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 Ana College | 4500 | 30400 | 0.8511 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Boston University | 4700 | 88800 | 0.9475 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 3 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 4 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 5 | Arkansas Tech University | 9800 | 22900 | 0.5715 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 6 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 11400 | 30400 | 0.6256 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 7 | New York University | 11500 | 91800 | 0.8745 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 11500 | 21100 | 0.4542 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 12000 | 21500 | 0.4413 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 10 | Florida Atlantic University | 12100 | 24800 | 0.5112 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 11 | California State University-Northridge | 12300 | 23200 | 0.4707 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12400 | 27100 | 0.5416 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 13 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 13 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 12600 | 20300 | 0.3784 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 15 | Northern Arizona University | 13600 | 25400 | 0.4659 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 16 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13800 | 25000 | 0.4483 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 17 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 29300 | 0.5263 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | West Virginia University | 14000 | 23300 | 0.3991 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 19 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 26500 | 0.463 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 19 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14200 | 31600 | 0.5508 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 19 | Western Carolina University | 14200 | 19600 | 0.2756 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 22 | University of North Texas | 14500 | 25400 | 0.4298 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 23 | Central Michigan University | 15000 | 40600 | 0.6307 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 24 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 15500 | 32300 | 0.5208 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 24 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23100 | 0.3289 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 24 | Livingstone College | 15500 | 29900 | 0.4821 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 24 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 28 | California State University-Long Beach | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3918 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 28 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15700 | 28800 | 0.4547 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 30 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 15800 | 32100 | 0.5071 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 31 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16200 | 30300 | 0.4667 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 32 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 33 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16500 | 25700 | 0.3579 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 34 | California State University-East Bay | 16600 | 29800 | 0.4441 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 34 | Eastern Illinois University | 16600 | 27700 | 0.4002 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 36 | Ferris State University | 16700 | 31000 | 0.462 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 36 | University of Georgia | 16700 | 27100 | 0.382 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 38 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16800 | 26300 | 0.3618 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 38 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 16800 | 27400 | 0.3866 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 38 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16800 | 23100 | 0.2725 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 41 | San Francisco State University | 17000 | 33400 | 0.4916 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 41 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17000 | 24300 | 0.3006 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 17300 | 22400 | 0.2281 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 44 | Husson University | 17400 | 48100 | 0.6376 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 45 | Colorado Mesa University | 17800 | 24800 | 0.2806 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 46 | Eastern Michigan University | 18400 | 36100 | 0.4909 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 47 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 45500 | 0.5895 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 48 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 30000 | 0.3702 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 49 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3404 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 50 | Youngstown State University | 19100 | 29300 | 0.3477 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 51 | Georgia State University | 19600 | 26000 | 0.2463 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 52 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 52 | Piedmont University | 19900 | 47200 | 0.5784 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 54 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20000 | 28600 | 0.3012 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 55 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 43700 | 0.5405 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 56 | Salem State University | 20200 | 28500 | 0.2912 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 57 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20300 | 30000 | 0.3238 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 57 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 38100 | 0.4667 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 59 | Saint Peter's University | 20700 | 66300 | 0.6875 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 60 | Central Connecticut State University | 20800 | 34000 | 0.388 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 60 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 62 | Madonna University | 21600 | 50400 | 0.5714 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 63 | Bradley University | 21700 | 50900 | 0.5737 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 64 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 21800 | 33900 | 0.3567 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 64 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21800 | 25400 | 0.1427 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 66 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22000 | 52500 | 0.5815 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 67 | Cleary University | 22100 | 47200 | 0.5321 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 68 | Columbia College | 22200 | 36800 | 0.3973 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 69 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 70 | Saint Leo University | 23000 | 50000 | 0.5398 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 71 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 72 | Bellevue University | 23500 | 25700 | 0.0858 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 73 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23700 | 76300 | 0.6896 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 73 | University of the Virgin Islands | 23700 | 37000 | 0.3599 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 75 | Keystone College | 23800 | 42900 | 0.445 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 75 | Meredith College | 23800 | 65900 | 0.6388 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 77 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 77 | University of New Orleans | 24000 | 31000 | 0.2258 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 79 | San Diego State University | 24300 | 28100 | 0.1367 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 80 | Northern Michigan University | 24400 | 32900 | 0.2587 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 80 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 