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2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$22,229 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,459 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Hospitality Management School for You

In 2020-2021, 211 degrees and certificates were awarded to hospitality management students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #113 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Illinois to see which 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for hospitality majors pursuing a .

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Hospitality Management

$15,240 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Southern Illinois University Carbondale to be the best value school for hospitality management students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUC are $15,240 per year. The average amount in student loans that hospitality majors at SIUC take out is $25,500.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

$14,169 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at National Louis University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best hospitality management schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

NLU undergraduate students pay an average of $14,169 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Hospitality majors at NLU take out an average of $30,900 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Hospitality Management at National Louis University Report

$13,297 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Western Illinois University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best hospitality management schools in Illinois. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

WIU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Hospitality Management at Western Illinois University Report

#4

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL
$12,297 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 7 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the # 4 spot on the list. EIU is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Charleston.

EIU undergraduate students pay an average of $12,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Eastern Illinois University

#5

DePaul University

Chicago, IL
$42,012 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in Illinois list. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

DePaul undergraduate students pay an average of $42,012 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, hospitality graduates from DePaul carry an average student debtload of $23,128.

Full Hospitality Management at DePaul University Report

#6

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL
$31,493 Average Tuition & Fees

Roosevelt University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for hospitality management students. It came in at #6 on the list. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Roosevelt are $31,493 a year. Hospitality majors at Roosevelt take out an average of $22,627 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#6

Bradley University

Peoria, IL
$36,360 Average Tuition & Fees

Bradley University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value hospitality management programs. Bradley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Peoria.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bradley are $36,360 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Bradley also did well on our Best Hospitality Management Schools in Illinois list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Hospitality Management at Bradley University Report

Best Value Hospitality Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 447
Ohio 251
Indiana 483
Wisconsin 144

Hospitality Management is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

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 7 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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