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2025 Best Hospitality Management Schools in Alabama

6 Colleges in Alabama
364 Hospitality Degrees Awarded
$35,313 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in hospitality management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #66 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for hospitality management students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 364 degrees in hospitality management annually.

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Choosing a Great Hospitality Management School

Best Hospitality Management Schools in Alabama The hospitality program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Hospitality Management rankings. We derive our Best Overall Hospitality Management School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Hospitality Management Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Hospitality
Bachelor's Degrees in Hospitality
Master's Degrees in Hospitality
Doctor's Degrees in Hospitality

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Hospitality Management Schools in Alabama list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Hospitality Management in Alabama

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the hospitality degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Alabama Schools in Hospitality

1
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
138 Hospitality Degrees Awarded
20.3% Growth in Graduates

It is difficult to beat The University of Alabama if you wish to pursue a degree in hospitality management. UA is a very large public university located in the city of Tuscaloosa. A Best Colleges rank of #180 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UA is a great university overall.

There were about 138 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at UA in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the hospitality program report average early career earnings of $32,178.

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Auburn University
Auburn, AL
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
43 Hospitality Degrees Awarded
$40,664 Median Starting Salary

Auburn University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in hospitality management. Auburn is a fairly large public university located in the city of Auburn. A Best Colleges rank of #169 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Auburn is a great university overall.

There were approximately 43 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent data year. Those hospitality management students who get their degree from Auburn University receive $5,351 more than the typical hospitality grad.

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Masters Degree Type
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3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In AL
21.4% Growth in Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of North Alabama if you want to pursue a degree in hospitality management. UNA is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Florence. This university ranks 22nd out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.

There were about 14 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at UNA in the most recent data year.

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4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In AL
85 Hospitality Degrees Awarded

Every student who is interested in hospitality management needs to look into Troy University. TROY is a large public university located in the town of Troy. This university ranks 24th out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.

There were approximately 85 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at TROY in the most recent data year.

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5
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In AL
32 Hospitality Degrees Awarded

Jeff State is a moderately-sized public college located in the city of Birmingham. This college ranks 23rd out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.

There were roughly 32 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at Jeff State in the most recent year we have data available.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
32 Hospitality Degrees Awarded
25.0% Growth in Graduates

USA is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Mobile. A Best Colleges rank of #737 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USA is a great university overall.

There were approximately 32 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at USA in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the hospitality program state that they receive average early career income of $28,310.

More information about a degree in hospitality management from University of South Alabama

Best Hospitality Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Hospitality Management Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Georgia 287 180
Florida 282 2,397
North Carolina 279 313
Virginia 274 347
Tennessee 269 123
South Carolina 248 360
Kentucky 244 79
Louisiana 242 111
Mississippi 234 74
Arkansas 234 33
West Virginia 207 59

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One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Hospitality Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Hospitality Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Hospitality Administration/Management 352
Restaurant/Food Services Management 8
Other Hospitality Administration/Management 4

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 7,110
Accounting 1,438
Marketing 1,428
Finance & Financial Management 1,183
General Business/Commerce 619
Management Information Systems 460
Business Support & Assistant Services 455
Human Resource Management 365
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 329
Business/Managerial Economics 106

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