2023 Best Hospitality Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Finding the Best Hospitality Management Master's 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.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Hospitality Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Southeast Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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2023 Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Hospitality Management Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Hospitality Management Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Auburn University the best school in the Southeast Region for hospitality management students working on their master’s degree. Auburn is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Auburn.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UofSC is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the # 3 spot on the list. Tulane is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New Orleans.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Alabama helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best hospitality management schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public school with a very large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Ole Miss is a fairly large public school located in the town of University.
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Florida International University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Miami.
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University of Central Florida ranked #7 on this year’s Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UCF is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.
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Georgia State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for hospitality management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for hospitality management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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East Carolina University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Greenville.
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Explore the best hospitality management schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 180 |
| Virginia | 347 |
| North Carolina | 337 |
| Florida | 2,466 |
| Tennessee | 123 |
| Kentucky | 79 |
| South Carolina | 360 |
| Louisiana | 111 |
| Arkansas | 33 |
| Alabama | 311 |
| Mississippi | 74 |
| West Virginia | 59 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Hospitality
One of 21 majors within the area of study, hospitality management has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 11 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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