2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Hospitality Management School for You
Hospitality Management is the #65 most popular major in the country with 17,689 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Hospitality Management Schools
Our analysis found Houston Community College to be the best value school for hospitality management students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Houston, Houston Community College is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Houston Community College are $5,460 a year.
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The excellent programs at Arizona State University - Skysong helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best hospitality management schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Skysong are $13,092 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, ASU - Skysong is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Fe Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region list. SFCC is a small public school located in the small suburb of Santa Fe.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SFCC are $4,995 per year.
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Out of the 29 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the # 4 spot on the list. UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UOPX - Arizona are $9,552 per year. The average amount in student loans that hospitality majors at UOPX - Arizona take out is $17,467.
UOPX - Arizona also claimed a spot on our Best Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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The excellent programs at Del Mar College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best hospitality management schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Corpus Christi, DMC is a public college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DMC are $5,930 per year.
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Collin County Community College District landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value hospitality management programs. Located in the midsize suburb of McKinney, Collin County Community College District is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Collin County Community College District are $5,104 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Collin County Community College District is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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New Mexico State University - Dona Ana 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 rural area of Las Cruces, NMSU Dona Ana is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NMSU Dona Ana are $5,664 per year.
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Grayson College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region list. Grayson College is a small public school located in the rural area of Denison.
Grayson College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,482 in tuition and fees each year.
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Austin Community College District came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.
Austin Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $10,590 in tuition and fees each year. Hospitality majors at Austin Community College District take out an average of $15,000 in student loans while working on their egree.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Austin Community College District also is in the top 15% of our Best Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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Central New Mexico Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. CNM is a large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CNM are $7,540 per year.
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Request InformationBest Hospitality Management Colleges by State
Explore the best hospitality management schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 767 |
| Arizona | 344 |
| Oklahoma | 69 |
| New Mexico | 63 |
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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.
Majors Similar to Hospitality
| 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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