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2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in Missouri

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$11,440 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,284 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Hospitality Management School for You

With 174 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, hospitality management is the #81 most popular major in Missouri.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Missouri 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in Missouri

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

Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality in Hospitality Management

$8,294 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Missouri State University - Springfield to be the best value school for hospitality management students who want to pursue a degree in Missouri. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the city of Springfield.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Missouri State are $8,294 per year. After completing their degree, hospitality graduates from Missouri State carry an average student debtload of $26,000.

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$11,475 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Hospitality Management Schools in Missouri list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mizzou are $11,475 per year. Hospitality majors at Mizzou take out an average of $25,000 in student loans while working on their egree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $462, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Mizzou is ranked #2 for overall quality for hospitality in Missouri.

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$8,715 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Missouri State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Southeast Missouri State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Cape Girardeau.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southeast Missouri State University are $8,715 a year. After completing their degree, hospitality graduates from Southeast Missouri State University carry an average student debtload of $22,250.

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$9,078 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Central Missouri helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best hospitality management schools in Missouri. Located in the town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public school with a large student population.

UCM undergraduate students pay an average of $9,078 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Hospitality Management at University of Central Missouri Report

#5

Three Rivers College

Poplar Bluff, MO
$6,510 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Three Rivers College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best hospitality management schools in Missouri. Three Rivers College is a small public school located in the remote town of Poplar Bluff.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Three Rivers College are $6,510 per year.

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#6

Stephens College

Columbia, MO
$24,570 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, Stephens College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for hospitality management students. Stephens is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Stephens are $24,570 a year.

Stephens also made our Best Hospitality Management Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #5.

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Best Value Hospitality Management Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 34
Kansas 85
Iowa 248
Nebraska 125
North Dakota 8
South Dakota 10

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 6 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.

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