2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
840
Degrees Awarded
$35,442
Avg Salary
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 16,015 people earned their degree in hospitality management, making the major the 66th most popular in the United States. In , hospitality management graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $36,445 and had an average of $21,973 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,890 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,320 and $19,037 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 840 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 17 colleges that offer a degree in hospitality management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their hospitality management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 17 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region list. Northern Arizona University is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 147 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 216 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s hospitality students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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Out of the 17 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wiley College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Marshall, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s hospitality students in 2021-2022.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region list. SFASU is a fairly large public school situated in Nacogdoches, Texas. It awarded 25 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 26 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of North Texas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s hospitality degrees to 97 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Hospitality Management at UNT
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. OSU is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 44 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Texas Tech University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Texas Tech University is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 122 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Northeastern State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s hospitality students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of North Texas at Dallas landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Hospitality Management at UNT Dallas
Dallas Baptist University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region ranking. DBU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 3 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2021-2022.
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Grand Canyon University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region list. Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 53 bachelors’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #14, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 40 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s hospitality students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #15, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s hospitality students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of the Southwest landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of the Southwest is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hobbs, New Mexico. It awarded 0 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #16. UT Rio Grande Valley is a public institution located in Edinburg, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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