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 | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 3 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 11100 | 18400 | 0.3974 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 4 | California State University-Northridge | 11500 | 22000 | 0.4772 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11500 | 22900 | 0.4987 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 6 | University of West Florida | 11600 | 21500 | 0.4599 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 7 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12500 | 22800 | 0.4511 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 10 | Boston University | 12700 | 92800 | 0.8633 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12700 | 19400 | 0.3454 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 10 | Western Kentucky University | 12700 | 27000 | 0.5296 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 13 | Livingstone College | 13200 | 29900 | 0.5591 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 14 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 26600 | 0.4963 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5446 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 13900 | 37400 | 0.6278 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 17 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14000 | 20300 | 0.3096 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 18 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 27400 | 0.4784 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 18 | Central Michigan University | 14300 | 37800 | 0.621 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 18 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14300 | 23400 | 0.3884 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 21 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14400 | 31700 | 0.5465 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 22 | California State University-East Bay | 14500 | 30200 | 0.5211 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 24 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15000 | 26900 | 0.442 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 25 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 25 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4106 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 25 | Western Carolina University | 15400 | 16500 | 0.0668 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 28 | Appalachian State University | 15500 | 19500 | 0.2053 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 29 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 30 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 15700 | 24300 | 0.3541 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 31 | San Francisco State University | 15800 | 46700 | 0.6611 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 32 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15900 | 28200 | 0.4356 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 33 | Eastern Michigan University | 16000 | 36100 | 0.557 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 34 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3645 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 34 | Ferris State University | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4717 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 36 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16500 | 26300 | 0.3727 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University | 16500 | 40900 | 0.5963 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 38 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 38 | Salem State University | 17200 | 28500 | 0.3964 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 40 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 41 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17700 | 25200 | 0.2971 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 42 | University of Mississippi | 18300 | 45000 | 0.5938 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 43 | Delaware State University | 18600 | 42200 | 0.5587 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 44 | Grand Canyon University | 18800 | 33700 | 0.4422 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 45 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 45 | Virginia State University | 19000 | 29500 | 0.3556 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 47 | Columbia College | 19200 | 35800 | 0.4637 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 48 | University of New Orleans | 19500 | 30600 | 0.3633 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 49 | Central Connecticut State University | 19600 | 29500 | 0.3354 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 50 | Youngstown State University | 19700 | 34000 | 0.4206 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 51 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19800 | 39900 | 0.504 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 52 | Eastern Illinois University | 19900 | 28100 | 0.2912 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 52 | Georgia State University | 19900 | 26000 | 0.2348 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 54 | Bay Path University | 20100 | 55400 | 0.637 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 54 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 56 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4445 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 56 | Husson University | 20200 | 48100 | 0.5795 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 56 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 59 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 60 | Northern Michigan University | 20900 | 33100 | 0.3686 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 61 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 62 | Bradley University | 21400 | 50800 | 0.5787 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 63 | Montana State University | 22100 | 27100 | 0.1843 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 64 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22300 | 43200 | 0.4839 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 65 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 65 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2772 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 67 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 68 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 31300 | 0.2751 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 69 | Central Washington University | 22900 | 27200 | 0.1579 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 69 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 22900 | 90700 | 0.7476 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 69 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 72 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 72 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 74 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1231 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 74 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 76 | Stockton University | 23500 | 32100 | 0.2678 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 77 | San Diego State University | 23600 | 28900 | 0.1846 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 78 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 34100 | 0.301 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 79 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24200 | 36300 | 0.3329 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 80 | Lewis University | 24400 | 57700 | 0.5769 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 81 | Saint Leo University | 25000 | 50000 | 0.4998 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 82 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 83 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 84 | Fort Hays State University | 25700 | 36100 | 0.2903 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 85 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 85 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 25800 | 48300 | 0.4659 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 87 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26100 | 36000 | 0.2751 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 88 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 88 | Keystone College | 26400 | 50500 | 0.4777 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 88 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26400 | 36600 | 0.2785 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 91 | Iowa State University | 26600 | 43300 | 0.3861 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 91 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.126 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 93 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 93 | Troy University | 26700 | 34700 | 0.2305 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 95 | University of North Alabama | 27200 | 37300 | 0.2708 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 96 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 97 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27500 | 69300 | 0.6029 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 98 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 66600 | 0.5856 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 99 | Lackawanna College | 27700 | 35500 | 0.2195 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 99 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 101 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27800 | 50700 | 0.453 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 102 | North Carolina Central University | 28000 | 40000 | 0.2999 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 103 | Flagler College | 28400 | 61200 | 0.5358 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 104 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 104 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28500 | 49100 | 0.4196 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34000 | 0.1442 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 107 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 108 | Lipscomb University | 29800 | 57800 | 0.4855 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 109 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30100 | 39200 | 0.2324 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 110 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 111 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31100 | 57000 | 0.4546 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 112 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 113 | Morgan State University | 32200 | 41900 | 0.2317 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 113 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 32200 | 48400 | 0.3348 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 115 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 116 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 117 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 118 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4669 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 119 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 120 | Framingham State University | 33300 | 38100 | 0.126 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 121 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.1864 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 122 | Colorado Mesa University | 33500 | 40000 | 0.1613 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 122 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 124 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 125 | Southeastern University | 34100 | 60500 | 0.4361 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 126 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 127 | Culinary Institute of America | 34600 | 69900 | 0.5052 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 127 | Meredith College | 34600 | 64200 | 0.4612 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 129 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 130 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 130 | New Jersey City University | 35400 | 39800 | 0.1107 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 132 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53100 | 0.3144 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 134 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 36900 | 83900 | 0.5605 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 136 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 137 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 37300 | 64400 | 0.4211 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 138 | Southern Connecticut State University | 37900 | 52900 | 0.2837 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 139 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 140 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38700 | 66100 | 0.4147 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 141 | University of Denver | 39300 | 76900 | 0.4892 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 142 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 143 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 143 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 145 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40100 | 44100 | 0.0907 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 146 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 147 | Endicott College | 40500 | 64200 | 0.3691 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 148 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0853 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 149 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 57000 | 0.2841 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 150 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41100 | 46000 | 0.1065 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 151 | Montclair State University | 41300 | 46600 | 0.1138 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 152 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4478 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 153 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3605 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 154 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 154 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 156 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 157 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 61300 | 0.2294 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 159 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 160 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1548 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 162 | Lynn University | 51800 | 66000 | 0.2151 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 163 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 164 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 63400 | 0.1214 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 168 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 68000 | 0.0294 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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