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 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 34300 | 0.8079 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 7700 | 22000 | 0.6502 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | Southern Utah University | 10200 | 51400 | 0.8015 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10500 | 28000 | 0.6244 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 27400 | 0.6092 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 6 | Eastern Illinois University | 11500 | 24600 | 0.5318 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 7 | University of West Florida | 11600 | 22200 | 0.477 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 8 | San Francisco State University | 11700 | 46700 | 0.7489 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 10 | Boston University | 12200 | 93200 | 0.869 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 11 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12300 | 18100 | 0.3209 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12700 | 40500 | 0.6863 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12700 | 19400 | 0.3454 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 15 | University of South Florida | 12900 | 22400 | 0.4245 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 16 | Livingstone College | 13000 | 43100 | 0.6986 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 17 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 18 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5923 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 18 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 13800 | 38200 | 0.6379 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 18 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13800 | 29600 | 0.533 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 18 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 22 | Salem State University | 13900 | 38300 | 0.6367 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 22 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 13900 | 31000 | 0.5523 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 24 | Appalachian State University | 14000 | 25500 | 0.4512 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 25 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14200 | 30100 | 0.5289 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 26 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 31400 | 0.5438 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 26 | West Virginia University | 14300 | 73100 | 0.8041 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 28 | University of North Alabama | 14400 | 37300 | 0.614 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 29 | Troy University | 14500 | 26700 | 0.4568 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 30 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14600 | 31700 | 0.5402 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 30 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 30 | Colorado Mesa University | 14600 | 66200 | 0.7793 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 30 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14600 | 40000 | 0.635 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 34 | Northern Michigan University | 14800 | 33100 | 0.5529 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 35 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15200 | 90700 | 0.8325 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 36 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | Morgan State University | 16300 | 30700 | 0.4686 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 37 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 16300 | 24300 | 0.3294 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 16500 | 36400 | 0.546 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 40 | North Carolina Central University | 16600 | 37900 | 0.562 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 41 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 29000 | 0.4175 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 42 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 25800 | 0.3413 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 40200 | 0.5727 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 44 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 45 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17700 | 25200 | 0.2973 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 46 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3501 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 46 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17800 | 32900 | 0.459 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 46 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 49 | Central Washington University | 18000 | 22700 | 0.2068 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 49 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5618 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 49 | Stephen F Austin State University | 18000 | 29500 | 0.3903 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 52 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5539 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 53 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18400 | 43500 | 0.5767 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 54 | Columbia College | 18700 | 60700 | 0.6914 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 55 | Husson University | 18800 | 48100 | 0.6085 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 56 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19000 | 30700 | 0.3811 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 57 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19800 | 55300 | 0.6417 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 58 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19900 | 57800 | 0.6554 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 59 | Stockton University | 20000 | 46100 | 0.5663 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 59 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 61 | Western Carolina University | 20100 | 21600 | 0.0694 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 62 | Saint Leo University | 20300 | 50000 | 0.5938 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 63 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20500 | 51600 | 0.6025 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 63 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20500 | 48300 | 0.5757 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 65 | Ferris State University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3295 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 66 | University of New Orleans | 20900 | 30400 | 0.3127 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 67 | Iowa State University | 21300 | 25700 | 0.1728 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 67 | New Jersey City University | 21300 | 40400 | 0.4726 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 67 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 21300 | 57200 | 0.628 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 70 | Davis & Elkins College | 21500 | 51200 | 0.5805 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | Grand Canyon University | 21500 | 34200 | 0.3718 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 72 | San Diego State University | 21700 | 28900 | 0.2503 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 73 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 74 | Florida State University | 22300 | 32600 | 0.3161 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 75 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 22600 | 89100 | 0.7462 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 76 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 77 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6031 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 78 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4478 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 79 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 80 | University of North Texas | 23400 | 37400 | 0.3741 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 81 | Lackawanna College | 23500 | 52100 | 0.5492 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 82 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 83 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23800 | 27200 | 0.125 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 84 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 37100 | 0.3573 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 85 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 86 | Keystone College | 24100 | 50500 | 0.5233 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 87 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3524 