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2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 9 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree hospitality students with aid.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 169 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

FIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. 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 Florida International University

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #2 spot on the 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Florida are $28,657, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UCF Hospitality Management Report

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USF Tampa, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Orleans landed the #4 spot on the list. University of New Orleans is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 masters’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

UNO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Orleans are $13,678.

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#5

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #5 spot on the list. Greenville, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s hospitality degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

ECU also took 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.

Read more about Hospitality Management at East Carolina University

#6

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Georgia State University is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 15 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia State also made our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State University are $24,790.

Read more about Hospitality Management at Georgia State

#7

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

University of South Carolina - Columbia ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s hospitality degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UofSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

#5 in overall quality

Johnson & Wales University - North Miami landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. JWU North Miami is a private not-for-profit institution located in North Miami, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

JWU North Miami not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at JWU North Miami are $14,148, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#9

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

Tulane University of Louisiana 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 Getting Aid ranking. Tulane University of Louisiana is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

Tulane not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane are $61,176, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Tulane University of Louisiana 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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