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2022 Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

15 Ranked Colleges
490 Degrees Awarded
$19,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,031 people earned their degree in restaurant/food services management, making the major the 451st most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 490 restaurant/food services management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 15 colleges that offer a degree in restaurant/food services management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality restaurant/food services management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the restaurant/food services management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 15 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Restaurant/Food Services Management (Income $30-$48k)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. UCF is a public institution located in Orlando, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students whose families make $30-$48k list, UCF has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $7,847 for Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UCF.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 54 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students whose families make $30-$48k list, Colorado State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $11,890 for Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Colorado State.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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 85%.

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#9 in overall quality

Out of the 15 schools in the Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #3 spot on the list. MSU Denver is a public institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Denver not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $12,219 for Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend MSU Denver.

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#4

University of North Alabama

Florence, Alabama
#12 in overall quality

Out of the 15 schools in the Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Alabama landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Florence, Alabama, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

UNA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Alabama is $12,787 for Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 15 schools in the Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the #5 spot on the list. KSU Georgia is located in Kennesaw, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 41 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at KSU Georgia, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for KSU Georgia is $14,910 for Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#6

Hastings College

Hastings, Nebraska
#6 in overall quality

Hastings College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Hastings, Nebraska, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

Hastings did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $20,122 for bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Hastings.

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#7

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#4 in overall quality

The University of Alabama landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, this large public school handed out 78 degrees to qualified bachelors’s restaurant/food services management students in 2019-2020.

UA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Alabama is $19,863 for bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#8

Culinary Institute of America

Hyde Park, New York
#1 in overall quality

Culinary Institute of America did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #8. The Culinary Institute of America is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hyde Park, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 183 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

The Culinary Institute of America also took the #1 spot in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Culinary Institute of America is $26,176 for Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, Johnson & Wales University - North Miami did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. JWU North Miami is a small school located in North Miami, Florida that handed out 1 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

JWU North Miami did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Johnson & Wales University - North Miami is $21,572 for Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#10

Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#7 in overall quality

Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

JWU Charlotte also made our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $22,596 for Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend JWU Charlotte.

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#11

ECPI University

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#11 in overall quality

ECPI University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

ECPI University also took the #11 spot in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ECPI University is $20,123 for bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#10 in overall quality

With a ranking of #12, Johnson & Wales University - Denver did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. JWU Denver is a small school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 3 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students whose families make $30-$48k list, JWU Denver has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Johnson & Wales University - Denver is $25,025 for Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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#13

Stratford University

Fairfax, Virginia
#14 in overall quality

Stratford University landed the #13 spot on the 2022 Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Stratford University is a small school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 29 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

Stratford University also took the #14 spot in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,927 for bachelor’s degree restaurant/food services management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Stratford University.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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#14

Johnson & Wales University - Providence

Providence, Rhode Island
#15 in overall quality

Johnson & Wales University - Providence ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at JWU Providence, the school also landed the #15 spot in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $24,024 for Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend JWU Providence.

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#15

The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#13 in overall quality

With a ranking of #15, The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Restaurant/Food Services Management Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College is a small school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 1 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2019-2020.

The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #13 on our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College is $31,567 for Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant/Food Services Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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