Top 10 Hospitality Management Universities

University of Denver

• The Daniels College of Business, part of the University of Denver, is ranked by Education Portal as the top hospitality management college in the United States. The school was established in 1946, but recently erected a state-of-the-art hospitality building that provides students with hands-on experience in the industry. The building has a 2,800-square-foot kitchen, a beverage management center that's decorated like a Tuscan wine cellar, a front desk operations lab and a dining hall that seats 170 people comfortably. The School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management is one of the few collegiate hospitality programs that's part of a college of business, and the school's job placement resources help students find jobs upon graduation.

  University of Denver
  School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management
  2101 South University Boulevard
  Denver, CO 80208
  303-871-3411
  daniels.du.edu

University of Central Florida

• The Rosen College of Hospitality Management, at the University of Central Florida (UCF), is located in the largest hospitality city in the world with 42 million visitors yearly, 120,000 hotel rooms, 4,000 restaurants and 75 theme parks and attractions. These numbers make UCF an ideal spot for a hospitality management education. According to Education Portal, UCF is ranked second among the top hospitality management colleges in the United States. The university offers bachelor's degree programs in hospitality management, event management and restaurant and food service management.

  University of Central Florida
  Rosen College of Hospitality Management
  9907 Universal Boulevard
  Orlando, FL 32819
  407-903-8000
  hospitality.ucf.edu

Oklahoma State University

• The School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration, at Oklahoma State University (OSU), is ranked third amongst all hospitality management colleges in the United States by Education Portal. The university offers several undergraduate and graduate degree programs in hospitality administration, along with a hospitality study abroad program in Switzerland. It also owns several restaurants, and a hotel that's operated solely by students as part of their training and coursework. Before graduation, hospitality students at OSU complete more than 800 hours of field work; this includes internships and on-site work at the school's hotel and restaurants. Students also receive job placement opportunities through the yearly career fair hosted by the university, during which more than 35 hospitality companies from across the country attend.

  Oklahoma State University
  School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration
  210 HESW
  Stillwater, OK 74078
  405-744-6713
  ches.okstate.edu/hrad