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2023 Most Popular Hospitality Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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Finding the Best Hospitality Management Doctor'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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Hospitality Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Hospitality Management program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for hospitality majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the most popular school in the Southeast Region for hospitality management students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 75% of the hospitality majors at the school.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the # 2 spot on the list. UCF is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Orlando.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UofSC is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

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#3

University of Mississippi

University, MS

Out of the 5 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mississippi landed the # 3 spot on the list. Ole Miss is a very large public school located in the town of University.

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#5

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular hospitality management schools in the Southeast Region . Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

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Best Hospitality Management Colleges by State

Explore the best hospitality management colleges 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 5 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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