in hotel, motel, and restaurant management. Located in the city of Providence, JWU Providence is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #236 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means JWU Providence is a great university overall.
There were about 1 hotel, motel, and restaurant management students who graduated with this degree at JWU Providence in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Johnson & Wales University - Online if you wish to pursue a degree in hotel, motel, and restaurant management. Located in the city of Providence, JWU Online is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were roughly 1 hotel, motel, and restaurant management students who graduated with this degree at JWU Online in the most recent year we have data available.
Ohio University - Athens Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in hotel, motel, and restaurant management. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #184 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.
There were roughly 13 hotel, motel, and restaurant management students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent data year.
Harrisburg Area Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in hotel, motel, and restaurant management. Located in the small city of Harrisburg, HACC is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 30th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.More information about a degree in hotel, motel, and restaurant management from Harrisburg Area Community College
Located in the suburb of Niagara University, Niagara is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 66th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 17 hotel, motel, and restaurant management students who graduated with this degree at Niagara in the most recent data year.
SUNY Delhi is a small public school located in the rural area of Delhi. This school ranks 95th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 19 hotel, motel, and restaurant management students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Delhi in the most recent year we have data available.
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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