2023 Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
159
Degrees Awarded
$39,700
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Hospitality for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 17,689 people earned their degree in hospitality management, making the major the 66th most popular in the United States. 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 the New England region, there were 867 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,889 and $25,648 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Hospitality for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in hospitality management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality hospitality management programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the hospitality management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. 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 the New England Region for Hospitality for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Hospitality for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Hospitality for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Hospitality for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 27 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
Boston U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 32,718 students enrolled at Boston U, 15 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 $25,162. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Boston U]](/colleges/boston-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Hospitality for a Master’s. Johnson & Wales University - Providence is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 32 masters’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.
JWU Providence not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 5,676 students enrolled at Johnson & Wales University - Providence, 265 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 175 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,319. During this same period, 9 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full JWU Providence Veteran Student Life Report
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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
- *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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