Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | Stephen F Austin State University | 7800 | 27800 | 0.7203 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8300 | 43900 | 0.8101 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 10000 | 22400 | 0.5532 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 4 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 31800 | 0.6544 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 5 | Northern Illinois University | 11700 | 29000 | 0.5964 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 6 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 11800 | 75900 | 0.8442 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 7 | Eastern Illinois University | 11900 | 24500 | 0.5135 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 8 | Saint Peter's University | 12300 | 67300 | 0.8173 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 12500 | 44000 | 0.7155 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 10 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 12600 | 41100 | 0.6941 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 12 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 13000 | 40500 | 0.6792 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 12 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 14 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 13100 | 31600 | 0.5847 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 15 | University of Central Florida | 13200 | 25300 | 0.4777 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 15 | University of North Alabama | 13200 | 31300 | 0.5774 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 17 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13300 | 39600 | 0.6642 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 18 | Youngstown State University | 13400 | 26800 | 0.4996 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 19 | University of West Florida | 13500 | 21500 | 0.3716 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 20 | Fort Hays State University | 13600 | 40700 | 0.6657 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 20 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.605 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 22 | Boston University | 13700 | 88800 | 0.846 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 22 | Kansas State University | 13700 | 26100 | 0.4753 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 24 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13800 | 23200 | 0.4047 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 25 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13900 | 49300 | 0.7178 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 25 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13900 | 22000 | 0.3676 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 25 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13900 | 25000 | 0.4431 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 28 | Arkansas Tech University | 14000 | 22900 | 0.3883 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 28 | Western Carolina University | 14000 | 24200 | 0.4218 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14400 | 28000 | 0.4854 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 31 | Framingham State University | 14500 | 31000 | 0.5324 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 31 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4546 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 31 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14500 | 28200 | 0.4866 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 34 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 40700 | 0.6412 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 34 | New York University | 14600 | 91800 | 0.8407 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 36 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14900 | 32200 | 0.5379 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 37 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 15000 | 37800 | 0.6039 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 38 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 39 | Colorado Mesa University | 15300 | 40000 | 0.6163 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 40 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15400 | 45200 | 0.6587 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 41 | Livingstone College | 15500 | 38500 | 0.5977 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 42 | Ball State University | 15700 | 22300 | 0.2954 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 43 | Central Washington University | 16100 | 62300 | 0.7418 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 44 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16200 | 76300 | 0.7879 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 45 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 45 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16400 | 43200 | 0.6208 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 47 | Delaware State University | 16500 | 46500 | 0.6453 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 47 | University of South Alabama | 16500 | 22400 | 0.2639 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 49 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 31800 | 0.4775 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 49 | Northern Michigan University | 16600 | 34300 | 0.5165 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 51 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 52 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 25700 | 0.3307 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 52 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17200 | 33300 | 0.4835 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 54 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17300 | 39700 | 0.5637 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 55 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17400 | 35600 | 0.5109 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 56 | Western Kentucky University | 17600 | 30700 | 0.4276 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 57 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17700 | 43700 | 0.5948 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 58 | Georgia State University | 17800 | 26000 | 0.3156 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 58 | Husson University | 17800 | 48100 | 0.6293 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 58 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 61 | California State University-East Bay | 17900 | 45100 | 0.6034 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 62 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18100 | 51700 | 0.6494 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 62 | Saint Leo University | 18100 | 50000 | 0.6378 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 64 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18400 | 28200 | 0.3471 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 65 | San Francisco State University | 18500 | 55400 | 0.6661 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 66 | Madonna University | 18700 | 58300 | 0.6796 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 67 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 44900 | 0.5808 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 68 | College of Charleston | 18900 | 33700 | 0.4387 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 68 | Saint Cloud State University | 18900 | 24500 | 0.2311 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 70 | North Carolina Central University | 19100 | 34800 | 0.4511 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 70 | Stockton University | 19100 | 44500 | 0.5711 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 72 | Salem State University | 19400 | 35100 | 0.4471 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 73 | College of Coastal Georgia | 19500 | 42400 | 0.5396 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 74 | Piedmont University | 19700 | 47200 | 0.5826 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 75 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19800 | 47100 | 0.5802 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 76 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 77 | Bradley University | 20100 | 62600 | 0.6784 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 20300 | 29900 | 0.3208 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 78 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20300 | 45200 | 0.5514 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 80 | University of New Orleans | 20500 | 30300 | 0.3232 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 81 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 82 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 20700 | 50000 | 0.5857 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 