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Best Schools for Hospitality Management in 2026

135 schools ranked by DegreeWorth Score · Updated 2026

These are the top schools offering Hospitality Management, ranked by DegreeWorth Score. The score combines graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and return on tuition investment. The average Hospitality Management graduate earns $35,218/yr across 135 schools.

Programs Ranked

135

Avg Earnings

$35,218/yr

Avg DW Score

62/100

AI Risk

High

48% task exposure

All Hospitality Management Programs Ranked

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

#	Program	DW Score	Earnings	AI Risk	ROI
1	Hospitality Management Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	78 72–79	$42,070/yr	High	19.9x
2	Hospitality Management Florida Atlantic University · Boca Raton, FL	75 69–78	$36,827/yr	High	26.4x
3	Hospitality Management Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL	75 69–77	$37,330/yr	High	22.4x
4	Hospitality Management Florida Gulf Coast University · Fort Myers, FL	76 70–77	$39,108/yr	High	19.7x
5	Hospitality Management San Diego State University · San Diego, CA	74 68–76	$40,009/yr	High	16.7x
6	Hospitality Management California State University-East Bay · Hayward, CA	71 63–75	$34,015/yr	High	21.0x
7	Hospitality Management East Carolina University · Greenville, NC	73 67–74	$38,049/yr	High	16.4x
8	Hospitality Management Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX	71 64–75	$41,506/yr	High	13.2x
9	Hospitality Management James Madison University · Harrisonburg, VA	72 67–74	$46,915/yr	High	11.0x
10	Hospitality Management University of Wisconsin-Stout · Menomonie, WI	73 68–74	$43,359/yr	High	12.3x
11	Hospitality Management University of South Florida · Tampa, FL	71 65–74	$34,703/yr	High	18.9x
12	Hospitality Management Purdue University-Main Campus · West Lafayette, IN	72 66–73	$41,099/yr	High	12.9x
13	Hospitality Management American Public University System · Charles Town, WV	71 64–73	$37,174/yr	High	15.4x
14	Hospitality Management San Francisco State University · San Francisco, CA	70 62–73	$34,153/yr	High	18.0x
15	Hospitality Management University of Central Florida · Orlando, FL	70 64–73	$33,624/yr	High	18.5x
16	Hospitality Management Kansas State University · Manhattan, KS	71 66–72	$42,073/yr	High	11.6x
17	Hospitality Management University of Nebraska-Lincoln · Lincoln, NE	70 65–72	$39,689/yr	High	12.5x
18	Hospitality Management Appalachian State University · Boone, NC	69 62–73	$33,702/yr	High	18.2x
19	Hospitality Management California State Polytechnic University-Pomona · Pomona, CA	69 62–71	$33,930/yr	High	15.8x
20	Hospitality Management California State University-Long Beach · Long Beach, CA	70 64–71	$34,560/yr	High	15.6x
21	Hospitality Management Florida International University · Miami, FL	70 63–72	$33,364/yr	High	17.8x
22	Hospitality Management University of West Florida · Pensacola, FL	70 65–70	$34,656/yr	High	15.2x
23	Hospitality Management Cornell University · Ithaca, NY	70 64–71	$77,803/yr	High	2.7x
24	Hospitality Management Western Carolina University · Cullowhee, NC	69 63–72	$29,395/yr	High	24.9x
25	Hospitality Management North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	70 66–71	$41,984/yr	High	10.7x
26	Hospitality Management George Mason University · Fairfax, VA	70 65–71	$45,151/yr	High	9.4x
27	Hospitality Management Purdue University Northwest · Hammond, IN	71 66–71	$39,017/yr	High	12.5x
28	Hospitality Management University of Mississippi · University, MS	67 59–72	$34,282/yr	High	15.3x
29	Hospitality Management SUNY College at Plattsburgh · Plattsburgh, NY	70 66–70	$39,099/yr	High	11.6x
30	Hospitality Management University of North Texas · Denton, TX	69 64–70	$41,183/yr	High	10.5x
31	Hospitality Management Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Blacksburg, VA	69 64–71	$45,771/yr	High	8.7x
32	Hospitality Management Kennesaw State University · Kennesaw, GA	71 66–71	$35,039/yr	High	14.1x
