2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Restaurant/Food Services Management for a Master’s

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 for Restaurant/Food Services Management for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Restaurant/Food Services Management is the 511th most popular major in the country with 944 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Restaurant/Food Services Management for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in restaurant/food services management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great restaurant/food services management programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the restaurant/food services management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Restaurant/Food Services Management for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Restaurant/Food Services Management for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree vets studying restaurant/food services management.

Top 2 Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

1,311 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 University of Southern California. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Restaurant/Food Services Management for a Master’s. USC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying restaurant/food services management list, USC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,311 of the 46,287 students enrolled at USC were GI Bill® students, of which 862 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,487. To help with additional expenses, 388 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Southern California Veteran Student Life Report

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Culinary Institute of America
Hyde Park, New York

51 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$13,102 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Culinary Institute of America. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Restaurant/Food Services Management for a Master’s list. Located in Hyde Park, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 44 degrees to qualified masters’s restaurant/food services management students in 2020-2021.

The Culinary Institute of America also made our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2.Among the 3,231 students enrolled at The Culinary Institute of America, 51 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 $13,102. To help with additional expenses, 26 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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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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