24400 | 42300 | 0.4229 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 82 | Flagler College | 24500 | 37800 | 0.3521 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 82 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 84 | Montana State University | 24700 | 31400 | 0.2133 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 85 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 85 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 87 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 88 | Fort Hays State University | 25900 | 35200 | 0.2647 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 88 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 88 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25900 | 39000 | 0.3358 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 91 | University of North Alabama | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3592 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 92 | Iowa State University | 26700 | 43300 | 0.3842 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 93 | Central Washington University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 94 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 41900 | 0.3555 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 96 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 97 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 97 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 99 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 65900 | 0.5793 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 99 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27700 | 50700 | 0.4533 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 101 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 102 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28000 | 43200 | 0.3515 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 103 | Lipscomb University | 28300 | 57600 | 0.5088 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 104 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 28400 | 78100 | 0.6364 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 105 | Framingham State University | 28700 | 38100 | 0.247 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 106 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2147 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 107 | Delaware State University | 29000 | 36700 | 0.21 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 108 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29700 | 34000 | 0.1264 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 109 | Belmont University | 30200 | 67800 | 0.554 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 109 | Culinary Institute of America | 30200 | 69500 | 0.5652 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 111 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 112 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 30800 | 63700 | 0.5161 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 113 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3287 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 114 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31200 | 53900 | 0.4211 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 115 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 31900 | 39200 | 0.1865 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 116 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32000 | 47600 | 0.3276 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 116 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32000 | 44800 | 0.2857 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 116 | Virginia State University | 32000 | 42200 | 0.2419 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 119 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 34700 | 0.0691 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 119 | Widener University | 32300 | 75300 | 0.5708 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 121 | Southeastern University | 32500 | 60500 | 0.4625 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 122 | New Jersey City University | 32600 | 39800 | 0.1811 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 122 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32600 | 46200 | 0.2946 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 124 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 124 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3119 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 126 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4934 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 126 | Stockton University | 32900 | 44500 | 0.2608 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 128 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4661 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 129 | Appalachian State University | 33200 | 35800 | 0.0726 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 129 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33200 | 42800 | 0.2243 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 131 | Lasell University | 33500 | 47000 | 0.287 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 132 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2932 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 133 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 134 | DePaul University | 34700 | 59100 | 0.4127 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 134 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 136 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 47300 | 0.2515 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 137 | Western Kentucky University | 36100 | 41900 | 0.1385 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 138 | Ashland University | 36500 | 52700 | 0.3072 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 138 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 138 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36500 | 64400 | 0.4336 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 138 | University of Denver | 36500 | 76800 | 0.5246 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 142 | University of Central Florida | 36800 | 39600 | 0.0707 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 144 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 145 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 145 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53700 | 0.2627 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 147 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39700 | 53300 | 0.2551 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 148 | University of San Francisco | 39900 | 83400 | 0.521 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 149 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 150 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.387 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 151 | Endicott College | 40600 | 63200 | 0.3575 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 151 | Temple University | 40600 | 56100 | 0.2762 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 151 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0835 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 154 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 155 | Campbell University | 41600 | 65100 | 0.3611 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 156 | St. John's University-New York | 42000 | 80100 | 0.4754 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 157 | Saint Joseph's University | 42200 | 74500 | 0.4335 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 158 | Mercyhurst University | 42800 | 66400 | 0.3556 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 159 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 160 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 161 | Montclair State University | 46200 | 46600 | 0.0086 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 162 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 163 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1137 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 164 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 165 | College of Charleston | 49800 | 59000 | 0.156 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 166 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 167 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 168 | Lynn University | 51500 | 64200 | 0.1979 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 169 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 56100 | 0.0053 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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