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2023 Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region

47 Colleges
$35,320 Avg Salary
$20,222 Avg Student Debt

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 Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 47 schools in the Southwest Region to see which 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.

Check out the hospitality programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the most popular school in the Southwest Region for hospitality management students. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

Hospitality majors at Texas A&M College Station take out an average of $17,750 in student loans while working on their egree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $274.

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#2

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region list. UH is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.

Hospitality majors at UH take out an average of $21,500 in student loans while working on their egree. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $185.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region list. NAU is a very large public school located in the small city of Flagstaff.

On average, hospitality graduates from NAU take out $18,616 in student loans while working on their degree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $295.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denton.

After completing their degree, hospitality graduates from UNT carry an average student debt load of $22,500. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $160, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#5

Central Texas College

Killeen, TX

The excellent programs at Central Texas 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 medium-sized suburb of Killeen, Central Texas College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average amount in student loans that hospitality majors at Texas Tech take out is $25,000.

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Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Hospitality majors at ASU - Tempe take out an average of $17,250 in student loans while working on their egree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $598, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#8

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Grand Canyon University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region list. Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.

The average amount in student loans that hospitality majors at Grand Canyon University take out is $25,000.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for hospitality management students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the distant town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

On average, hospitality graduates from OSU take out $22,687 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#10

Scottsdale Community College

Scottsdale, AZ

Scottsdale Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Scottsdale Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Scottsdale.

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Best Hospitality Management Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 767
Arizona 344
Oklahoma 69
New Mexico 63

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Bblackpsu.

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