2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Hospitality Management Bachelor'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.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for hospitality students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Hospitality Management
Our 2023 rankings named Utah Valley University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for hospitality management students working on their bachelor’s degree. UVU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Orem.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UVU are $17,092 a year. The average amount in student loans that hospitality majors at UVU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $24,900.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a very large student population.
Colorado State undergraduate students pay an average of $31,470 in tuition and fees each year. Hospitality majors at Colorado State take out an average of $21,049 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $352.
Colorado State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Southern Utah University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value hospitality management schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Southern Utah University is a large public school located in the town of Cedar City.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southern Utah University are $20,542 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. MSU Denver is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver.
MSU Denver undergraduate students pay an average of $27,502 in tuition and fees each year. Hospitality majors at MSU Denver take out an average of $24,297 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Bozeman.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MSU Bozeman are $28,264 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis - Clark State College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Lewis - Clark State College is a small public school located in the small city of Lewiston.
Lewis - Clark State College undergraduate students pay an average of $20,238 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #7, Colorado Mesa University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for hospitality management students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Grand Junction, Colorado Mesa is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Colorado Mesa undergraduate students pay an average of $22,322 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Denver ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.
DU undergraduate students pay an average of $54,819 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest Hospitality Management Colleges by State
Explore the best hospitality management schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 200 |
| Utah | 64 |
| Idaho | 20 |
| Montana | 11 |
| Wyoming | 4 |
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Hospitality Management Related Majors for Hospitality
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 8 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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