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 | College of the Ozarks | 7700 | 47200 | 0.8373 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 7900 | 27100 | 0.7074 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 8800 | 22400 | 0.6049 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 9600 | 22900 | 0.5818 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 36600 | 0.7073 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 11100 | 91600 | 0.8791 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 12200 | 44000 | 0.7223 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 9 | Eastern Illinois University | 12700 | 24300 | 0.478 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 10 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | University of North Alabama | 12900 | 30800 | 0.5804 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 54500 | 0.7614 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 12 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13000 | 39600 | 0.6718 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 14 | Youngstown State University | 13200 | 26800 | 0.507 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 15 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13500 | 22500 | 0.3996 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 15 | Fort Hays State University | 13500 | 40700 | 0.669 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 15 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13500 | 28000 | 0.5175 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 15 | University of West Florida | 13500 | 39000 | 0.6533 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 19 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 19 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 13700 | 35900 | 0.6177 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 22 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13900 | 25000 | 0.4455 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 23 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14100 | 28200 | 0.501 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 24 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14300 | 22600 | 0.3669 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 25 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 25 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37400 | 0.6155 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 25 | Framingham State University | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5357 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 25 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 29 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30700 | 0.5293 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 29 | University of Georgia | 14500 | 26600 | 0.4537 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 31 | University of North Texas | 14600 | 25700 | 0.4325 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 32 | Troy University | 15100 | 26700 | 0.4344 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 33 | Central Washington University | 15200 | 27200 | 0.4406 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 33 | Colorado Mesa University | 15200 | 40000 | 0.6205 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 35 | Livingstone College | 15300 | 38100 | 0.5983 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 36 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 37 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15500 | 86700 | 0.8215 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 38 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15600 | 42600 | 0.6341 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 39 | University of South Alabama | 15700 | 22400 | 0.2997 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 40 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 41 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 42 | Eastern Michigan University | 16200 | 32000 | 0.492 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 43 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 16300 | 30100 | 0.4591 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 44 | Husson University | 16800 | 48100 | 0.6501 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 44 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 46 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 47 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17000 | 26300 | 0.3515 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 48 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17100 | 34000 | 0.4966 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 49 | Georgia State University | 17300 | 26000 | 0.3348 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 50 | California State University-East Bay | 17400 | 30200 | 0.425 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 50 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 17400 | 26700 | 0.3489 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 50 | San Francisco State University | 17400 | 55500 | 0.6867 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 53 | Virginia State University | 17600 | 29500 | 0.403 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 54 | Saint Leo University | 17800 | 50000 | 0.6438 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 54 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 56 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 17900 | 46600 | 0.6165 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 57 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18000 | 28200 | 0.3613 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 58 | Bay Path University | 18300 | 55400 | 0.6695 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 58 | College of Charleston | 18300 | 33900 | 0.4607 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 58 | North Carolina Central University | 18300 | 27600 | 0.3367 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 58 | Northern Michigan University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4472 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 62 | Madonna University | 18400 | 58300 | 0.6847 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 62 | Stockton University | 18400 | 44500 | 0.5868 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 64 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 65 | Salem State University | 19100 | 35100 | 0.4556 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 66 | College of Coastal Georgia | 19300 | 42100 | 0.541 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 67 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4214 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 68 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 29500 | 0.332 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 68 | University of New Orleans | 19700 | 30200 | 0.3476 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 70 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 71 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 72 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20300 | 46300 | 0.5614 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 72 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20300 | 31000 | 0.3456 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 72 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 38200 | 0.4685 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 75 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 75 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 77 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 27200 | 0.2207 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 78 | Belhaven University | 22100 | 43300 | 0.4911 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 78 | Cleary University | 22100 | 60900 | 0.6376 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 80 | Columbia College | 22200 | 39700 | 0.4413 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 80 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22200 | 59600 | 0.6275 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 82 | Keystone College | 22300 | 48800 | 0.5433 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 83 | Montana State University | 22900 | 31400 | 0.2706 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 83 | San Diego State University | 22900 | 28900 | 0.2089 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 85 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 85 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 87 | The University of Alabama | 23200 | 31000 | 0.2514 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 88 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 89 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 90 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 91 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 92 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 33100 | 0.2723 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 92 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 94 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 26500 | 0.0868 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 95 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 96 | Flagler College | 25600 | 61100 | 0.5808 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 96 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 98 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 25900 | 79400 | 0.674 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 98 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 98 | Lipscomb University | 25900 | 57800 | 0.5521 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 101 | Ashland University | 26400 | 56600 | 0.534 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 101 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 41500 | 0.3612 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 104 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 105 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 75200 | 0.632 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 105 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27700 | 50700 | 0.4539 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 107 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 108 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 28900 | 38500 | 0.2495 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 33900 | 0.1328 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 110 | Southeastern University | 29600 | 60500 | 0.5105 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 111 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 111 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 113 | Culinary Institute of America | 29900 | 74600 | 0.5989 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 114 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 115 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 117 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31300 | 57000 | 0.4511 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 118 | New Jersey City University | 31400 | 39800 | 0.2113 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 119 | Liberty University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.2777 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 120 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.062 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 121 | St. John's University-New York | 32400 | 78000 | 0.5842 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 122 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 122 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 52800 | 0.3846 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 124 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 125 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4661 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 126 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 127 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 66700 | 0.4694 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 128 | Meredith College | 35500 | 64200 | 0.4472 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 128 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 130 | California State University-Long Beach | 35800 | 38600 | 0.0725 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 131 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 131 | University of Denver | 36500 | 76800 | 0.5244 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 133 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36600 | 64400 | 0.432 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 133 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 135 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 136 | Lasell University | 37200 | 48500 | 0.2328 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 137 | University of San Francisco | 38500 | 83900 | 0.5414 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 138 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 140 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 140 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 142 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 143 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 143 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 145 | Temple University | 40800 | 55300 | 0.2624 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 146 | Endicott College | 41600 | 64200 | 0.352 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 147 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 148 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 149 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 151 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 152 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 153 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 154 | High Point University | 45900 | 72900 | 0.3703 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 155 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 156 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 157 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 159 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1353 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 160 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 161 | California Lutheran University | 54200 | 70000 | 0.226 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 162 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 71900 | 0.2252 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 163 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61400 | 64200 | 0.0436 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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