33	Hospitality Management Auburn University · Auburn, AL	67 62–69	$40,664/yr	High	9.6x
34	Hospitality Management Colorado State University-Fort Collins · Fort Collins, CO	68 63–69	$41,688/yr	High	9.3x
35	Hospitality Management Metropolitan State University of Denver · Denver, CO	68 62–69	$38,351/yr	High	11.2x
36	Hospitality Management Georgia State University · Atlanta, GA	66 59–70	$32,939/yr	High	14.6x
37	Hospitality Management Iowa State University · Ames, IA	67 61–69	$36,743/yr	High	11.6x
38	Hospitality Management Fort Hays State University · Hays, KS	70 65–70	$34,004/yr	High	14.1x
39	Hospitality Management Morgan State University · Baltimore, MD	69 64–69	$36,845/yr	High	12.1x
40	Hospitality Management Missouri State University-Springfield · Springfield, MO	68 63–69	$36,451/yr	High	12.5x
41	Hospitality Management University of Nevada-Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV	67 61–70	$35,277/yr	High	13.1x
42	Hospitality Management University of North Carolina at Greensboro · Greensboro, NC	67 60–70	$31,952/yr	High	15.8x
43	Hospitality Management Oklahoma State University-Main Campus · Stillwater, OK	67 60–70	$35,878/yr	High	12.9x
44	Hospitality Management The University of Texas at San Antonio · San Antonio, TX	67 61–70	$35,569/yr	High	12.9x
45	Hospitality Management Washington State University · Pullman, WA	68 62–69	$41,251/yr	High	9.8x
46	Hospitality Management National Louis University · Chicago, IL	68 64–68	$42,196/yr	High	8.5x
47	Hospitality Management Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI	66 59–68	$41,069/yr	High	8.7x
48	Hospitality Management Kent State University at Ashtabula · Ashtabula, OH	66 60–68	$31,926/yr	High	14.6x
49	Hospitality Management East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania · East Stroudsburg, PA	67 62–68	$38,531/yr	High	10.5x
50	Hospitality Management College of Charleston · Charleston, SC	66 61–68	$39,688/yr	High	9.4x
51	Hospitality Management University of Delaware · Newark, DE	64 56–70	$37,563/yr	High	10.3x
52	Hospitality Management Purdue University Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN	65 59–67	$34,013/yr	High	11.8x
53	Hospitality Management Indiana University-Indianapolis · Indianapolis, IN	66 61–67	$37,151/yr	High	10.5x
54	Hospitality Management University of Maryland Eastern Shore · Princess Anne, MD	67 63–67	$36,472/yr	High	10.9x
55	Hospitality Management Ohio State University-Main Campus · Columbus, OH	64 58–67	$36,986/yr	High	10.0x
56	Hospitality Management South Dakota State University · Brookings, SD	64 57–68	$32,512/yr	High	13.1x
57	Hospitality Management California State University-Monterey Bay · Seaside, CA	69 64–68	$35,760/yr	High	11.0x
58	Hospitality Management Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ	64 58–66	$37,402/yr	High	9.3x
59	Hospitality Management California State University-Northridge · Northridge, CA	62 53–68	$25,340/yr	High	17.1x
60	Hospitality Management George Washington University · Washington, DC	64 57–67	$53,625/yr	High	2.6x
61	Hospitality Management Northwestern State University of Louisiana · Natchitoches, LA	66 62–66	$35,452/yr	High	10.6x
62	Hospitality Management University of Massachusetts-Amherst · Amherst, MA	63 57–67	$39,266/yr	High	8.1x
63	Hospitality Management University of Missouri-Columbia · Columbia, MO	64 59–66	$38,916/yr	High	8.3x
64	Hospitality Management Southeast Missouri State University · Cape Girardeau, MO	64 59–66	$34,395/yr	High	10.9x
65	Hospitality Management University of South Carolina-Columbia · Columbia, SC	64 58–66	$36,690/yr	High	9.5x
66	Hospitality Management University of Houston · Houston, TX	64 57–67	$32,639/yr	High	12.4x
67	Hospitality Management SUNY Buffalo State University · Buffalo, NY	63 57–65	$31,629/yr	High	11.9x
68	Hospitality Management University of South Carolina Beaufort · Bluffton, SC	63 57–65	$34,503/yr	High	10.4x
69	Hospitality Management The University of Tennessee-Knoxville · Knoxville, TN	63 57–66	$36,439/yr	High	9.5x
