Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Louisiana.
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 Louisiana.
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 | 56000 | 0.8817 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 8300 | 65100 | 0.8726 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9100 | 62400 | 0.8535 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10300 | 24500 | 0.5787 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 5 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 6 | Western Kentucky University | 10700 | 30200 | 0.6469 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 7 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12200 | 22900 | 0.4681 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 8 | University of West Florida | 12300 | 22200 | 0.4455 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 9 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12600 | 18400 | 0.3159 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 10 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 12700 | 34200 | 0.6286 | 2,651 | 1085 | 0.5055 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 13 | Eastern Illinois University | 13200 | 24300 | 0.4572 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 14 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 15 | San Francisco State University | 13400 | 47700 | 0.7193 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4784 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 18 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 43000 | 0.6812 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 19 | Western Carolina University | 13800 | 16500 | 0.1636 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 20 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 27200 | 0.4846 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 21 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5715 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 23 | Central Connecticut State University | 14600 | 34200 | 0.5728 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 24 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 32500 | 0.5481 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 24 | Salem State University | 14700 | 33900 | 0.567 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 26 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14800 | 55300 | 0.7319 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 27 | Colorado Mesa University | 15000 | 66200 | 0.7732 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 28 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15100 | 23400 | 0.3543 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15100 | 39100 | 0.6135 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 30 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15300 | 40000 | 0.6175 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 31 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15500 | 25700 | 0.3969 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 32 | Central Michigan University | 15600 | 38700 | 0.5967 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 33 | Northern Michigan University | 15700 | 35600 | 0.559 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 34 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 35 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 16000 | 25000 | 0.3601 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 36 | Ball State University | 16100 | 22400 | 0.2817 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 37 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16200 | 51300 | 0.6842 | 14,294 | 1125 | 0.915 | |
| 37 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4471 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 39 | Northern Illinois University | 16300 | 30400 | 0.4642 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 39 | University of South Florida | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 41 | Appalachian State University | 16500 | 22800 | 0.2766 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 42 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16800 | 62800 | 0.7322 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 43 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 44 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17000 | 31000 | 0.453 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 45 | Delaware State University | 17200 | 43000 | 0.6004 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 46 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4836 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 47 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 48 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3502 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 49 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 50 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 50 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 61500 | 0.702 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 50 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 40600 | 0.5487 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 53 | Columbia College | 18500 | 60700 | 0.6947 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 54 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 55 | Central Washington University | 19000 | 22700 | 0.1628 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 57 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 26700 | 0.2701 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 57 | Husson University | 19500 | 48100 | 0.594 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19700 | 30400 | 0.3518 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 60 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 20000 | 32300 | 0.3811 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 61 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 62 | Georgia State University | 20400 | 26000 | 0.2155 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 62 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 28400 | 0.2812 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 64 | University of New Orleans | 20600 | 29000 | 0.2894 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 65 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20700 | 48300 | 0.5715 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 66 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 30200 | 0.3079 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 67 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 68 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21200 | 48100 | 0.559 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 70 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 71 | Grand Canyon University | 22000 | 48300 | 0.5445 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 72 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 73 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 74 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 74 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 76 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 77 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 78 | Lewis University | 23200 | 59400 | 0.6097 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 79 | Montana State University | 23300 | 73500 | 0.6832 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 80 | University of North Alabama | 23400 | 37300 | 0.3727 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 81 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 81 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23700 | 32900 | 0.2792 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 83 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 84 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 48800 | 0.5114 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 85 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24300 | 90700 | 0.7321 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 85 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24300 | 30400 | 0.2007 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 87 | Keystone College | 24800 | 50500 | 0.5094 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 88 | Meredith College | 24900 | 67400 | 0.6304 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 89 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 90 | Saint Leo University | 25700 | 50000 | 0.4858 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 91 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 91 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 91 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 94 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 95 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 36000 | 0.2584 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 96 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 27100 | 40700 | 0.334 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 97 | California State University-Long Beach | 27600 | 43100 | 0.36 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 98 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 98 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 100 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 72700 | 0.6079 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 101 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 102 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28700 | 50700 | 0.4353 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 103 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28800 | 69000 | 0.5824 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 104 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 105 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 106 | Flagler College | 29100 | 60700 | 0.5205 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 107 | Morgan State University | 29300 | 41800 | 0.299 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 108 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29600 | 77600 | 0.6184 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 109 | Southern Utah University | 30200 | 40800 | 0.2599 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 110 | Saint Xavier University | 30300 | 57200 | 0.4706 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 111 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 112 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78200 | 0.6058 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 112 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30800 | 38500 | 0.2001 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 114 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 114 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 35300 | 0.1161 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 116 | Lasell University | 31500 | 60000 | 0.4747 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 116 | North Carolina Central University | 31500 | 40000 | 0.2124 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 118 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 119 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 120 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44700 | 0.2595 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 121 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 33300 | 48400 | 0.3121 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 122 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 123 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33500 | 34200 | 0.0204 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 123 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 125 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 126 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 127 | Southern Connecticut State University | 34500 | 52900 | 0.348 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 128 | Culinary Institute of America | 35200 | 69900 | 0.4967 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 129 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 129 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 131 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 132 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60000 | 0.4036 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 132 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 135 | Stockton University | 38100 | 45300 | 0.1591 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 136 | Framingham State University | 38700 | 48000 | 0.1936 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 137 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38900 | 60200 | 0.3533 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 138 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 139 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39200 | 66100 | 0.4071 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 140 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 141 | Drexel University | 40100 | 107600 | 0.6271 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 142 | Endicott College | 40200 | 94900 | 0.5763 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 143 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 143 | University of Mississippi | 40400 | 60300 | 0.3299 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 145 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 146 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 69100 | 0.4094 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 147 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 41000 | 64200 | 0.3613 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 148 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 57400 | 0.2841 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 149 | Virginia State University | 41400 | 42800 | 0.0327 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 150 | Middle Tennessee State University | 42300 | 46500 | 0.0904 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 151 | Montclair State University | 42400 | 47000 | 0.0979 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 152 | St. John's University-New York | 43300 | 82800 | 0.4772 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 153 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 154 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0894 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 155 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 156 | Florida Atlantic University | 44900 | 44900 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 156 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 158 | University of Delaware | 48100 | 62000 | 0.2245 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 159 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 67900 | 0.281 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 161 | Lynn University | 51700 | 71600 | 0.2779 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 161 | University of Kentucky | 51700 | 74100 | 0.3021 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 163 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 164 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 66500 | 0.1925 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 165 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 87300 | 0.3827 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 166 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 168 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 65100 | 65100 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 170 | Mercyhurst University | 65900 | 76400 | 0.1374 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 171 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 172 | Auburn University | 75200 | 85500 | 0.1204 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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