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2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Bachelor’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid

2 Ranked Colleges
72 Degrees Awarded
$11,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Bachelor's in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Bachelor’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 West Virginia, there were 91 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,100 and $36,214 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 72 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Bachelor’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in hospitality management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great hospitality management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the hospitality management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Bachelor’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Bachelor’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Bachelor’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in West Virginia (With Aid)

#1

American Public University System

Charles Town, West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Bachelor’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school awarded 50 degrees to qualified bachelors’s hospitality students in 2019-2020.

American Military University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” ranking. It costs about $10,222 for West Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Hospitality students with aid per year to attend American Military University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.

Full American Public University System Hospitality Management Report

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Bachelor’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WVU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend West Virginia University is $12,983 for west virginia bachelor’s degree hospitality students with aid.

Full West Virginia University Hospitality Management Report

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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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