2023 Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Restaurant/Food Services Management for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 944 people earned their degree in restaurant/food services management, making the major the 511th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 324 restaurant/food services management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 restaurant/food services management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Restaurant/Food Services Management for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in restaurant/food services management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality restaurant/food services management programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the restaurant/food services management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Restaurant/Food Services Management for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Restaurant/Food Services Management for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Restaurant/Food Services Management for an Associate”.

Top 3 Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

1

Hillsborough Community College
Tampa, Florida

2 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 Hillsborough Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Restaurant/Food Services Management for an Associate. This fairly large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 5 associates’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at HCC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 19,532 students enrolled at Hillsborough Community College, 2 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $332. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Hillsborough Community College]](/colleges/hillsborough-community-college/student-life/veterans/)

2

American Public University System
Charles Town, West Virginia

18,040 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Restaurant/Food Services Management for an Associate list. American Public University System is a private for-profit institution located in Charles Town, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

American Military University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 18,040 of the 50,047 students enrolled at American Public University System were GI Bill® students, of which 15,422 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,793. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.

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3

Stratford University
Fairfax, Virginia

35 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 Stratford University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Restaurant/Food Services Management for an Associate. This small school is located in Fairfax, Virginia, and it awarded 7 associates’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree vets studying restaurant/food services management list, Stratford University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 1,947 students enrolled at Stratford University, 35 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 34 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,079. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Stratford University 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

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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