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2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
63 Degrees Awarded
$23,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 17,830 people earned their degree in hospitality management, making the major the 61st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, hospitality management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,271 and had an average of $21,829 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 2,434 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,100 and $20,999 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in hospitality management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent hospitality management programs, but they also 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 hospitality management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree hospitality students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 30 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #2 spot on the list. IUPUI is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

IUPUI also took the #3 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis are $26,013, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Kent State University at Kent is a public institution located in Kent, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Kent State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State University at Kent are $21,952.

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#4

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Eastern Michigan is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan also made our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. OHIO Athens is located in Athens, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

OHIO Athens also took the #4 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

Roosevelt University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Roosevelt University is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 7 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

Roosevelt also made our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt are $21,605.

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#7

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

DePaul University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s hospitality students in 2019-2020.

DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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).
  • 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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