Considering a degree in Hospitality Administration/Management?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality Administration/Management majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Hospitality Administration/Management degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Ana College | 6300 | 30400 | 0.792 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 7000 | 15500 | 0.5492 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 4 | Arkansas Tech University | 9800 | 22900 | 0.5715 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 5 | Northern Arizona University | 10900 | 25400 | 0.5699 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 6 | University of West Florida | 12400 | 21500 | 0.4227 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 7 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12500 | 23900 | 0.4777 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic University | 12600 | 24800 | 0.491 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 10 | Eastern Illinois University | 12900 | 24400 | 0.4705 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 11 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 13000 | 30400 | 0.5729 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 12 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13200 | 22500 | 0.4139 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 13 | Fort Hays State University | 13300 | 22000 | 0.3956 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 14 | Boston University | 13600 | 88800 | 0.8472 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 14 | University of North Alabama | 13600 | 28200 | 0.518 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 29300 | 0.5255 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14200 | 31600 | 0.5498 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 17 | West Virginia University | 14200 | 23300 | 0.3905 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 19 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4553 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 14900 | 40600 | 0.6331 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 21 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 15500 | 32300 | 0.5208 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 21 | Livingstone College | 15500 | 29900 | 0.4821 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 24 | California State University-Long Beach | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3956 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 25 | New York University | 15700 | 91800 | 0.8288 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 26 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15900 | 30800 | 0.4842 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 26 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15900 | 28800 | 0.4478 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 26 | Troy University | 15900 | 26700 | 0.4044 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 29 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16100 | 30300 | 0.4672 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 30 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16400 | 23200 | 0.2928 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 30 | Western Carolina University | 16400 | 19600 | 0.1633 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 32 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 16500 | 26600 | 0.3804 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 33 | Ferris State University | 16700 | 31000 | 0.462 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 33 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16700 | 25700 | 0.3502 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 35 | University of Georgia | 17100 | 27100 | 0.3669 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 36 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17300 | 24300 | 0.2882 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 37 | Husson University | 17400 | 48100 | 0.6376 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 38 | Central Washington University | 17500 | 22700 | 0.2288 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 39 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 17700 | 26700 | 0.3376 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 40 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17800 | 28800 | 0.3822 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 41 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 17900 | 32100 | 0.443 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 42 | Saint Cloud State University | 18200 | 24500 | 0.2574 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 43 | Eastern Michigan University | 18300 | 36100 | 0.4928 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 44 | University of New Orleans | 18600 | 29500 | 0.3695 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 45 | Framingham State University | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3904 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 46 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3404 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 47 | Youngstown State University | 19100 | 29300 | 0.3477 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 48 | University of Mississippi | 19400 | 27000 | 0.2814 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 49 | Western Kentucky University | 19500 | 26800 | 0.2726 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 50 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19600 | 26300 | 0.2544 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 51 | Piedmont University | 19900 | 47200 | 0.5784 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 52 | Georgia State University | 20000 | 26000 | 0.2309 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 53 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 28600 | 0.2977 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 54 | Salem State University | 20500 | 28500 | 0.2807 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 55 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 55 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20600 | 38100 | 0.4588 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 57 | Saint Peter's University | 20700 | 66300 | 0.6875 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 58 | Central Connecticut State University | 20800 | 34000 | 0.388 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 59 | Montana State University | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 60 | Madonna University | 21600 | 50400 | 0.5714 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 61 | Bradley University | 21700 | 50900 | 0.5737 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 62 | Cleary University | 22000 | 47200 | 0.5342 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 63 | Columbia College | 22100 | 36800 | 0.4 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 64 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22300 | 52500 | 0.5758 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 65 | Florida State University | 22700 | 25000 | 0.0922 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 66 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 67 | Saint Leo University | 23000 | 50000 | 0.5398 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 68 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5993 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 69 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 23500 | 39200 | 0.4006 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 70 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23700 | 76300 | 0.6896 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 71 | Keystone College | 23800 | 42900 | 0.445 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 71 | Meredith College | 23800 | 65800 | 0.6387 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 73 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 74 | Flagler College | 24400 | 37800 | 0.3548 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 74 | Northern Michigan University | 24400 | 32900 | 0.2587 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 74 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 24400 | 42300 | 0.4229 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 77 | Iowa State University | 25000 | 41500 | 0.3981 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 78 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 79 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 80 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 81 | California State University-Northridge | 25900 | 36600 | 0.2916 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 81 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 