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2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in Florida

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

25 Colleges
$10,834 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,055 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in Florida

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

Top 10 Best Hospitality Management Schools

#1

Valencia College

Orlando, FL
$2,474 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Valencia College to be the best value school for hospitality management students who want to pursue a degree in Florida. Valencia College is a very large public school located in the city of Orlando.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Valencia College are $2,474 per year. The average amount in student loans that hospitality majors at Valencia College take out is $14,867.

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$2,657 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 25 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State College at Jacksonville landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Jacksonville, FSCJ is a public school with a fairly large student population.

FSCJ undergraduate students pay an average of $2,657 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

St Petersburg College

Clearwater, FL
$2,682 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at St Petersburg College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best hospitality management schools in Florida. Located in the city of Clearwater, SPC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SPC are $2,682 per year.

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

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$2,506 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Hillsborough Community College is a great value for hospitality management students. HCC is a large public school located in the city of Tampa.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at HCC are $2,506 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, HCC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Hospitality Management Schools in Florida list.

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#5

Broward College

Fort Lauderdale, FL
$2,830 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Broward College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best hospitality management schools in Florida. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale, BC is a public college with a very large student population.

BC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,830 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Miami Dade College

Miami, FL
$2,838 Average Tuition & Fees

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 large city of Miami.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MDC are $2,838 a year.

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#7

Palm Beach State College

Lake Worth, FL
$3,050 Average Tuition & Fees

Palm Beach State College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for hospitality management students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Lake Worth, Palm Beach State College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Palm Beach State College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Pensacola State College

Pensacola, FL
$2,367 Average Tuition & Fees

Pensacola State College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value hospitality management programs. Pensacola State is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Pensacola.

Pensacola State undergraduate students pay an average of $2,367 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Daytona State College

Daytona Beach, FL
$3,106 Average Tuition & Fees

Daytona State College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for hospitality management students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the small city of Daytona Beach, Daytona State College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Daytona State College are $3,106 per year.

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#10

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL
$4,879 Average Tuition & Fees

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 small city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FAU are $4,879 a year. Hospitality majors at FAU take out an average of $23,400 in student loans while working on their egree.

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Best Value Hospitality Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
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

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 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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