Hospitality Management is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #112 most popular master's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of hospitality management. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 45 master's degrees in hospitality management during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on hospitality management students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other hospitality management students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for hospitality management to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized hospitality management related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for hospitality management students working on their master's degree.
The hospitality school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Hospitality Management Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.
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Featured Hospitality Management Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Purdue University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in hospitality management. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette.
Soon after graduation, hospitality master's recipients generally earn about $73,520 in their early careers.
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).