25900 | 36500 | 0.2906 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 83 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 83 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5404 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 85 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 86 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 87 | Southern Utah University | 27200 | 35600 | 0.2357 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 87 | University of North Texas | 27200 | 37400 | 0.2729 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 89 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 65900 | 0.5808 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 90 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27800 | 50700 | 0.4528 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 91 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 92 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28000 | 43200 | 0.3515 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 93 | Lipscomb University | 28300 | 57600 | 0.509 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 94 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2138 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 95 | Delaware State University | 29000 | 36700 | 0.21 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 96 | University of South Alabama | 29500 | 35000 | 0.1572 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 97 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 29700 | 29700 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 98 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 98 | Roosevelt University | 30000 | 43300 | 0.307 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 98 | San Jose State University | 30000 | 41000 | 0.2681 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 98 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 30000 | 43700 | 0.3132 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 102 | Culinary Institute of America | 30200 | 69500 | 0.5652 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 102 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30200 | 33100 | 0.0877 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 104 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 105 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 106 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.6083 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 107 | California State University-East Bay | 30800 | 43000 | 0.2835 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 107 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 30800 | 63700 | 0.5161 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 109 | San Francisco State University | 31200 | 45200 | 0.3099 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 109 | Siena Heights University | 31200 | 46300 | 0.3259 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 111 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31500 | 53900 | 0.4156 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 112 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31600 | 33700 | 0.0617 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 113 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 31900 | 39200 | 0.1865 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 114 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32000 | 47600 | 0.3276 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 115 | Widener University | 32300 | 75300 | 0.5708 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 116 | Southeastern University | 32500 | 60500 | 0.4625 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 116 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32500 | 46200 | 0.2968 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 118 | Colorado Mesa University | 32600 | 40000 | 0.1831 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 119 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32700 | 34700 | 0.0576 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 120 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 121 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4934 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 121 | New Jersey City University | 32900 | 39800 | 0.1735 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 121 | Stockton University | 32900 | 44500 | 0.2608 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 124 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4661 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 125 | Appalachian State University | 33100 | 35800 | 0.0754 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 126 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33200 | 42800 | 0.2243 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 126 | Virginia State University | 33200 | 42200 | 0.2134 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 128 | San Diego State University | 33500 | 40500 | 0.1729 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 129 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 130 | Lasell University | 33800 | 47000 | 0.2806 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 131 | Charleston Southern University | 34400 | 48400 | 0.2905 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 132 | DePaul University | 34600 | 59100 | 0.4144 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 133 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 134 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0685 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 135 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 47300 | 0.2515 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 135 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35400 | 43500 | 0.1863 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 137 | Florida International University | 36200 | 36800 | 0.0163 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 138 | Ashland University | 36500 | 52700 | 0.3072 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 138 | University of Denver | 36500 | 76800 | 0.5246 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 140 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36800 | 64400 | 0.4289 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 140 | University of Central Florida | 36800 | 39600 | 0.0707 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 142 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 62000 | 0.4049 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 143 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 144 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 145 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 146 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40000 | 53300 | 0.2495 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 146 | University of San Francisco | 40000 | 83400 | 0.5198 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 148 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 149 | Endicott College | 40500 | 63200 | 0.3591 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 149 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3861 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 151 | Webber International University | 40800 | 44400 | 0.0806 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 152 | Temple University | 41000 | 56100 | 0.2691 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 153 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 154 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3591 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 155 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 55100 | 0.2379 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 155 | St. John's University-New York | 42000 | 80100 | 0.4754 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 157 | Mercyhurst University | 42900 | 66400 | 0.3541 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 158 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 159 | Montclair State University | 46200 | 46600 | 0.0086 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 160 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 161 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.114 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 162 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 163 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 164 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 165 | Lynn University | 51800 | 64200 | 0.1932 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 166 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 167 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 56100 | 0.0053 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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