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Best Value Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

42 Colleges
$7,280 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,401 Avg Salary

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.

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 Value Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 42 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for hospitality students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top 10 Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools

#1

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

Our 2023 rankings named Delgado Community College the best value school in the Southeast Region for hospitality management students working on their associate degree. Delgado Community College is a large public school located in the city of New Orleans.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Delgado Community College are $4,079 per year.

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Out of the 42 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Athens Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, Athens Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

Athens Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,462 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, GA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Gwinnett Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. GTC is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Lawrenceville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GTC are $5,636 per year.

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Out of the 42 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Albany Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Albany Technical College is a small public school located in the small city of Albany.

Albany Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,396 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend American Public University System. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the town of Charles Town.

American Military University undergraduate students pay an average of $7,360 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that hospitality majors at American Military University take out while working on their Associate Degree is $38,652.

American Military University also took the #2 spot in our Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region rankings.

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Central Georgia Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree hospitality management programs. Located in the small city of Warner Robins, CGTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CGTC are $5,442 a year.

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Itawamba Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree hospitality management programs. ICC is a small public school located in the remote town of Fulton.

ICC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,360 in tuition and fees each year.

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Atlanta Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Atlanta Area Tech is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Atlanta Area Tech are $5,564 a year.

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Arkansas State University - Mountain Home 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 #9 on the list. Located in the rural area of Mountain Home, ASUMH is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASUMH are $4,524 a year.

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Jefferson State Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Jeff State is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Jeff State are $8,610 a year.

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Best Hospitality Management Colleges by State

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

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

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.

  • 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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