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Best Schools for Hospitality Administration/Management in 2026

135 schools ranked by DegreeWorth Score · Updated 2026

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

Programs Ranked

135

Avg Earnings

$35,218/yr

Avg DW Score

47/100

AI Risk

High

48% task exposure

All Hospitality Administration/Management Programs Ranked

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

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

Based on our DegreeWorth Score, Cornell University ranks #1 for Hospitality Administration/Management with a score of 64/100 and graduate earnings of $77,803/yr.

How much do Hospitality Administration/Management graduates earn?

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

Is Hospitality Administration/Management a good major for AI resistance?

Hospitality Administration/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.