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 | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 7900 | 36500 | 0.7851 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 4 | Florida Atlantic University | 8400 | 26900 | 0.6889 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 5 | California State University-East Bay | 9100 | 45100 | 0.7986 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10500 | 27300 | 0.6164 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 36600 | 0.7073 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 9 | Eastern Illinois University | 11500 | 24700 | 0.5337 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 10 | San Francisco State University | 11700 | 46700 | 0.7489 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 12100 | 50500 | 0.7611 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 13 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12700 | 40500 | 0.6863 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 15 | Boston University | 13000 | 93200 | 0.8604 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 15 | Livingstone College | 13000 | 43100 | 0.6986 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 17 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 31000 | 0.5712 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 18 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 19 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.592 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 19 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 21 | Salem State University | 13900 | 38300 | 0.6367 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 22 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14000 | 29600 | 0.5278 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 23 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 31400 | 0.5438 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 23 | West Virginia University | 14300 | 73100 | 0.8041 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 25 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 25 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 50100 | 0.7122 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 25 | Troy University | 14400 | 34700 | 0.585 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 25 | University of North Alabama | 14400 | 37300 | 0.614 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 29 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14500 | 31700 | 0.5434 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 30 | Ball State University | 14600 | 22400 | 0.3484 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 30 | Colorado Mesa University | 14600 | 66200 | 0.7794 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 30 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14600 | 22500 | 0.3508 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 33 | Northern Michigan University | 14800 | 33100 | 0.5529 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 34 | University of Mississippi | 14900 | 27000 | 0.448 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 35 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 38700 | 0.6071 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 35 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15200 | 90700 | 0.8325 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 37 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15300 | 28500 | 0.4638 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 37 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15300 | 30100 | 0.4923 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 39 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4097 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 40 | Appalachian State University | 15600 | 26000 | 0.4001 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 40 | Kansas State University | 15600 | 26400 | 0.41 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 42 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 16000 | 25000 | 0.3601 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 43 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16100 | 27800 | 0.4202 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 44 | North Carolina Central University | 16600 | 37500 | 0.5578 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 44 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16600 | 26300 | 0.3687 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 46 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 25800 | 0.3413 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 46 | College of Charleston | 17000 | 33900 | 0.4991 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 48 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17200 | 44100 | 0.6103 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 49 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 42200 | 0.5905 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 50 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17700 | 25200 | 0.2972 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 50 | Virginia State University | 17700 | 34900 | 0.4922 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 52 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3501 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 52 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 54 | Georgia State University | 17900 | 26000 | 0.3117 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 55 | Central Washington University | 18000 | 22700 | 0.2068 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 55 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 18000 | 18400 | 0.0218 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5618 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 58 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 44300 | 0.5918 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 59 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5537 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 60 | Columbia College | 18400 | 60700 | 0.6964 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 60 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18400 | 43500 | 0.5767 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 62 | Western Carolina University | 18600 | 20500 | 0.0928 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 63 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 18800 | 33700 | 0.4419 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 63 | Husson University | 18800 | 48100 | 0.6085 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 65 | Stockton University | 19800 | 45800 | 0.5678 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 65 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19800 | 55300 | 0.6417 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 67 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19900 | 57800 | 0.6554 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 68 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20000 | 26100 | 0.2334 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 69 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5546 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20200 | 38100 | 0.4698 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 71 | Saint Leo University | 20300 | 50000 | 0.5938 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 72 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20400 | 51600 | 0.6045 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 73 | University of New Orleans | 20500 | 30000 | 0.3162 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 74 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3263 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 75 | Grand Canyon University | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3701 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 76 | San Diego State University | 21700 | 28900 | 0.2503 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 77 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1446 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 79 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32100 | 0.302 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 79 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 37600 | 0.4042 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 81 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 22600 | 89100 | 0.7462 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 81 | Meredith College | 22600 | 67400 | 0.6645 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 83 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 84 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3773 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 85 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 86 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1231 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 87 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 37100 | 0.3573 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 88 | Lackawanna College | 24000 | 52100 | 0.5396 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 89 | Keystone College | 24100 | 50500 | 0.5233 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 90 | University of South Florida | 24200 | 36500 | 0.3366 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 91 | Fort Hays State University | 24400 | 28500 | 0.1432 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 91 | Montana State University | 24400 | 31600 | 0.2281 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 91 | Temple University | 24400 | 36100 | 0.3243 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 94 | Lewis University | 24600 | 59800 | 0.5885 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 95 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 39400 | 0.3656 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 96 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1144 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 97 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 98 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0973 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 99 | New Jersey City University | 26100 | 39800 | 0.3445 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 100 | Northern Illinois University | 26400 | 32100 | 0.1778 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 101 | Delaware State University | 27200 | 62600 | 0.5654 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 102 | Central Connecticut State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0922 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 102 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 63900 | 0.5679 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 104 | Flagler College | 27700 | 61900 | 0.5521 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 104 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0884 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 106 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27800 | 50700 | 0.453 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 107 | Iowa State University | 28900 | 45200 | 0.3601 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 108 | Saint Xavier University | 29200 | 58200 | 0.498 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29800 | 38500 | 0.2261 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 110 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30000 | 78300 | 0.6169 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 111 | Western Kentucky University | 30500 | 42800 | 0.2877 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 112 | Southeastern University | 30900 | 79400 | 0.611 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 113 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31100 | 58700 | 0.4705 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 114 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1676 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 114 | Warner University | 31200 | 41000 | 0.2387 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 116 | Lasell University | 31500 | 50800 | 0.3802 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 117 | Wilkes University | 31900 | 61900 | 0.4845 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 118 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 119 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 120 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 121 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 122 | Belmont University | 32900 | 71400 | 0.5385 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 123 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 123 | St. John's University-New York | 34200 | 83800 | 0.5922 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 125 | Culinary Institute of America | 34300 | 91000 | 0.6231 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 126 | Southern Connecticut State University | 34500 | 42000 | 0.1786 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 127 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 127 | University of San Francisco | 35000 | 83900 | 0.5832 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 129 | Bradley University | 35100 | 60300 | 0.418 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 130 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 57500 | 0.3845 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 130 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 132 | University of South Alabama | 35600 | 40200 | 0.1145 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 54000 | 0.326 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 134 | Florida International University | 36600 | 36800 | 0.0054 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 135 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1355 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 136 | Middle Tennessee State University | 37500 | 48300 | 0.2237 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 137 | Washington State University | 37800 | 53600 | 0.2946 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 138 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38800 | 69800 | 0.4443 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 138 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 140 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 39000 | 64500 | 0.3956 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 141 | Drexel University | 39200 | 86400 | 0.5466 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 142 | University of Denver | 39300 | 84100 | 0.5329 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 143 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 144 | Endicott College | 39800 | 65400 | 0.3912 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 145 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 146 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0853 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 147 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 53600 | 0.2389 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 148 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 149 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 63300 | 0.3255 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 150 | James Madison University | 43100 | 45100 | 0.0443 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 151 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4478 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 152 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3605 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 153 | Montclair State University | 44300 | 47000 | 0.0575 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 154 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 155 | University of Kentucky | 48000 | 59900 | 0.1982 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 156 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 157 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 69900 | 0.3033 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 159 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 160 | Lynn University | 51800 | 71600 | 0.2765 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 161 | University of Georgia | 52100 | 52100 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1546 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 163 | The University of Alabama | 53800 | 58000 | 0.0724 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 164 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 84300 | 0.3393 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Mercyhurst University | 61200 | 68000 | 0.1 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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