Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Best Value Hospitality Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Find Schools Near

2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$28,483 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,234 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Hospitality Management Master'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.

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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value master's 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.

2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Top 10 Best Hospitality Management Master's Degree Schools

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Our 2023 rankings named Auburn University the best value school in the Southeast Region for hospitality management students working on their master’s degree. Auburn is a very large public school located in the city of Auburn.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Auburn are $31,986 a year.

Auburn also claimed a spot on our Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Auburn University

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

The excellent master’s degree programs at East Carolina University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value hospitality management schools in the Southeast Region . ECU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greenville.

ECU graduate students pay an average of $20,743 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Hospitality Management at East Carolina University Report

Out of the 11 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USF Tampa are $21,126 a year.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at University of South Florida - Main Campus

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida International University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at FIU are $24,211 per year.

Full Hospitality Management at Florida International University Report

Out of the 11 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the # 5 spot on the list. UofSC is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

UofSC graduate students pay an average of $30,160 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UofSC also did well on our Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read More…

#6

University of Mississippi

University, MS

University of Mississippi came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Ole Miss is a very large public school located in the remote town of University.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ole Miss are $25,892 per year.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at University of Mississippi

With a ranking of #7, Georgia State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for hospitality management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgia State are $24,790 per year.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Georgia State University

#8

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

The University of Alabama did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for hospitality management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UA are $30,940 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UA is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Full Hospitality Management at The University of Alabama Report

#9

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

With a ranking of #9, University of New Orleans did quite well on this year’s best value schools for hospitality management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of New Orleans, UNO is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNO are $13,678 a year.

Read More…

University of Central Florida came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. UCF is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCF are $28,657 a year.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at University of Central Florida

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 11 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Bblackpsu.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Featured Schools

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.