A degree in hospitality management is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #66 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Hospitality Management Schools in Ohio ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 418 degrees in hospitality management annually.
The hospitality program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Hospitality Management rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for hospitality management schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Hospitality Management Schools in Ohio list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of hospitality degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's difficult to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in hospitality management. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the large city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 49 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the hospitality program report average early career earnings of $36,986.
Any student pursuing a degree in hospitality management has to look into Kent State University at Kent. Kent State is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Kent. This university ranks 9th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 34 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at Kent State in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the hospitality program report average early career earnings of $31,926.
Ohio University - Athens Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in hospitality management. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public university located in the town of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #184 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.
There were about 16 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in hospitality management has to check out Cuyahoga Community College District. Cuyahoga Community College District is a fairly large public college located in the city of Cleveland. This college ranks 13th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 15 hospitality management students who graduated with this degree at Cuyahoga Community College District in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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