70	Hospitality Management Arizona State University Campus Immersion · Tempe, AZ	61 55–64	$33,869/yr	High	9.8x
71	Hospitality Management Central Michigan University · Mount Pleasant, MI	63 57–65	$37,187/yr	High	8.3x
72	Hospitality Management Southern New Hampshire University · Manchester, NH	62 56–64	$37,829/yr	High	7.5x
73	Hospitality Management Campbell University · Buies Creek, NC	62 55–64	$44,464/yr	High	3.2x
74	Hospitality Management The University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL	60 53–64	$32,178/yr	High	10.0x
75	Hospitality Management Central Connecticut State University · New Britain, CT	61 54–63	$33,685/yr	High	9.2x
76	Hospitality Management New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	61 56–63	$29,942/yr	High	11.3x
77	Hospitality Management Coastal Carolina University · Conway, SC	61 56–63	$34,300/yr	High	9.0x
78	Hospitality Management Texas A & M University-College Station · College Station, TX	63 58–64	$37,743/yr	High	6.2x
79	Hospitality Management University of New Orleans · New Orleans, LA	59 52–63	$27,878/yr	High	11.5x
80	Hospitality Management Grand Valley State University · Allendale, MI	60 55–62	$35,406/yr	High	7.4x
81	Hospitality Management University of New Hampshire-Main Campus · Durham, NH	60 54–63	$36,590/yr	High	6.7x
82	Hospitality Management Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus · Indiana, PA	59 52–63	$30,307/yr	High	10.1x
83	Hospitality Management University of Memphis · Memphis, TN	60 54–62	$31,190/yr	High	9.9x
84	Hospitality Management Stephen F Austin State University · Nacogdoches, TX	60 53–63	$30,758/yr	High	10.3x
85	Hospitality Management Husson University · Bangor, ME	62 56–63	$40,812/yr	High	3.6x
86	Hospitality Management University of Denver · Denver, CO	60 55–62	$47,679/yr	High	1.6x
87	Hospitality Management Indiana University-Kokomo · Kokomo, IN	63 59–62	$32,325/yr	High	8.9x
88	Hospitality Management CUNY New York City College of Technology · Brooklyn, NY	59 53–61	$25,494/yr	High	11.6x
89	Hospitality Management SUNY College of Technology at Delhi · Delhi, NY	59 52–62	$27,450/yr	High	11.3x
90	Hospitality Management York College of Pennsylvania · York, PA	59 53–61	$37,238/yr	High	4.5x
91	Hospitality Management Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus · Teaneck, NJ	58 51–60	$38,330/yr	High	3.2x
92	Hospitality Management Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus · Madison, NJ	58 51–60	$38,330/yr	High	3.2x
93	Hospitality Management Kent State University at Kent · Kent, OH	58 52–60	$31,926/yr	High	7.8x
94	Hospitality Management Temple University · Philadelphia, PA	58 52–60	$35,339/yr	High	5.0x
95	Hospitality Management Johnson & Wales University-Online · Providence, RI	59 53–61	$33,374/yr	High	7.6x
96	Hospitality Management Roosevelt University · Chicago, IL	58 53–60	$35,871/yr	High	4.3x
97	Hospitality Management University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY	56 48–61	$27,809/yr	High	9.5x
98	Hospitality Management Western Kentucky University · Bowling Green, KY	57 51–60	$29,492/yr	High	8.7x
99	Hospitality Management Boston University · Boston, MA	58 53–60	$44,657/yr	High	1.0x
100	Hospitality Management North Carolina Central University · Durham, NC	61 57–61	$27,752/yr	High	9.6x
101	Hospitality Management Youngstown State University · Youngstown, OH	57 50–60	$28,245/yr	High	9.4x
102	Hospitality Management Grand Canyon University · Phoenix, AZ	57 52–59	$34,370/yr	High	3.9x
103	Hospitality Management Northern Illinois University · Dekalb, IL	57 53–59	$32,337/yr	High	5.4x
104	Hospitality Management University of Louisiana at Lafayette · Lafayette, LA	56 51–58	$28,587/yr	High	8.1x
105	Hospitality Management Ferris State University · Big Rapids, MI	57 53–59	$33,228/yr	High	5.5x
106	Hospitality Management Stockton University · Galloway, NJ	56 49–59	$30,833/yr	High	7.4x
107	Hospitality Management New York University · New York, NY	56 50–59	$40,637/yr	High	1.8x
