2023 Best Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 474 people earned their degree in hotel, motel, and restaurant management, making the major the 815th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 39 hotel, motel, and restaurant management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in hotel, motel, and restaurant management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality hotel, motel, and restaurant management programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the hotel, motel, and restaurant management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region vets studying hotel, motel, and restaurant management.

Top 2 Best Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

1

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, Ohio

726 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$6,725 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified ’s hotel, motel, and restaurant management students in 2020-2021.

OHIO Athens not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 726 of the 25,714 students enrolled at OHIO Athens were GI Bill® students, of which 324 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,725. On top of their other funding sources, 10 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. OHIO Athens offers credit for military training for eligible students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at OHIO Athens]](/colleges/ohio-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)

2

Henry Ford College
Dearborn, Michigan

166 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$3,134 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management that were part of this year’s ranking, Henry Ford College landed the #2 spot on the list. Henry Ford College is a fairly large school located in Dearborn, Michigan that handed out 4 ’s hotel, motel, and restaurant management degrees in 2020-2021.

Henry Ford College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, Henry Ford College supports 11,345 students, and 166 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 92 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,134. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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