2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Hospitality for a Bachelor’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Hospitality for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

Hospitality Management is the 66th most popular major in the country with 17,689 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, hospitality management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,874 and had an average of $22,906 in loans still to pay off.

Across Tennessee, there were 137 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,419 and $26,937 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 87 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,466 and $26,819 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Hospitality for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in hospitality management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent hospitality management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the hospitality management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Hospitality for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Hospitality for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Tennessee

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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee

1,122 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Hospitality for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Knoxville, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking.According to our most recent data, UT Knoxville supports 30,559 students, and 1,122 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 739 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,650. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.

Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Veteran Student Life Report

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Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

1,284 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Hospitality for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Tennessee State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Middle Tennessee State University is a large public school situated in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It awarded 9 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.

Middle Tennessee State University also made our “Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #2.Of the 22,080 students enrolled at Middle Tennessee State University, 1,284 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 799 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,132. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full Middle Tennessee State University Veteran Student Life Report

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University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

766 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Memphis. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Hospitality for a Bachelor’s. UofM is a large public school situated in Memphis, Tennessee. It awarded 36 bachelors’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.

UofM also took the #3 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking.Among the 22,205 students enrolled at University of Memphis, 766 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 446 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,772. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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