by our College Data Analytics Team
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 Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Hospitality Management is the 66th most popular major in the country with 16,015 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 1,754 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,114 and $22,163 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 9 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree hospitality students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roosevelt University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s hospitality students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 20 masters’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’s hospitality students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kent State University at Kent. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Great Lakes Region. Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Great Lakes Region. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s hospitality degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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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Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. OHIO Athens is a large public school situated in Athens, Ohio. It awarded 3 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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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University of Wisconsin - Stout ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Menomonie, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school awarded 46 diplomas to qualified masters’s hospitality students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school awarded 49 diplomas to qualified masters’s hospitality students 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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Eastern Michigan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. Eastern Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 17 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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