108	Hospitality Management ECPI University · Virginia Beach, VA	57 51–58	$33,711/yr	High	4.7x
109	Hospitality Management Eastern Michigan University · Ypsilanti, MI	55 48–58	$29,405/yr	High	7.1x
110	Hospitality Management West Virginia University · Morgantown, WV	58 54–59	$30,363/yr	High	6.9x
111	Hospitality Management University of South Alabama · Mobile, AL	56 52–57	$28,310/yr	High	6.3x
112	Hospitality Management Arkansas Tech University · Russellville, AR	57 53–57	$27,969/yr	High	7.2x
113	Hospitality Management University of Hawaii at Manoa · Honolulu, HI	55 50–57	$29,002/yr	High	6.4x
114	Hospitality Management University of Southern Maine · Portland, ME	56 52–57	$29,924/yr	High	5.9x
115	Hospitality Management Lasell University · Newton, MA	54 47–57	$31,858/yr	High	4.3x
116	Hospitality Management Widener University · Chester, PA	54 48–56	$37,861/yr	High	1.6x
117	Hospitality Management Ball State University · Muncie, IN	55 50–56	$28,071/yr	High	5.5x
118	Hospitality Management Endicott College · Beverly, MA	53 47–55	$34,562/yr	High	2.3x
119	Hospitality Management Culinary Institute of America · Hyde Park, NY	54 48–55	$35,865/yr	High	2.0x
120	Hospitality Management Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus · Carolina, PR	52 45–57	$14,978/yr	High	9.1x
121	Hospitality Management Saint Leo University · Saint Leo, FL	51 43–56	$28,130/yr	High	4.5x
122	Hospitality Management DePaul University · Chicago, IL	52 46–54	$34,722/yr	High	1.9x
123	Hospitality Management Northern Michigan University · Marquette, MI	50 44–54	$21,074/yr	High	6.1x
124	Hospitality Management Monroe College · Bronx, NY	51 45–54	$26,930/yr	High	4.7x
125	Hospitality Management Niagara University · Niagara University, NY	51 44–54	$31,790/yr	High	2.6x
126	Hospitality Management Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY	51 46–53	$35,449/yr	High	0.8x
127	Hospitality Management Mercyhurst University · Erie, PA	52 46–54	$34,675/yr	High	1.7x
128	Hospitality Management Johnson & Wales University-Providence · Providence, RI	51 45–53	$33,374/yr	High	1.9x
129	Hospitality Management Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte · Charlotte, NC	51 45–53	$33,374/yr	High	1.9x
130	Hospitality Management Walnut Hill College · Philadelphia, PA	51 46–52	$30,352/yr	High	2.2x
131	Hospitality Management Robert Morris University · Moon Township, PA	50 45–51	$32,255/yr	High	1.3x
132	Hospitality Management Flagler College · Saint Augustine, FL	50 45–51	$29,632/yr	High	1.8x
133	Hospitality Management St. John's University-New York · Queens, NY	47 41–50	$29,391/yr	High	1.4x
134	Hospitality Management St. Joseph's University-New York · Brooklyn, NY	44 39–46	$24,571/yr	High	0.8x
135	Hospitality Management New York Institute of Technology · Old Westbury, NY	43 38–45	$22,974/yr	High	0.3x

Methodology

Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score, which combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings (Year 1 after graduation), AI automation resilience (based on OpenAI and academic research), job market size (BLS annual openings), and earnings-to-tuition multiple (10-year projected earnings vs. 4-year tuition).

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, which reports actual median earnings of graduates — not self-reported surveys.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best school for Hospitality Management?

Based on our DegreeWorth Score, Utah Valley University ranks #1 for Hospitality Management with a score of 78/100 and graduate earnings of $42,070/yr.

How much do Hospitality Management graduates earn?

Across 135 schools, Hospitality Management graduates earn an average of $35,218/yr in their first year. The highest-earning program reports $77,803/yr.

Is Hospitality Management a good major for AI resistance?

Hospitality Management has an average AI task exposure of 48%, rated "High". This field has moderate AI exposure — some career paths are more resilient than others.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.