Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Colorado.
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 Colorado.
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 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10100 | 27800 | 0.6356 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 3 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 11200 | 18400 | 0.392 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 4 | Front Range Community College | 11500 | 18600 | 0.3774 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Northern Arizona University | 11700 | 27900 | 0.5825 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 6 | Arapahoe Community College | 12100 | 25500 | 0.5228 | 16,758 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Florida Atlantic University | 12200 | 25800 | 0.5278 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 8 | California State University-Northridge | 12300 | 22000 | 0.4412 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 12600 | 92800 | 0.8644 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 9 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12600 | 22800 | 0.4467 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 11 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 49100 | 0.7292 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 11 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 17100 | 0.222 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 11 | Western Kentucky University | 13300 | 27000 | 0.5079 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13500 | 19400 | 0.3042 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 16 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 34400 | 0.5815 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 17 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30400 | 0.5222 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 18 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37800 | 0.6131 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 18 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14600 | 20300 | 0.2801 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 18 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6091 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 21 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15100 | 31600 | 0.5228 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 22 | Western Carolina University | 15400 | 16500 | 0.0668 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 23 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15500 | 26900 | 0.4234 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 24 | California State University-East Bay | 15700 | 30100 | 0.4791 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 24 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 26 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3944 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 27 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16000 | 29300 | 0.4539 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 28 | Appalachian State University | 16100 | 19500 | 0.1745 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 28 | University of North Texas | 16100 | 26100 | 0.3838 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 30 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 31 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 16400 | 24300 | 0.3253 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 32 | Ferris State University | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4685 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 33 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5405 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 33 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16600 | 28200 | 0.4108 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 36 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.35 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 37 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 38 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17400 | 23200 | 0.25 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 39 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 40 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17700 | 27400 | 0.3538 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 41 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 28500 | 0.3752 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 42 | Central Connecticut State University | 18000 | 34000 | 0.4701 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 43 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18400 | 25200 | 0.2693 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 44 | North Carolina Central University | 18700 | 27600 | 0.3222 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 45 | Delaware State University | 18800 | 42200 | 0.5539 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 46 | Grand Canyon University | 18900 | 33700 | 0.4392 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 47 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19000 | 31000 | 0.3876 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 48 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19600 | 30400 | 0.3551 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 19600 | 22400 | 0.1252 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 50 | University of Mississippi | 19700 | 27000 | 0.2703 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 51 | Columbia College | 20000 | 35800 | 0.4414 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 52 | Bay Path University | 20100 | 55400 | 0.637 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 52 | University of New Orleans | 20100 | 30600 | 0.3437 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 52 | Youngstown State University | 20100 | 34000 | 0.4089 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 55 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4446 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 55 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 55 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 39900 | 0.494 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 58 | Georgia State University | 20300 | 26000 | 0.2194 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 58 | San Diego State University | 20300 | 28900 | 0.2976 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 60 | Eastern Illinois University | 20500 | 28100 | 0.2701 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 61 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1822 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 62 | Husson University | 20800 | 58700 | 0.6459 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 63 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 39200 | 0.4671 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 64 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1826 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 65 | Northern Michigan University | 21600 | 33100 | 0.3475 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 66 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 66 | Davis & Elkins College | 21800 | 51200 | 0.5747 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 68 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 69 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 70 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32400 | 0.306 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 71 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 72 | New York University | 22700 | 91800 | 0.7524 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 73 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22800 | 31300 | 0.2719 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 74 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3722 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 74 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 74 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 77 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5996 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 77 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23200 | 41000 | 0.4343 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 77 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23200 | 25800 | 0.1008 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 80 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 81 | Central Washington University | 23600 | 27200 | 0.1322 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 82 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24100 | 90700 | 0.7343 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 83 | Pikes Peak State College | 24700 | 31600 | 0.2186 | 12,556 | 0 | 1 | |
