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2023 Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in Missouri

12 Colleges
$33,284 Avg Salary
$24,485 Avg Student Debt

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 12 schools in Missouri to see which ones were the most popular 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Hospitality Management Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Missouri State University - Springfield the most popular school in Missouri for hospitality management students. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

While working on their degree, hospitality majors at Missouri State accumulate an average of around $26,000 in student debt.

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The excellent programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best hospitality management schools in Missouri. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

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.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southeast Missouri State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in Missouri list. Southeast Missouri State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Cape Girardeau.

Hospitality majors at Southeast Missouri State University take out an average of $22,250 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#4

Saint Louis Community College

Saint Louis, MO

Out of the 12 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Saint Louis Community College is a public school with a large student population.

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#4

Three Rivers College

Poplar Bluff, MO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Three Rivers College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in Missouri list. Three Rivers College is a small public school located in the remote town of Poplar Bluff.

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#6

Stephens College

Columbia, MO

Stephens College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular hospitality management programs. Stephens is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

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#7

College of the Ozarks

Point Lookout, MO

College of the Ozarks came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in Missouri ranking. Hard Work U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Point Lookout.

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University of Central Missouri did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for hospitality management students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the distant town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public school with a large student population.

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Westminster College Missouri ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools in Missouri list. Westminster Fulton is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Fulton.

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#9

Avila University

Kansas City, MO

With a ranking of #9, Avila University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for hospitality management students. Avila is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Kansas City.

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Best Hospitality Management Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Hospitality Management Schools 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 12 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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