2025 Best Hospitality Management Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

a master's degree in hospitality management is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #112 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of hospitality management. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 272 master's degrees in hospitality management during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Hospitality Management School for Your Master's Degree

The hospitality master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality hospitality program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on hospitality management students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other hospitality management students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for hospitality management to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized hospitality management related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for hospitality management students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Hospitality Management Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Hospitality Management in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in hospitality management.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in Hospitality

1

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

70 Annual Graduates

Cornell University is a good decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in hospitality management. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca.More information about a master’s in hospitality management from Cornell University

2

New York University
New York, NY

91 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in hospitality management needs to take a look at New York University. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in hospitality management from New York University

3

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

15 Annual Graduates

$48,818 Median Starting Salary

Temple University is a great choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in hospitality management. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Soon after graduation, hospitality master's recipients typically earn an average of $48,818 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in hospitality management from Temple University

4

George Washington University
Washington, DC

19 Annual Graduates

$55,088 Median Starting Salary

George Washington University is a good decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in hospitality management. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.

Students who graduate with their master's from the hospitality program report average early career earnings of $55,088.

More information about a master’s in hospitality management from George Washington University

5

Culinary Institute of America
Hyde Park, NY

41 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Hyde Park, The Culinary Institute of America is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.More information about a master’s in hospitality management from Culinary Institute of America

Best Hospitality Management Colleges by State

Explore the best hospitality management schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	134
Pennsylvania	248	46
Maryland	193	0
New Jersey	188	18
District of Columbia	154	49
Delaware	109	7

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Rankings in Majors Related to Hospitality

Hospitality Management is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Hospitality Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	109
Meeting and Event Planning	44
Restaurant/Food Services Management	41
Tourism and Travel Services Management	40
General Hospitality Administration/Management	26
Other Hospitality Administration/Management	12

Majors Similar to Hospitality

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	16,554
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	10,350
Accounting	2,735
Human Resource Management	1,723
Finance & Financial Management	851
General Business/Commerce	753
Marketing	606
General Sales & Marketing	596
Real Estate	589
Entrepreneurial Studies	443

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
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