| 84 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25100 | 38400 | 0.3467 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 85 | Lewis University | 25500 | 57700 | 0.5578 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 86 | Saint Leo University | 25600 | 50000 | 0.4878 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 87 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 88 | Fort Hays State University | 26000 | 36100 | 0.2793 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 88 | Southeast Missouri State University | 26000 | 28600 | 0.0906 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 88 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 26000 | 48300 | 0.4618 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 91 | Salem State University | 26200 | 43200 | 0.3938 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 92 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 93 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 36000 | 0.2584 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 94 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 94 | Troy University | 26800 | 34700 | 0.2277 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 96 | Keystone College | 27100 | 50500 | 0.4638 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 41500 | 0.3468 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 98 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 99 | University of North Alabama | 27500 | 37300 | 0.2628 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 100 | Lackawanna College | 27700 | 35500 | 0.2195 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 101 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 102 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28500 | 50700 | 0.4394 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 103 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28600 | 69300 | 0.5871 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 104 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3355 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 104 | Saint Xavier University | 28800 | 53700 | 0.4634 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 106 | Flagler College | 28900 | 61200 | 0.5276 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 106 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2139 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 34000 | 0.1501 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 109 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29400 | 72700 | 0.5956 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 110 | Montana State University | 29700 | 31400 | 0.0541 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 111 | Lipscomb University | 29900 | 57800 | 0.4834 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 112 | Southern Utah University | 30100 | 40800 | 0.2624 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 113 | University of West Florida | 30200 | 38000 | 0.2051 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 114 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 115 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6054 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 117 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31200 | 77600 | 0.5978 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 118 | Kent State University at Kent | 31400 | 37500 | 0.1626 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 119 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41200 | 0.2308 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 120 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 32400 | 48400 | 0.3307 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 121 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5356 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 121 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 123 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3111 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 124 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32900 | 35000 | 0.0598 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 125 | Framingham State University | 33100 | 38100 | 0.1312 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 126 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 127 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 128 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 128 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 130 | Meredith College | 33900 | 64200 | 0.4721 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 131 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34200 | 41000 | 0.1661 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 132 | Colorado Mesa University | 34300 | 40000 | 0.1431 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 133 | Charleston Southern University | 34400 | 48400 | 0.2909 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 134 | Southeastern University | 34600 | 60500 | 0.4279 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 135 | Culinary Institute of America | 35100 | 69900 | 0.4981 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 136 | Stockton University | 35200 | 44500 | 0.2091 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 137 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4202 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 138 | New Jersey City University | 35600 | 39800 | 0.1056 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 139 | Temple University | 36000 | 56400 | 0.3618 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 139 | Virginia State University | 36000 | 42200 | 0.147 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 141 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 142 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37100 | 57000 | 0.3493 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 142 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 144 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 37400 | 57000 | 0.3437 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 145 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 37500 | 64400 | 0.418 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 146 | University of Denver | 37700 | 76300 | 0.5059 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 147 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66300 | 0.43 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 148 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 149 | Washington State University | 38300 | 53900 | 0.2895 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 150 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 66100 | 0.4086 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 151 | University of San Francisco | 39300 | 84800 | 0.5364 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 152 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 153 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 154 | Endicott College | 40200 | 64200 | 0.3738 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 155 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3863 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 156 | Webber International University | 40800 | 44400 | 0.0811 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 157 | Montclair State University | 41700 | 46600 | 0.1052 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 158 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4467 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 159 | Campbell University | 44200 | 68700 | 0.3578 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 160 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 161 | University of Delaware | 47900 | 61300 | 0.2186 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 162 | Drexel University | 48000 | 83900 | 0.428 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 163 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 164 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1528 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 165 | University of Georgia | 49800 | 51600 | 0.0349 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 166 | Lynn University | 51900 | 66000 | 0.2136 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 167 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53800 | 62800 | 0.1433 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 168 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 169 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 170 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 171 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 172 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 68000 | 0.0294 | 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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