Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Hospitality 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 Monica College | 7100 | 15500 | 0.5427 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 2 | Stephen F Austin State University | 7300 | 27800 | 0.7383 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 3 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 7800 | 43900 | 0.8214 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 4 | California State University-Northridge | 9100 | 36500 | 0.752 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 36600 | 0.7073 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 6 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 11700 | 75900 | 0.8455 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 6 | Saint Peter's University | 11700 | 67300 | 0.8262 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 8 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 11800 | 42100 | 0.7192 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 12200 | 44000 | 0.7223 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 10 | Eastern Illinois University | 12500 | 24500 | 0.4913 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 11 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 12700 | 31600 | 0.5973 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 54500 | 0.7651 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 12800 | 29000 | 0.5595 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | University of Central Florida | 12900 | 25300 | 0.4895 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 14 | University of North Alabama | 12900 | 31300 | 0.587 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 16 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13000 | 39600 | 0.6718 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 17 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 18 | Youngstown State University | 13200 | 26800 | 0.507 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 19 | Fort Hays State University | 13300 | 40700 | 0.6731 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 20 | University of West Florida | 13400 | 21500 | 0.3763 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 21 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13500 | 49300 | 0.7259 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 21 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13500 | 28000 | 0.5175 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 23 | Arkansas Tech University | 13700 | 22900 | 0.4014 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 23 | Boston University | 13700 | 88800 | 0.846 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 23 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13700 | 23200 | 0.409 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 26 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13900 | 25000 | 0.4431 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 26 | Western Carolina University | 13900 | 24200 | 0.4259 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 28 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14100 | 28200 | 0.5011 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 29 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14200 | 22000 | 0.354 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 30 | Central Michigan University | 14300 | 40700 | 0.6486 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 31 | Framingham State University | 14500 | 31000 | 0.5324 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 32 | New York University | 14600 | 91800 | 0.8407 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 33 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 15000 | 32200 | 0.5348 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 33 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 15000 | 37800 | 0.6039 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 35 | Northern Arizona University | 15200 | 32800 | 0.5365 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 35 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 37 | Livingstone College | 15300 | 38500 | 0.6029 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 38 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 25400 | 0.3943 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 39 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15500 | 76300 | 0.7971 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 40 | Colorado Mesa University | 15700 | 24800 | 0.3655 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 41 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23100 | 0.3158 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 42 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15900 | 38800 | 0.5901 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 43 | Ball State University | 16000 | 22300 | 0.2819 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 44 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 43200 | 0.6277 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 45 | Eastern Michigan University | 16300 | 31800 | 0.487 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 46 | Delaware State University | 16500 | 46500 | 0.6453 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 47 | Ferris State University | 16700 | 31000 | 0.462 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 47 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16700 | 23100 | 0.2769 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 49 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 16800 | 33300 | 0.4956 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 50 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 16900 | 30100 | 0.4391 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 50 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 35100 | 0.5183 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 52 | Northern Michigan University | 17000 | 32200 | 0.4727 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 53 | Georgia State University | 17300 | 45300 | 0.6181 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 54 | California State University-East Bay | 17400 | 30200 | 0.425 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 54 | Husson University | 17400 | 48100 | 0.6376 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 56 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 17800 | 51700 | 0.6553 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 56 | Saint Leo University | 17800 | 50000 | 0.6438 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 56 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 59 | North Carolina Central University | 17900 | 34800 | 0.4856 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 59 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 17900 | 48000 | 0.6266 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 61 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 18000 | 26700 | 0.3263 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 61 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18000 | 28200 | 0.3613 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 61 | Virginia State University | 18000 | 29500 | 0.3895 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 64 | Madonna University | 18500 | 58300 | 0.683 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 65 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 44900 | 0.5808 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 66 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3403 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 66 | Salem State University | 19000 | 35100 | 0.4585 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 68 | Stockton University | 19100 | 32100 | 0.4048 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 69 | College of Coastal Georgia | 19200 | 42400 | 0.5467 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 70 | Piedmont University | 19300 | 47200 | 0.5911 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 71 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 30000 | 0.3502 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 72 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19600 | 47100 | 0.5844 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 73 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 74 | Central Washington University | 20200 | 80000 | 0.7471 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 74 | University of New Orleans | 20200 | 30300 | 0.3331 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 76 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20300 | 45200 | 0.5514 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 77 | Central Connecticut State University | 20800 | 34000 | 0.388 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 77 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3294 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 79 | Bradley University | 21000 | 65600 | 0.6802 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 79 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 