2023 Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Hospitality for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 District of Columbia, there were 104 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,523 and $15,584 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Hospitality for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in hospitality management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality hospitality management programs as well as strong veteran support.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Hospitality for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Hospitality for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Hospitality for a Master’s. George Washington University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 39 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

GWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking.Among the 27,017 students enrolled at GWU, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,185. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

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Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

10 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Hospitality for a Master’s. Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

Georgetown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list.Of the 19,371 students enrolled at Georgetown University, 10 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $30,300. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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