Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in South 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 South 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 | 6600 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10100 | 27800 | 0.6356 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 3 | Southern Utah University | 10400 | 22200 | 0.5325 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 4 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5864 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 5 | Boston University | 12000 | 92800 | 0.8709 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 6 | University of Central Florida | 12300 | 25300 | 0.5132 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 7 | Greenville Technical College | 12700 | 23700 | 0.4642 | 11,999 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5126 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 9 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13100 | 26100 | 0.499 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 10 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 924 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 11 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 12 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13700 | 25000 | 0.4513 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 13 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 26600 | 0.4771 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 14 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 34400 | 0.5815 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 15 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30400 | 0.5222 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14900 | 29600 | 0.4973 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 18 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15100 | 20300 | 0.2556 | 14,463 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 19 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 20 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 21 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15900 | 31000 | 0.4867 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 22 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 16100 | 24300 | 0.3389 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 23 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 24 | Coastal Carolina University | 16400 | 27200 | 0.3981 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 25 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16600 | 28200 | 0.4108 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 36100 | 0.5373 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 27 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 28 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 29 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 17200 | 40900 | 0.5792 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 31 | Colorado Mesa University | 17600 | 28600 | 0.3872 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 32 | Columbia College | 18400 | 35800 | 0.4861 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 33 | Youngstown State University | 18500 | 34000 | 0.4559 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 34 | Cleary University | 19100 | 56600 | 0.6622 | 769 | 1060 | 0.6754 | |
| 35 | Madonna University | 19500 | 49200 | 0.604 | 1,828 | 980 | 0.6339 | |
| 36 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19600 | 30600 | 0.3591 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 36 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19600 | 30400 | 0.3551 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.8901 | |
| 36 | University of South Alabama | 19600 | 22400 | 0.1252 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 39 | Bay Path University | 19700 | 55400 | 0.6442 | 1,177 | 1110 | 0.852 | |
| 39 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 39 | University of Mississippi | 19700 | 27000 | 0.2703 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 42 | Davis & Elkins College | 19800 | 48300 | 0.5898 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 43 | Central Connecticut State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3219 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 44 | University of New Orleans | 20100 | 30600 | 0.3437 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 45 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4442 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | Eastern Illinois University | 20200 | 28100 | 0.2802 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 47 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1896 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 48 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 49 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20600 | 39900 | 0.484 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 50 | Husson University | 20800 | 42900 | 0.5156 | 2,763 | 1174 | 0.8095 | |
| 51 | College of Charleston | 21400 | 33900 | 0.3699 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 52 | Belhaven University | 21500 | 43300 | 0.5037 | 1,614 | 1105 | 0.4975 | |
| 52 | University of West Florida | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 54 | Northern Michigan University | 21600 | 33100 | 0.3475 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 55 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25400 | 0.1468 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 56 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 56 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 58 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 58 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 60 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22800 | 31300 | 0.2719 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 61 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3772 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 62 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1079 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 63 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 64 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.6011 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 66 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 67 | Central Washington University | 23600 | 27900 | 0.1544 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 67 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 69 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 70 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24100 | 67400 | 0.6429 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 71 | Bradley University | 24400 | 50800 | 0.5196 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 72 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24900 | 24900 | 0.0001 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 73 | Saint Leo University | 25600 | 50000 | 0.4878 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 74 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25700 | 38400 | 0.3311 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 75 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 27000 | 0.0444 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 76 | Georgia State University | 25900 | 26000 | 0.0038 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 76 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5425 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 76 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 25900 | 34900 | 0.2577 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 76 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25900 | 39700 | 0.3476 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 80 | Fort Hays State University | 26000 | 36100 | 0.2817 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 81 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 82 | Salem State University | 26200 | 43200 | 0.3938 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 83 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 84 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 85 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 36000 | 0.2584 | 3,468 | 1005 | 0.9813 | |
| 85 | Flagler College | 26700 | 61200 | 0.5636 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 87 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 88 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 88 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26900 | 36600 | 0.2649 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 90 | Keystone College | 27000 | 36000 | 0.25 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 41500 | 0.3468 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 92 | California State University-Northridge | 27300 | 36500 | 0.254 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 92 | Kansas State University | 27300 | 30400 | 0.104 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 94 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0882 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 95 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 96 | University of North Alabama | 27900 | 37300 | 0.2521 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 97 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28000 | 32800 | 0.1459 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 98 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28500 | 41800 | 0.3167 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 98 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28500 | 50700 | 0.4391 | 926 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 100 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28600 | 69300 | 0.5871 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 100 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.3398 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 100 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 103 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2124 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 104 | California State University-East Bay | 29500 | 45100 | 0.3461 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 104 | University of Denver | 29500 | 76900 | 0.6167 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 106 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29600 | 34000 | 0.1293 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 107 | Montana State University | 29700 | 31900 | 0.0689 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 108 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78100 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | North Carolina Central University | 30500 | 40000 | 0.2374 | 6,595 | 1060 | 0.8696 | |
| 111 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 112 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31000 | 77600 | 0.6003 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 112 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3303 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 112 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 55800 | 0.4442 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 115 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 36100 | 0.1357 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 116 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 117 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41200 | 0.2308 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 118 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5371 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 119 | Lipscomb University | 32500 | 57800 | 0.4373 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 120 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3124 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 121 | Framingham State University | 33100 | 38100 | 0.1312 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 121 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 123 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 124 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 125 | Meredith College | 34400 | 64200 | 0.4643 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 126 | Southeastern University | 34700 | 60500 | 0.4262 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 126 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34700 | 44300 | 0.2166 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 128 | Culinary Institute of America | 35100 | 69900 | 0.4981 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.9115 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 130 | California Lutheran University | 35300 | 70000 | 0.4959 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 130 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35300 | 64400 | 0.4522 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 132 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 132 | Temple University | 35400 | 56400 | 0.3724 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 132 | Virginia State University | 35400 | 42200 | 0.1613 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 135 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 136 | Stockton University | 35600 | 44500 | 0.2001 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 137 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35900 | 66100 | 0.4571 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 138 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 139 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66300 | 0.43 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 140 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38600 | 52900 | 0.2704 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38700 | 38700 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 142 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 143 | Endicott College | 40200 | 64200 | 0.3738 | 3,194 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 144 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3874 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 144 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40400 | 44100 | 0.0839 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 146 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 146 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0852 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 148 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2773 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 149 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41600 | 46000 | 0.0956 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 150 | Montclair State University | 41900 | 46600 | 0.1009 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 151 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 152 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 153 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 154 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3604 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 155 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 156 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 157 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 157 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 159 | High Point University | 45200 | 72900 | 0.3799 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 160 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 161 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 162 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 163 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 164 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 165 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 84800 | 0.3643 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 166 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 167 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 62000 | 64200 | 0.0343 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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