The 50 colleges that score highest for Hospitality management on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornell University | NY | Median earnings $112,289 · 271 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | New York University | NY | Median earnings $84,375 · 31 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | Boston University | MA | Median earnings $82,302 · 55 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | George Washington University | DC | Median earnings $75,683 · 31 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | University of Georgia | GA | Median earnings $93,056 (field-wide) · 29 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | San Diego State University | CA | Median earnings $70,113 · 62 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | VA | Median earnings $72,817 · 42 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | MA | Median earnings $70,916 · 61 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | Michigan State University | MI | Median earnings $69,651 · 98 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | Auburn University | AL | Median earnings $63,419 · 71 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | Median earnings $63,798 · 109 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | Florida State University | FL | Median earnings $62,673 · 161 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | Median earnings $58,861 · 74 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | Washington State University | WA | Median earnings $66,874 · 140 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | Drexel University | PA | Median earnings $97,172 (field-wide) · 10 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | University of Delaware | DE | Median earnings $71,102 · 35 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | James Madison University | VA | Median earnings $65,016 · 123 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | Florida International University | FL | Median earnings $56,667 · 756 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | High Point University | NC | Median earnings $75,307 (field-wide) · 39 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | University of Denver | CO | Median earnings $75,118 · 26 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | TN | Median earnings $58,854 · 45 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | University of Central Florida | FL | Median earnings $54,921 · 590 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | NV | Median earnings $58,719 · 389 graduates last year · 8% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | College of Charleston | SC | Median earnings $64,154 · 24 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | SC | Median earnings $56,688 · 143 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | University of Mississippi | MS | Median earnings $78,212 (field-wide) · 35 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | Bellevue University | NE | Median earnings $80,129 (field-wide) · 45 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | DePaul University | IL | Median earnings $71,556 · 10 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | California State University-Long Beach | CA | Median earnings $57,927 · 56 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | CA | Median earnings $57,114 · 166 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | Median earnings $54,251 · 111 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | HI | Median earnings $60,157 · 74 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | Endicott College | MA | Median earnings $60,969 · 17 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | University of North Texas | TX | Median earnings $57,255 · 97 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | Culinary Institute of America | NY | Median earnings $58,165 · 221 graduates last year · 62% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | Temple University | PA | Median earnings $60,347 · 45 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | Northern Arizona University | AZ | Median earnings $58,857 · 119 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | University of Houston | TX | Median earnings $53,344 · 154 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | Florida Gulf Coast University | FL | Median earnings $60,011 · 55 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | Lynn University | FL | Median earnings $71,813 (field-wide) · 24 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | University of Missouri-Columbia | MO | Median earnings $61,441 · 28 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | Montana State University | MT | Median earnings $71,578 (field-wide) · 10 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | AZ | Median earnings $64,315 · 37 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | The University of Alabama | AL | Median earnings $53,180 · 83 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | Middle Tennessee State University | TN | Median earnings $69,024 (field-wide) · 31 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | Northern Illinois University | IL | Median earnings $58,546 · 14 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | CO | Median earnings $62,556 · 40 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | Iowa State University | IA | Median earnings $55,491 · 70 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $53,039 · 46 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | St. Joseph's University-New York | NY | Median earnings $60,041 · 11 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees |
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