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2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

9 Ranked Colleges
308 Degrees Awarded
$26,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Hospitality Management is the 61st most popular major in the country with 17,830 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southeast region, there were 5,663 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,970 and $23,823 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 308 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in hospitality management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality hospitality management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the hospitality management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #1 spot on the list. Florida International University is a public institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 169 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

FIU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida International University are $24,211, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Hospitality Management at FIU

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Central Florida is a public institution located in Orlando, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 68 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF also took the #1 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCF are $28,657.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at University of Central Florida

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s hospitality students in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa also took the #6 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126.

Read more about Hospitality Management at USF Tampa

#4

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Orleans landed the #4 spot on the list. UNO is a public institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree hospitality students whose families make $48-$75k list, UNO has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Orleans are $13,678, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UNO Hospitality Management Report

#5

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. ECU is a public institution located in Greenville, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECU, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at East Carolina University are $20,685, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

University of South Carolina - Columbia did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s hospitality students in 2019-2020.

UofSC also made our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160.

Read more about Hospitality Management at University of South Carolina - Columbia

#7

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

With a ranking of #7, Georgia State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s hospitality degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Georgia State also made our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State University are $24,790, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

Tulane University of Louisiana ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s hospitality degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tulane, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane University of Louisiana are $61,176.

Full Tulane University of Louisiana Hospitality Management Report

#5 in overall quality

Johnson & Wales University - North Miami came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. North Miami, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s hospitality degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

JWU North Miami also made our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at JWU North Miami are $14,148.

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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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