38200 | 0.4503 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 81 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 53000 | 0.5998 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 82 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21400 | 24800 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 83 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21700 | 35400 | 0.3874 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 22000 | 47300 | 0.5347 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 85 | Cleary University | 22100 | 60900 | 0.6376 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 86 | Columbia College | 22200 | 39700 | 0.4413 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 87 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22300 | 53200 | 0.5812 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 88 | Keystone College | 22400 | 42900 | 0.4776 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 89 | San Francisco State University | 22700 | 55400 | 0.5903 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 90 | San Diego State University | 22900 | 33100 | 0.3068 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 90 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 92 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5993 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 93 | Flagler College | 23600 | 37600 | 0.372 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 93 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 31000 | 0.2385 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 95 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3377 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 96 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 97 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 98 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24300 | 26300 | 0.0761 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 99 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 100 | Iowa State University | 25000 | 41500 | 0.3981 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 101 | Northwood University | 25100 | 65600 | 0.6178 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 102 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 103 | Bellevue University | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 104 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 25900 | 79500 | 0.6738 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 104 | Lipscomb University | 25900 | 74100 | 0.6507 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 106 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5404 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 107 | York College of Pennsylvania | 27400 | 45800 | 0.4018 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 108 | Montana State University | 27500 | 68200 | 0.5966 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 109 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 75200 | 0.632 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 110 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27800 | 50700 | 0.4528 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 111 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 112 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28100 | 43700 | 0.3569 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 113 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29300 | 78100 | 0.6249 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42200 | 0.301 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 115 | Culinary Institute of America | 29900 | 74700 | 0.5998 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 116 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 116 | Roosevelt University | 30000 | 43300 | 0.307 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 118 | Southeastern University | 30200 | 60500 | 0.5005 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 119 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30400 | 48300 | 0.3707 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 121 | Siena Heights University | 31200 | 46300 | 0.3259 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 122 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31300 | 66100 | 0.5262 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 123 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44100 | 0.2766 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 124 | New Jersey City University | 32100 | 39800 | 0.1936 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 125 | St. John's University-New York | 32400 | 80200 | 0.5961 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 126 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 52800 | 0.3846 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 126 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 39500 | 0.1772 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 128 | Lasell University | 32900 | 48500 | 0.3214 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 129 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4661 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 130 | Meredith College | 33500 | 77800 | 0.5695 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 131 | Charleston Southern University | 34400 | 48400 | 0.2905 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 132 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 66700 | 0.4694 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 133 | California State University-Long Beach | 35700 | 38500 | 0.0727 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 134 | Florida International University | 36100 | 36800 | 0.019 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 135 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 36500 | 42500 | 0.1411 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 135 | University of Denver | 36500 | 76800 | 0.5244 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 137 | Ashland University | 36600 | 52700 | 0.3053 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 137 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36600 | 64400 | 0.432 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 137 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1347 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 140 | University of South Florida | 37000 | 45000 | 0.1777 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 141 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 142 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 143 | University of San Francisco | 38600 | 83900 | 0.5402 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 144 | Drexel University | 39600 | 83800 | 0.5277 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 144 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 146 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39900 | 64600 | 0.3825 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 147 | Saint Joseph's University | 40400 | 92400 | 0.5627 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 148 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3861 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 149 | Endicott College | 40600 | 64200 | 0.3675 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 150 | Temple University | 40800 | 55600 | 0.2662 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 150 | Webber International University | 40800 | 44400 | 0.0806 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 152 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 153 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3591 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 154 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 155 | Mercyhurst University | 42900 | 66400 | 0.3541 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 156 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 157 | Florida Atlantic University | 44300 | 44400 | 0.0023 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 158 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 159 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 160 | Appalachian State University | 45800 | 50400 | 0.0913 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 161 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 162 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 162 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 61600 | 0.2347 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 164 | DePaul University | 48700 | 72500 | 0.3283 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 165 | Lynn University | 51600 | 64200 | 0.1963 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 166 | California Lutheran University | 54200 | 70100 | 0.2271 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 167 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63800 | 0.1254 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 168 | College of Charleston | 62200 | 62200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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