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2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

14 Colleges
$23,939 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,551 Avg Salary

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 Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for hospitality students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the hospitality bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Hospitality Management Bachelor's Degree Schools

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named Grand Canyon University the best value school in the Southwest Region for hospitality management students working on their bachelor’s degree. Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Grand Canyon University are $17,189 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Grand Canyon University is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Full Hospitality Management at Grand Canyon University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northeastern State University is a great value for hospitality management students working on their bachelor’s degree. NSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Tahlequah.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NSU are $15,755 per year.

Full Hospitality Management at Northeastern State University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. NAU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Flagstaff.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NAU are $17,761 per year. On average, hospitality graduates from NAU take out $20,735 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $295.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value hospitality management schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Texas Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $24,121 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas Tech also did well on our Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Texas Tech University

#5

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UH are $21,891 a year. Hospitality majors at UH take out an average of $23,284 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 $185.

UH excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Full Hospitality Management at University of Houston Report

University of North Texas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for hospitality management students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UNT is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNT are $20,906 a year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, hospitality graduates from UNT carry an average student debtload of $23,675. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $160, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree hospitality management programs. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OSU are $24,764 per year.

OSU also claimed a spot on our Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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With a ranking of #8, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on this year’s best value schools for hospitality management students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 a year. The average amount in student loans that hospitality majors at ASU - Tempe take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $19,945. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $598, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

In addition to its great value ranking, ASU - Tempe is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Arizona State University - Tempe

Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, hospitality majors at Texas A&M College Station accumulate an average of around $19,160 in student debt. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $274.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Stephen F Austin State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for hospitality management students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the remote town of Nacogdoches, SFASU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SFASU are $21,616 a year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, hospitality graduates from SFASU carry an average student debtload of $28,898. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $285.

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Best Hospitality Management Colleges by State

Explore the best hospitality management schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 767
Arizona 344
Oklahoma 69
New Mexico 63

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 14 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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