Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | 6700 | 38400 | 0.8265 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10100 | 27800 | 0.6356 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 3 | Northern Arizona University | 11700 | 27900 | 0.5825 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11900 | 22900 | 0.4812 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 5 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12500 | 25700 | 0.5136 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 6 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 6 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12600 | 22800 | 0.4467 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 12800 | 92800 | 0.8622 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 8 | Fort Hays State University | 12800 | 22600 | 0.4326 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 11 | Eastern Illinois University | 13000 | 24300 | 0.4657 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 12 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 28400 | 0.5321 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14300 | 19400 | 0.2642 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 14 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 34400 | 0.5815 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5269 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 16 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 16 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6117 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 18 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14900 | 31600 | 0.5291 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 18 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14900 | 20300 | 0.2654 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 20 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15400 | 26900 | 0.4271 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 20 | Western Carolina University | 15400 | 16500 | 0.0697 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4642 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 23 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3944 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 24 | University of North Texas | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3876 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 25 | Eastern Michigan University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.5433 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 25 | Ferris State University | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4685 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 25 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16500 | 28200 | 0.4144 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 28 | Appalachian State University | 16900 | 19500 | 0.1348 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 29 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 17000 | 17200 | 0.0117 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 29 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17000 | 26300 | 0.3538 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 17000 | 40900 | 0.5841 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 32 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23200 | 0.2543 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 33 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17600 | 27400 | 0.3575 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 34 | Delaware State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5752 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 35 | College of Charleston | 18100 | 33900 | 0.4667 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 36 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18300 | 33300 | 0.4505 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 37 | Youngstown State University | 18400 | 34000 | 0.4589 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 38 | Framingham State University | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3904 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 38 | Grand Canyon University | 18900 | 33700 | 0.4392 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 40 | University of Mississippi | 19500 | 27000 | 0.2777 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 41 | Central Connecticut State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3253 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 41 | Columbia College | 19900 | 35800 | 0.4442 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 43 | University of New Orleans | 20000 | 30600 | 0.347 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 44 | Bay Path University | 20100 | 55400 | 0.637 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 44 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 39900 | 0.4965 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 46 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4446 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 46 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 48 | Husson University | 20600 | 58700 | 0.6493 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 48 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1822 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 50 | Northern Michigan University | 21400 | 33100 | 0.3535 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 51 | University of West Florida | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21700 | 36400 | 0.4034 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 53 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 53 | Davis & Elkins College | 21800 | 51200 | 0.5747 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 55 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50800 | 0.5688 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 56 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 57 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32400 | 0.306 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 58 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 59 | New York University | 22700 | 91800 | 0.7524 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 60 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22800 | 31300 | 0.2719 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 61 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 62 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3722 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 62 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 64 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5996 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 64 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23200 | 25800 | 0.1008 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 66 | Central Washington University | 23500 | 27900 | 0.158 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 66 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 68 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23900 | 90700 | 0.7365 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 69 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24500 | 36300 | 0.3247 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 70 | Meredith College | 25000 | 60200 | 0.5854 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 70 | Temple University | 25000 | 36100 | 0.3077 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 72 | Lewis University | 25200 | 57700 | 0.563 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 73 | California State University-Long Beach | 25400 | 38900 | 0.3473 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 74 | Saint Leo University | 25500 | 50000 | 0.4898 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 75 | Southeast Missouri State University | 26000 | 28600 | 0.0906 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 26000 | 48300 | 0.4618 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 77 | Salem State University | 26100 | 43200 | 0.3961 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 78 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 79 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26600 | 36000 | 0.2612 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 79 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 81 | Troy University | 26800 | 34700 | 0.2277 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 41500 | 0.3516 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 83 | Western Kentucky University | 26900 | 27000 | 0.0037 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 85 | Keystone College | 27000 | 50500 | 0.4658 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 86 | California State University-Northridge | 27100 | 36500 | 0.2571 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 87 | University of North Alabama | 27400 | 37300 | 0.2655 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 88 | Lackawanna College | 27700 | 35500 | 0.2195 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 89 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 90 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0822 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 91 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28300 | 50700 | 0.4433 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 92 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28400 | 69300 | 0.59 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 93 | Flagler College | 28800 | 61200 | 0.5293 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 93 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3355 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 93 | Saint Xavier University | 28800 | 53700 | 0.4634 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 96 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 34000 | 0.1501 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 97 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 29000 | 49100 | 0.4094 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 98 | California State University-East Bay | 29400 | 45100 | 0.3483 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 98 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29400 | 72700 | 0.5956 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 100 | Montana State University | 29500 | 31900 | 0.0751 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 101 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 31600 | 0.0569 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 102 | Lipscomb University | 29900 | 57800 | 0.4836 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 103 | Southern Utah University | 30000 | 40800 | 0.2648 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 104 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6054 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 105 | North Carolina Central University | 30900 | 40000 | 0.2274 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 105 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 107 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31100 | 77600 | 0.599 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 108 | Kent State University at Kent | 31400 | 37500 | 0.1626 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 108 | San Diego State University | 31400 | 36100 | 0.1301 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 110 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5356 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 110 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 112 | Morgan State University | 32600 | 41900 | 0.2221 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 113 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3111 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 114 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32900 | 35000 | 0.0598 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 115 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 116 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 117 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 118 | Colorado Mesa University | 33900 | 40000 | 0.152 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 119 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34000 | 41000 | 0.17 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 120 | Charleston Southern University | 34400 | 48400 | 0.2909 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 121 | Southeastern University | 34500 | 60500 | 0.4295 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 122 | Campbell University | 35000 | 68700 | 0.4911 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 122 | Stockton University | 35000 | 44500 | 0.2136 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 122 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 125 | Culinary Institute of America | 35100 | 69900 | 0.4981 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 126 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4202 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 127 | New Jersey City University | 35700 | 39800 | 0.1031 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 128 | Drexel University | 35800 | 83900 | 0.5734 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 129 | Virginia State University | 36000 | 42200 | 0.147 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 130 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 131 | Georgia State University | 36700 | 45400 | 0.1917 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 132 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 42700 | 0.1311 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 132 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 134 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 37500 | 64400 | 0.418 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 135 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66300 | 0.433 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 136 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 37900 | 38500 | 0.0156 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 137 | Washington State University | 38300 | 53900 | 0.2895 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 138 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38600 | 52900 | 0.2704 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 139 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 66100 | 0.4086 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 139 | University of Denver | 39100 | 76900 | 0.4918 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 141 | University of San Francisco | 39300 | 84800 | 0.5364 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 142 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 143 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 143 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 145 | Endicott College | 40300 | 64200 | 0.3722 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 145 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 147 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3863 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 148 | Webber International University | 40800 | 44400 | 0.0811 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 149 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40900 | 57000 | 0.2823 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 150 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 151 | Montclair State University | 41800 | 46600 | 0.103 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 152 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 56200 | 0.2421 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 153 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4467 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 154 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 155 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 156 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2743 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 157 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 158 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 61300 | 0.221 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 159 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 160 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 160 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1529 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 162 | University of Georgia | 49900 | 51600 | 0.0329 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 163 | Lynn University | 52000 | 66000 | 0.2121 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 164 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53800 | 62800 | 0.1433 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 165 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 166 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 167 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 169 | 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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