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Hospitality Education, Open Rankings

A composite ranking of hospitality & hotel administration programs combining career outcomes, academic research, admissions selectivity, and internship/placement pipeline strength. See the methodology for weights and the sources page for every citation.

Rankings last computed on October 6, 2026· 13 of 20 programs ranked

How it's scored

Rank	Program	Composite Score	Outcomes	Research	Admissions	Placement	Data Completeness
1	Cornell University — Nolan School of Hotel Administration, SC Johnson College of Business B.S. in Hotel Administration	92.2	81	100	100	—	50%
2	Pennsylvania State University — School of Hospitality Management B.S. in Hospitality Management	82.7	74	100	73	—	40%
3	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University — School of Hotel and Tourism Management BSc (Hons) Scheme in Hotel and Tourism Management	76.8	97	100	7	—	30%
4	Purdue University — White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, College of Health and Human Sciences B.S. in Hospitality and Tourism Management	76.4	53	100	83	—	50%
5	University of Delaware — Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, Department of Hospitality and Sport Business Management B.S. in Hospitality and Event Business Management	72.1	57	100	57	—	50%
6	Virginia Tech — Howard Feiertag Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Pamplin College of Business B.S. in Hospitality and Tourism Management	68.8	40	100	73	—	50%
7	University of Nevada, Las Vegas — William F. Harrah College of Hospitality B.S. in Hospitality Management	62.2	43	100	40	—	40%
8	Washington State University — School of Hospitality Business Management, Carson College of Business B.A. in Hospitality Business Management	59.2	36	100	38	—	50%
9	University of Houston — Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership B.S. in Global Hospitality Leadership	57.3	23	100	53	—	50%
10	University of Surrey — School of Hospitality and Tourism Management BSc (Hons) International Hospitality Management	57.0	20	100	—	—	30%
11	Florida International University — Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management B.S. in Hospitality and Tourism Management	39.2	57	0	67	—	40%
12	Michigan State University — School of Hospitality Business, Eli Broad College of Business B.A. in Hospitality Business	33.6	28	0	45	100	60%
13	Johnson & Wales University — College of Hospitality Management B.S. in Hospitality Management	32.3	59	0	33	—	40%

▸ Not yet ranked — insufficient data

These programs have fewer than 30% of tracked metrics sourced, which isn't enough to compute a meaningful composite score against better-documented programs (see methodology). They're listed here, alphabetically, with whatever has been verified so far — not penalized with a low rank, and not given an inflated one either.

Program	Data completeness
EHL Hospitality Business School (École hôtelière de Lausanne) BSc International Hospitality Management	20%
Glion Institute of Higher Education BSc International Hospitality Business	20%
Griffith University — Griffith Business School Bachelor of International Tourism and Hotel Management	20%
James Cook University — College of Business, Law and Governance Bachelor of Tourism, Hospitality and Events	20%
Les Roches Global Hospitality Education BSc Global Hospitality Management	20%
Oxford Brookes University — Oxford Brookes Business School BSc (Hons) International Hospitality and Tourism Management	10%
Taylor's University — Taylor's Culinary Institute Bachelor of Culinary Management (Honours)	20%