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 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Southern Utah University | 10300 | 22200 | 0.5371 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 3 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 11200 | 18400 | 0.392 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 4 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11900 | 22900 | 0.4812 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 12200 | 92800 | 0.8687 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 6 | California State University-Northridge | 12200 | 22000 | 0.4455 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | University of Central Florida | 12200 | 25300 | 0.5172 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 9 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12600 | 22800 | 0.4467 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 11 | Eastern Illinois University | 13000 | 24300 | 0.4655 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 12 | University of South Florida | 13100 | 17100 | 0.2337 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 13 | Western Kentucky University | 13200 | 27000 | 0.5127 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 14 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13300 | 19400 | 0.3145 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 16 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 34400 | 0.5815 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5269 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 18 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 18 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6117 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 21 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14800 | 23400 | 0.3671 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 22 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14900 | 31600 | 0.5291 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 23 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15000 | 22500 | 0.333 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 24 | Western Carolina University | 15400 | 16500 | 0.0668 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 25 | California State University-East Bay | 15600 | 30100 | 0.4824 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 25 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 27 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4642 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 28 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15800 | 27600 | 0.4277 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 28 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 30 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 31 | Ferris State University | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4685 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5404 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 33 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17000 | 26300 | 0.3536 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University | 17000 | 40900 | 0.5841 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 35 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0.0005 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 36 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 37 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 37 | Salem State University | 17600 | 28500 | 0.3824 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 39 | Delaware State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5752 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 40 | College of Charleston | 18100 | 33900 | 0.4667 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 41 | Central Connecticut State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4613 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 41 | University of Mississippi | 18300 | 45000 | 0.5938 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 43 | North Carolina Central University | 18500 | 27600 | 0.3295 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 44 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18600 | 33400 | 0.443 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 45 | Framingham State University | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3904 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 45 | Grand Canyon University | 18900 | 33700 | 0.4392 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 45 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3908 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 48 | Virginia State University | 19300 | 29500 | 0.3455 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 49 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19400 | 26700 | 0.2746 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 50 | Columbia College | 19900 | 35800 | 0.4442 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 51 | University of New Orleans | 20000 | 30600 | 0.347 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 51 | Youngstown State University | 20000 | 34000 | 0.4118 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 53 | Bay Path University | 20100 | 55400 | 0.637 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 54 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4445 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 54 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 54 | San Diego State University | 20200 | 28900 | 0.3011 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 54 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 29400 | 0.3124 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 58 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 59 | Husson University | 20600 | 48100 | 0.5712 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 60 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 61 | Northern Michigan University | 21400 | 33100 | 0.3535 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 62 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 63 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 64 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50800 | 0.5688 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 65 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 66 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 66 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 68 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 69 | York College of Pennsylvania | 22800 | 44900 | 0.493 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 70 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 71 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 72 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 73 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.6008 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 74 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1233 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 75 | Central Washington University | 23500 | 27900 | 0.158 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 76 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 76 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3481 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 78 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23800 | 90700 | 0.7376 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 79 | Lackawanna College | 24100 | 35600 | 0.3216 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 79 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 81 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24500 | 36300 | 0.3247 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 82 | Lewis University | 25200 | 57700 | 0.563 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 84 | Saint Leo University | 25400 | 50000 | 0.4918 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 25600 | 36400 | 0.2964 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 86 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 86 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 86 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25800 | 39700 | 0.3501 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 89 | Fort Hays State University | 26000 | 36100 | 0.282 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 89 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 26000 | 48300 | 0.4618 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 91 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 92 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26600 | 36000 | 0.2612 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 93 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 93 | Troy University | 26800 | 34700 | 0.2277 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 93 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26800 | 36600 | 0.2676 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 96 | Keystone College | 27000 | 50500 | 0.4663 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 97 | Mercyhurst University | 27100 | 65600 | 0.5869 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 98 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 98 | University of North Alabama | 27400 | 37300 | 0.2655 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 100 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28000 | 41600 | 0.3261 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 102 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28300 | 69300 | 0.5914 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 102 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28300 | 50700 | 0.4432 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 104 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 104 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 104 | University of North Texas | 28600 | 37400 | 0.2351 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 107 | Flagler College | 28800 | 61200 | 0.5293 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 107 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 34000 | 0.1501 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 110 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 29000 | 49100 | 0.4094 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 111 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29400 | 59400 | 0.505 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 112 | Montana State University | 29500 | 31900 | 0.0751 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 112 | Montclair State University | 29500 | 36300 | 0.1874 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 114 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29600 | 31600 | 0.0633 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 115 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 43900 | 0.3214 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 116 | Lipscomb University | 29900 | 57800 | 0.4838 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 117 | University of West Florida | 30100 | 38000 | 0.2077 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 118 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39200 | 0.2197 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 118 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 120 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 121 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31100 | 77600 | 0.599 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 122 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 123 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 124 | Morgan State University | 32500 | 41900 | 0.2245 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 125 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 126 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 32900 | 36700 | 0.1041 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 128 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 129 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 130 | Colorado Mesa University | 33900 | 40000 | 0.1521 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 131 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 131 | Temple University | 34200 | 56400 | 0.3937 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 133 | Meredith College | 34500 | 64200 | 0.4628 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 133 | Southeastern University | 34500 | 60500 | 0.4295 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 135 | Stockton University | 35000 | 44500 | 0.2136 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 136 | Culinary Institute of America | 35100 | 69900 | 0.4981 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 137 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 138 | New Jersey City University | 35600 | 39800 | 0.1056 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 140 | Georgia State University | 36600 | 45400 | 0.1939 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 141 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 142 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 37300 | 64400 | 0.4211 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 143 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66300 | 0.433 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 144 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 37900 | 38500 | 0.0156 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 145 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 146 | Drexel University | 38400 | 83200 | 0.5384 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 147 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38600 | 52900 | 0.2704 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 148 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 66100 | 0.4086 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 148 | University of Denver | 39100 | 76900 | 0.4918 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 150 | University of San Francisco | 39300 | 84800 | 0.5364 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 151 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 152 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 153 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 154 | Endicott College | 40300 | 64200 | 0.3722 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 155 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 156 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 157 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 57000 | 0.2841 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 158 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2774 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 159 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41500 | 46000 | 0.0978 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 160 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 161 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 162 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 163 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 164 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 165 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 166 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 61300 | 0.221 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 167 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 168 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 169 | Lynn University | 51700 | 66000 | 0.2166 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 170 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 171 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 172 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 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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