<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>I've been looking at the hotel administration department of UNLV. Now I'm wondering whether it has a good reputation or not. I've read both positive and negative reviews so I didn't become much wiser by doing that.</p>
<p>Has anyone a clue?</p>
<p>UNLV is a very, very good hotel school. It’s usually considered second only to Cornell. The rest of the university is not as noteworthy.</p>
<p>Ok thanks! I can hardly imagine it being so as it’s a public university costing like half Cornell does.
Would it be hard for an international student to get into UNLV?
What are some similar universities in the Nevada/California area as applying to just 1 would seem risky in my eyes.</p>
<p>Some other very good hospitality schools are Penn State, Virginia Tech, Purdue, Michigan State, and Washington State.</p>
<p>I don’t know if you have database access, but you might be interested in this ranking: [A</a> World Ranking of the Top 100 Hospitality and Tourism Programs ? Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research](<a href=“http://jht.sagepub.com/content/33/4/451.abstract]A”>http://jht.sagepub.com/content/33/4/451.abstract)</p>
<p>I unfortunately don’t have access to the database.</p>
<p>The hospitality schools you mentioned are all spread around the entire country, I don’t think I’d be very smart to apply to universities all over the country, or do you think different about this?
Aren’t any hospitality schools in the Californian area mentioned in the list you provided?</p>
<p>The ones you mentioned are also a fair bit more expensive than UNLV, which is a major issue for me as I’m not an in-state resident. I’d prefer a public school above a private one due to the costs I think.</p>
<p>If you’re looking for a low-cost hospitality school in California, Cal Poly Pomona might be perfect for you. It’s very highly regarded.</p>
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Other than slightly higher costs to visit, I don’t see why it would matter. Unless you have a particular preference for one area…?</p>
<p>Washington State, Northern Arizona University, and Arizona State all might be worth a look.</p>
<p>How much can you afford to pay?</p>
<p>I’ll have a look at it, thanks Hanna.</p>
<p>Well, I don’t really have a preference for an area but thought I should make up my mind about an area and apply to schools in it.</p>
<p>UNLV costs $ 15,000 per semester which seems fairly do-able.</p>
<p>BartvdE,</p>
<p>Are you in the US now, or are you outside the US? If you are outside the US, and you plan to travel back to your home country during school vacations, you will need to consider transportations costs. Transportation might be a lot cheaper for you depending on the part of the US that you end up in.</p>
<p>Don’t just look at tuition and fees, you also need to look at the entire Cost of Attendance (COA). Each college and university will have that information on its website. Take a hard look at what each place includes in the COA. Tuition, fees, housing, food, books, and materials should be included. Some will also include a figure for personal expenses or for transportation. You should make a spreadsheet so that you can add in expenses that some of them leave out in order to work out what would be your own likely COA. That way you will be closer to comparing real costs.</p>