82 | University of Southern Mississippi | 20700 | 26500 | 0.2189 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 84 | Central Connecticut State University | 21000 | 34000 | 0.3821 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 84 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1818 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 86 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 38200 | 0.4451 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 87 | Kennesaw State University | 21400 | 53000 | 0.596 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 87 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21400 | 42700 | 0.499 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 87 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21400 | 24800 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 90 | Cleary University | 22300 | 60900 | 0.6343 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 91 | Keystone College | 22500 | 42900 | 0.4752 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 92 | Florida State University | 22600 | 25800 | 0.1239 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 93 | Columbia College | 22700 | 39700 | 0.4287 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 94 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22800 | 53200 | 0.5718 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 95 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5993 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 23700 | 47300 | 0.4988 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 97 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.338 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 98 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 26300 | 0.0876 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 99 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 100 | Flagler College | 24300 | 37600 | 0.3534 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 101 | Northern Arizona University | 24600 | 41700 | 0.4107 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 102 | Iowa State University | 24900 | 41400 | 0.3993 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 103 | Northwood University | 25200 | 65600 | 0.6163 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 104 | Bellevue University | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 105 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 106 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5404 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 107 | Lipscomb University | 26100 | 74100 | 0.6481 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 108 | Roosevelt University | 26200 | 43300 | 0.3947 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 109 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26300 | 79500 | 0.6688 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 110 | York College of Pennsylvania | 27400 | 45800 | 0.4018 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 111 | Montana State University | 27800 | 60900 | 0.5436 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 112 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28200 | 50700 | 0.4449 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 113 | Mitchell College | 28500 | 75200 | 0.6213 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 114 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29300 | 78100 | 0.6249 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 115 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42200 | 0.301 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 116 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 117 | Montclair State University | 30200 | 36300 | 0.1681 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 118 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 119 | Culinary Institute of America | 30400 | 74700 | 0.5931 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 119 | Southeastern University | 30400 | 60500 | 0.4972 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 121 | University of North Texas | 30800 | 37400 | 0.1765 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 122 | Siena Heights University | 31200 | 46300 | 0.3259 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 123 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44100 | 0.2766 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 124 | DePaul University | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5587 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 125 | New Jersey City University | 32300 | 39800 | 0.1886 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 126 | St. John's University-New York | 32600 | 80200 | 0.5936 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 127 | Lasell University | 32900 | 48500 | 0.3214 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 127 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32900 | 52800 | 0.377 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 129 | Meredith College | 33400 | 77800 | 0.5708 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 129 | Virginia State University | 33400 | 42200 | 0.2087 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 129 | Wilkes University | 33400 | 61900 | 0.4597 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 132 | Charleston Southern University | 34400 | 48400 | 0.2905 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 133 | San Diego State University | 34700 | 37200 | 0.0672 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 134 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35400 | 64400 | 0.4507 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 135 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35700 | 66700 | 0.4649 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 136 | Florida International University | 36300 | 36800 | 0.0136 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 137 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 36400 | 64600 | 0.4367 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 137 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 139 | Ashland University | 36600 | 52700 | 0.3053 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 140 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 141 | California State University-Long Beach | 37200 | 38500 | 0.0338 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 141 | University of South Florida | 37200 | 45000 | 0.1733 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 143 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 144 | California Lutheran University | 38200 | 72700 | 0.4745 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 145 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 146 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39100 | 60900 | 0.3581 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 147 | Drexel University | 39600 | 83800 | 0.5277 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 147 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 149 | Endicott College | 40500 | 64200 | 0.3691 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 149 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3861 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 151 | Saint Joseph's University | 40600 | 92400 | 0.5605 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 152 | Temple University | 40700 | 55600 | 0.268 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 153 | Webber International University | 40800 | 44400 | 0.0806 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 154 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 66100 | 0.3735 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 155 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3591 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 156 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 157 | Widener University | 42400 | 79400 | 0.4661 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 158 | Mercyhurst University | 42500 | 66400 | 0.3601 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 159 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 160 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 161 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 162 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 163 | Appalachian State University | 45800 | 50400 | 0.0913 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 164 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 165 | Lynn University | 51600 | 64200 | 0.1963 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 166 | University of San Francisco | 53500 | 84800 | 0.369 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 167 | Dallas Baptist University | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1239 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 168 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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