Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8400 | 43900 | 0.8078 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 9500 | 36500 | 0.741 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 3 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11200 | 27400 | 0.5909 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 4 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 11800 | 75900 | 0.8442 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 5 | Saint Peter's University | 12400 | 67300 | 0.8158 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 12500 | 44000 | 0.7155 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 7 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 13200 | 42100 | 0.686 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 7 | Eastern Illinois University | 13200 | 24500 | 0.4596 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 7 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 7 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 13200 | 31600 | 0.5815 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 7 | University of North Alabama | 13200 | 31300 | 0.5774 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 7 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 13 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13300 | 39600 | 0.6642 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 13400 | 29000 | 0.5387 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 15 | University of West Florida | 13500 | 21500 | 0.3716 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 15 | Youngstown State University | 13500 | 26800 | 0.4958 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 17 | Boston University | 13700 | 88800 | 0.846 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 13700 | 40700 | 0.6633 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 19 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13800 | 23200 | 0.4047 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 20 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13900 | 49300 | 0.7178 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 14100 | 22900 | 0.3839 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 22 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 40700 | 0.6412 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 22 | New York University | 14600 | 91800 | 0.8407 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 22 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14600 | 28200 | 0.4823 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 25 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14900 | 32200 | 0.5379 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 25 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14900 | 22600 | 0.3403 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 27 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 15000 | 37800 | 0.6039 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 29 | Colorado Mesa University | 15400 | 40000 | 0.6144 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 29 | Livingstone College | 15400 | 38500 | 0.6003 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 29 | Northern Arizona University | 15400 | 32800 | 0.5319 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 32 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15500 | 28000 | 0.4461 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 33 | Ball State University | 15700 | 22300 | 0.2954 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 34 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28800 | 0.4507 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 35 | Florida State University | 15900 | 23100 | 0.3115 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 36 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 37 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16400 | 76300 | 0.7853 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 38 | Delaware State University | 16500 | 46500 | 0.6453 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 38 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16500 | 43200 | 0.6185 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 31800 | 0.4744 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 40 | Northern Michigan University | 16700 | 34300 | 0.5136 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 42 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 43 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17000 | 33400 | 0.4909 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 44 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 17100 | 30100 | 0.4324 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 45 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 25700 | 0.3307 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 46 | Western Carolina University | 17300 | 28400 | 0.3908 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 47 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17400 | 39700 | 0.5612 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 17500 | 35100 | 0.5012 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 49 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17600 | 44900 | 0.6075 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 49 | Western Kentucky University | 17600 | 30700 | 0.4276 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 51 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 26700 | 0.3345 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 51 | Georgia State University | 17800 | 26000 | 0.3156 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 53 | Husson University | 17900 | 48100 | 0.6272 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 53 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17900 | 27600 | 0.3515 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 55 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18200 | 51700 | 0.6475 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 55 | Saint Leo University | 18200 | 50000 | 0.6358 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 57 | Salem State University | 18400 | 28500 | 0.3543 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 58 | Madonna University | 18700 | 58300 | 0.6796 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 59 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0.0004 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 60 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.341 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 61 | North Carolina Central University | 19100 | 34800 | 0.4511 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 61 | Saint Cloud State University | 19100 | 24500 | 0.2224 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 63 | California State University-East Bay | 19200 | 30100 | 0.3626 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 64 | Stockton University | 19300 | 32100 | 0.3985 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 65 | College of Coastal Georgia | 19500 | 42400 | 0.5396 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 66 | Piedmont University | 19800 | 47200 | 0.5805 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 67 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19900 | 47100 | 0.5781 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 67 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 69 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 70 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1704 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 71 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 71 | University of New Orleans | 20600 | 30300 | 0.3199 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 73 | Central Washington University | 20700 | 62300 | 0.6679 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20700 | 33400 | 0.3819 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 73 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 20700 | 50000 | 0.5857 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 73 | University of Southern Mississippi | 20700 | 26500 | 0.2189 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 77 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 78 | Central Connecticut State University | 21000 | 34000 | 0.3821 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 78 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1818 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 80 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 38200 | 0.4451 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 81 | Kennesaw State University | 21400 | 53000 | 0.596 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 82 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 83 | Bradley University | 21700 | 65600 | 0.6695 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 84 | Cleary University | 22300 | 60900 | 0.6343 