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2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Master's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$19,349 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,234 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Hospitality Management Master's Degree School for You

Hospitality Management is the #95 most popular major in California with 995 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Hospitality Management Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in California to see which master'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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Hospitality Management Master's Degree Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Hospitality Management

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named San Diego State University the best value school in California for hospitality management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SDSU are $9,570 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California State University - East Bay is a great value for hospitality management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public college with a large student population.

Cal State East Bay graduate students pay an average of $8,429 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal Poly Pomona are $8,873 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - Northridge. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUN are $8,477 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USC are $61,396 per year.

USC also made our Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in California list, coming in at #5.

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Best Value Hospitality Management Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Hospitality Management Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 228
Oregon 31
Nevada 721
Hawaii 248
Alaska 11

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 5 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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