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 87 | Fort Hays State University | 24400 | 28500 | 0.1436 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 87 | Montana State University | 24400 | 31600 | 0.2281 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 90 | Temple University | 24500 | 36100 | 0.3216 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 91 | Kent State University at Kent | 25000 | 28400 | 0.1194 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 91 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 62800 | 0.6018 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 93 | South Dakota State University | 25300 | 28700 | 0.1183 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 94 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 94 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1011 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 96 | Northern Illinois University | 26200 | 32100 | 0.184 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 97 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 98 | Meredith College | 27400 | 67400 | 0.5933 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 99 | Central Connecticut State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0922 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 99 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 63900 | 0.5679 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 99 | North Dakota State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.092 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 102 | Flagler College | 27700 | 61900 | 0.5521 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 103 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27800 | 50700 | 0.4531 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 104 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28100 | 69700 | 0.5969 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 105 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3195 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 106 | Lewis University | 28700 | 59800 | 0.52 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 107 | Georgia State University | 28800 | 45700 | 0.3696 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 108 | New York University | 28900 | 92100 | 0.6862 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 109 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29000 | 112100 | 0.7412 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34200 | 0.1489 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 111 | Saint Xavier University | 29200 | 58200 | 0.498 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 112 | Delaware State University | 29600 | 62600 | 0.5271 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 113 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30400 | 78300 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 114 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31000 | 58700 | 0.4722 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 115 | Warner University | 31100 | 41000 | 0.2414 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 116 | Wilkes University | 31900 | 61900 | 0.4838 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 117 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 118 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 119 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2727 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 120 | Lasell University | 32600 | 50800 | 0.3586 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 120 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32600 | 35000 | 0.0684 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 122 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3132 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 123 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5399 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 124 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 125 | Culinary Institute of America | 34400 | 91000 | 0.622 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 126 | Bradley University | 35000 | 60600 | 0.4223 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 126 | University of San Francisco | 35000 | 83900 | 0.5832 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 128 | Mount Mercy University | 35300 | 61200 | 0.4224 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 129 | Bay Path University | 35600 | 57500 | 0.381 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 130 | Framingham State University | 36200 | 38100 | 0.0499 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 130 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 43300 | 0.1639 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 132 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 36600 | 37600 | 0.0266 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 133 | Southeastern University | 37500 | 79400 | 0.5279 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 134 | Washington State University | 37700 | 53600 | 0.2967 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 135 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38800 | 69800 | 0.4443 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 136 | California State University-East Bay | 38900 | 45100 | 0.1376 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 137 | Drexel University | 39100 | 86400 | 0.5475 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 138 | University of Denver | 39300 | 84100 | 0.5329 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 139 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 140 | Endicott College | 39700 | 65700 | 0.3957 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 140 | University of Mississippi | 39700 | 45200 | 0.1216 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 142 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3882 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 143 | Webber International University | 40500 | 44400 | 0.0878 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 144 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40700 | 53600 | 0.2408 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 145 | Virginia State University | 41200 | 43500 | 0.0529 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 146 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42100 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 147 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 63300 | 0.3254 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 148 | James Madison University | 43100 | 45000 | 0.0422 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 148 | Montclair State University | 43100 | 47000 | 0.083 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 150 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 151 | Campbell University | 43900 | 68700 | 0.3621 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 152 | Kansas State University | 44000 | 48400 | 0.0911 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 153 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 44700 | 64500 | 0.3072 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 154 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2758 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 155 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 47900 | 0.0542 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 156 | St. John's University-New York | 47400 | 83800 | 0.4346 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 157 | University of Kentucky | 48100 | 59900 | 0.1975 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 158 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48500 | 61200 | 0.2075 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 158 | University of Georgia | 48500 | 52300 | 0.0726 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 160 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 69900 | 0.3034 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 161 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 162 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 163 | College of Charleston | 50100 | 64600 | 0.2245 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 164 | Lynn University | 51700 | 71600 | 0.2779 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 165 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 84300 | 0.3393 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 166 | The University of Alabama | 57500 | 58500 | 0.0171 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63700 | 0.0817 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 168 | Auburn University | 59200 | 59200 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 170 | Mercyhurst University | 66100 | 68000 | 0.0279 | 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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