2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Far Western US region, there were 2,399 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,278 and $16,719 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,633 and $152,837 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in the Far Western US Region

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s hospitality students in 2021-2022.

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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Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington State University is located in Pullman, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 218 doctorate’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

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%.

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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

• *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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