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2023 Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

26 Colleges
$28,401 Avg Salary
$22,432 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree School for You

Hospitality Management is the #65 most popular major in the country with 17,689 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 26 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for hospitality majors pursuing a associate degree.

Top 10 Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Madison Area Technical College the best school in the Great Lakes Region for hospitality management students working on their associate degree. Madison College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Cincinnati, Cincinnati State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Fox Valley Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best hospitality management schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the midsize suburb of Appleton, FVTC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Hospitality majors at FVTC take out an average of $9,878 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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#4

Western Technical College

La Crosse, WI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Western Technical College is a small public school located in the city of La Crosse.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Waukesha County Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best hospitality management schools in the Great Lakes Region . WCTC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Pewaukee.

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Lakeshore Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree hospitality management programs. LTC is a small public school located in the rural area of Cleveland.

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Northeast Wisconsin Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for hospitality management students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Green Bay, NWTC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Ivy Tech Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

On average, hospitality graduates from Ivy Tech Community College take out $18,939 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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Macomb Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Macomb Community College is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Warren.

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Milwaukee Area Technical College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Milwaukee, MATC is a public school with a large student population.

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Best Hospitality Management Colleges by State

Explore the best hospitality management colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 447
Ohio 251
Illinois 211
Indiana 483
Wisconsin 144

One of 21 majors within the area of study, hospitality management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Hospitality

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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