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 84 | San Jose State University | 22300 | 41100 | 0.4576 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 86 | Keystone College | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4758 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 87 | Columbia College | 22700 | 39700 | 0.4287 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 88 | San Francisco State University | 22800 | 55400 | 0.5885 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 89 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22900 | 53200 | 0.57 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 90 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23100 | 44900 | 0.4863 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 91 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5993 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 23400 | 47300 | 0.5053 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 93 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 31000 | 0.2385 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 94 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 26300 | 0.0876 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 95 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 96 | Flagler College | 24400 | 37600 | 0.3507 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 97 | Northwood University | 25200 | 65600 | 0.6163 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 98 | Bellevue University | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 99 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 100 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5404 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 101 | Lipscomb University | 26100 | 74100 | 0.6473 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 102 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26400 | 79500 | 0.6676 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 103 | Montana State University | 27800 | 60900 | 0.5436 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 104 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28300 | 50700 | 0.4429 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 105 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28500 | 43700 | 0.3477 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 106 | Framingham State University | 28600 | 38100 | 0.2493 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 106 | Mitchell College | 28600 | 75200 | 0.62 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29100 | 41500 | 0.2999 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29300 | 78100 | 0.6249 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | Temple University | 29500 | 36300 | 0.1875 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 111 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 111 | Roosevelt University | 30000 | 43300 | 0.307 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 113 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 114 | Culinary Institute of America | 30500 | 74700 | 0.5918 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 114 | Southeastern University | 30500 | 60500 | 0.4956 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 116 | University of North Texas | 30900 | 37400 | 0.1738 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 116 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30900 | 48300 | 0.3604 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 118 | Siena Heights University | 31200 | 46300 | 0.3259 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 119 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31600 | 33700 | 0.0617 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 120 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44100 | 0.2766 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 121 | New Jersey City University | 32300 | 39800 | 0.1886 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 122 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32500 | 39900 | 0.1853 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 123 | St. John's University-New York | 32600 | 80200 | 0.5936 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 124 | Lasell University | 32900 | 48500 | 0.3214 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 125 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 126 | Meredith College | 33400 | 77800 | 0.5708 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 126 | Virginia State University | 33400 | 42200 | 0.2087 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 128 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 129 | Charleston Southern University | 34400 | 48400 | 0.2905 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 130 | San Diego State University | 34700 | 37200 | 0.0672 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 131 | Florida International University | 34800 | 36800 | 0.0543 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 132 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0685 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 133 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35800 | 66700 | 0.4634 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 134 | Auburn University | 36300 | 38000 | 0.0447 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 135 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 136 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 36500 | 42500 | 0.1411 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 137 | Ashland University | 36600 | 52700 | 0.3053 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 138 | University of Central Florida | 36700 | 39600 | 0.0733 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 139 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 37000 | 64400 | 0.4258 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 140 | University of South Florida | 37300 | 45000 | 0.1711 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 141 | Drexel University | 37600 | 82900 | 0.5467 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 141 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66500 | 0.4343 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 143 | California Lutheran University | 38200 | 72700 | 0.4745 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 144 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 145 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39000 | 60900 | 0.3598 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 145 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 39000 | 49500 | 0.212 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 147 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 148 | Appalachian State University | 39800 | 50400 | 0.2103 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 149 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39900 | 64600 | 0.3825 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 150 | Endicott College | 40400 | 64200 | 0.3706 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 151 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3861 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 151 | Mercyhurst University | 40500 | 65600 | 0.3827 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 153 | Saint Joseph's University | 40700 | 92400 | 0.5594 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 154 | Webber International University | 40800 | 44400 | 0.0806 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 155 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 66100 | 0.3735 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 156 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3591 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 157 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 158 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 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 | Widener University | 45600 | 78400 | 0.4183 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 163 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 164 | University of Delaware | 47700 | 61600 | 0.2263 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 165 | DePaul University | 48900 | 72500 | 0.3255 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 166 | University of Kentucky | 50900 | 56400 | 0.0962 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 167 | Lynn University | 51600 | 64200 | 0.1963 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 168 | University of San Francisco | 53600 | 84800 | 0.3678 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 169 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 63800 | 0.1223 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 170 | College of Charleston | 62200 | 62200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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