2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in Florida
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Hospitality Management School for You
Hospitality Management is the #19 most popular major in Florida with 2,466 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 25 schools in Florida to see which ones offered the best value programs for hospitality students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Hospitality Management Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Valencia College the best value school in Florida for hospitality management students. Valencia College is a very large public school located in the city of Orlando.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Valencia College are $2,474 a year. The average amount in student loans that hospitality majors at Valencia College take out is $14,867.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Florida State College at Jacksonville is a great value for hospitality management students. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, FSCJ is a public school with a very large student population.
FSCJ undergraduate students pay an average of $2,657 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Petersburg College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of Clearwater, SPC is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SPC are $2,682 a year.
SPC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Hospitality Management Schools in Florida list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hillsborough Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in Florida list. HCC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tampa.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at HCC are $2,506 per year.
HCC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Hospitality Management Schools in Florida list.
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Out of the 25 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Broward College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Fort Lauderdale, BC is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BC are $2,830 a year.
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With a ranking of #6, Miami Dade College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for hospitality management students. MDC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Miami.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MDC are $2,838 a year.
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Palm Beach State College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value hospitality management programs. Located in the large suburb of Lake Worth, Palm Beach State College is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Palm Beach State College are $3,050 per year.
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Pensacola State College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in Florida list. Pensacola State is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Pensacola.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pensacola State are $2,367 per year.
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Daytona State College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value hospitality management programs. Located in the small city of Daytona Beach, Daytona State College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Daytona State College are $3,106 a year.
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Florida Atlantic University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for hospitality management students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FAU are $4,879 per year. Hospitality majors at FAU take out an average of $23,400 in student loans while working on their egree.
Request InformationBest Value Hospitality Management Colleges in the Southeast Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Georgia | 180 |
Virginia | 347 |
North Carolina | 337 |
Tennessee | 123 |
Kentucky | 79 |
South Carolina | 360 |
Louisiana | 111 |
Arkansas | 33 |
Alabama | 311 |
Mississippi | 74 |
West Virginia | 59 |
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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.
Most Popular Majors Related to Hospitality
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 25 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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