# Graduate Hotels

Graduate Hotels is a collection of hotels located in college towns, primarily in the United States, launched in 2014 by Nashville-based real estate company AJ Capital Partners and now part of Hilton Worldwide. There are currently 33 operating hotels in the United States and two in England.

## History

Graduate Hotels was founded in 2014 by Nashville-based real estate investor Ben Weprin and his firm, AJ Capital Partners. The company launched the Graduate Hotels brand by acquiring and remodeling hotels in university-anchored towns across the country. The first hotel opened in Athens, Georgia in 2014, centered around the University of Georgia.
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. agreed to buy Graduate Hotels in March 2024. AJ Capital Partners will retain real estate ownership of the existing Graduate properties under new long-term Hilton franchise agreements.

## Locations
### United States

| Hotel | Location | Opening Year | Nearby University |
| Graduate Annapolis | Annapolis, Maryland | 2019 | United States Naval Academy |
| Graduate Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, Michigan | 2016 | University of Michigan |
| Graduate Athens | Athens, Georgia | 2014 | University of Georgia |
| Graduate Auburn | Auburn, Alabama | 2024 | Auburn University |
| Graduate Berkeley | Berkeley, California | 2017 | University of California, Berkeley |
| Graduate Bloomington | Bloomington, Indiana | 2018 | Indiana University |
| Graduate Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | 2020 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Graduate Charlottesville | Charlottesville, Virginia | 2015 | University of Virginia |
| Graduate Cincinnati | Cincinnati, Ohio | 2020 | University of Cincinnati |
| Graduate Columbia | Columbia, South Carolina | 2019 | University of South Carolina |
| Graduate Columbus | Columbus, Ohio | 2019 | Ohio State University |
| Graduate East Lansing | East Lansing, Michigan | 2021 | Michigan State University |
| Graduate Eugene | Eugene, Oregon | 2019 | University of Oregon |
| Graduate Evanston | Evanston, Illinois | 2020 | Northwestern University |
| Graduate Fayetteville | Fayetteville, Arkansas | 2019 | University of Arkansas |
| Graduate Iowa City | Iowa City, Iowa | 2018 | University of Iowa |
| Graduate Knoxville | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2020 | University of Tennessee |
| Graduate Lincoln | Lincoln, Nebraska | 2017 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| Graduate Madison | Madison, Wisconsin | 2015 | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Graduate Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 2017 | University of Minnesota |
| Graduate Nashville | Nashville, Tennessee | 2020 | Vanderbilt University |
| Graduate New Haven | New Haven, Connecticut | 2019 | Yale University |
| Graduate Oxford | Oxford, Mississippi | 2015 | University of Mississippi |
| Graduate Palo Alto | Palo Alto, California | 2022 | Stanford University |
| Graduate Princeton | Princeton, New Jersey | 2024 | Princeton University |
| Graduate Providence | Providence, Rhode Island | 2020 | Brown University |
| Graduate Richmond | Richmond, Virginia | 2017 | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Graduate Roosevelt Island | New York (Roosevelt Island), New York | 2021 | Cornell Tech |
| Graduate Seattle | Seattle, Washington | 2018 | University of Washington |
| Graduate State College | State College, Pennsylvania | 2019 | Pennsylvania State University |
| Graduate Storrs | Storrs, Connecticut | 2020 | University of Connecticut |
| Graduate Tempe | Tempe, Arizona | 2014 | Arizona State University |
| Graduate Tucson | Tucson, Arizona | 2020 | University of Arizona |

### England

| Hotel | Location | Opening Year | Nearby University |
| Graduate Cambridge | Cambridge | 2021 | University of Cambridge |
| The Randolph Hotel | Oxford | 2021 | University of Oxford |

### Future

| Hotel | Location | Opening Year | Nearby University |
| Graduate Austin | Austin, Texas | 2025 | University of Texas |
| Graduate Dallas | Dallas, Texas | 2024 | Southern Methodist University |