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2023 Most Popular Hospitality Management Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Hospitality Management Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 17,689 people earned a degree or certificate in hospitality management, making the major the #65 most popular in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Hospitality Management Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 67 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs were the most popular 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 master's degree.

Our analysis found Florida International University to be the most popular school for hospitality management students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Miami.

About 72% of the students majoring in hospitality at the school are women while 28% are male.

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Out of the 67 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Online landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Providence, JWU Online is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 95 students majoring in hospitality at JWU Online, 26% are male and 74% are female.

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Out of the 67 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the # 3 spot on the list. UCF is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Orlando.

About 75% of the students majoring in hospitality at the school are women while 25% are male.

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX

Out of the 67 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the # 4 spot on the list. UH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.

Of the 58 students majoring in hospitality at UH, 26% are male and 74% are female.

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#5

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Out of the 67 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 47 students majoring in hospitality at Cornell, 34% are male and 66% are female.

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Culinary Institute of America ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Hyde Park, The Culinary Institute of America is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 44 students majoring in hospitality at The Culinary Institute of America, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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George Washington University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Women make up 77% of the hospitality majors at the school.

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for hospitality management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 66% of the hospitality majors at the school.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree hospitality management programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, JWU Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

About 63% of the students majoring in hospitality at the school are women while 38% are male.

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#10

New York University

New York, NY

New York University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for hospitality management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 31 students majoring in hospitality at NYU, 23% are male and 77% are female.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional popular schools for Hospitality Management students that almost earned our Most Popular Hospitality Management Master's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 Boston University Boston, MA
12 Purdue University - Main Campus West Lafayette, IN
12 Temple University Philadelphia, PA
12 University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA

Hospitality Management by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 26 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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