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 | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18400 | 0.6091 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 8300 | 36500 | 0.7742 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 4 | California State University-East Bay | 9100 | 45100 | 0.7986 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 5 | Florida Atlantic University | 9300 | 26900 | 0.6554 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10700 | 51400 | 0.7918 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11100 | 22900 | 0.5162 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11100 | 27400 | 0.5946 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 9 | Eastern Illinois University | 12100 | 24700 | 0.5094 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 10 | University of West Florida | 12600 | 22200 | 0.432 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12800 | 29300 | 0.5632 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 12 | Boston University | 13000 | 93200 | 0.8604 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 12 | Fort Hays State University | 13000 | 19900 | 0.3467 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 14 | Livingstone College | 13100 | 43100 | 0.6963 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 27100 | 0.5085 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13400 | 19400 | 0.3093 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 17 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 18 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 14300 | 27200 | 0.475 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 19 | San Francisco State University | 14300 | 47700 | 0.7004 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 21 | Eastern Michigan University | 14400 | 33900 | 0.5743 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 21 | Salem State University | 14400 | 38300 | 0.6236 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 21 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14400 | 29600 | 0.5142 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 24 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5343 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 25 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14700 | 20300 | 0.2752 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 25 | University of North Alabama | 14700 | 37300 | 0.606 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 27 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14800 | 30100 | 0.5089 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4381 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 29 | Colorado Mesa University | 15100 | 66200 | 0.772 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 30 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15200 | 50100 | 0.6963 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 32 | Ball State University | 15300 | 22400 | 0.3171 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 33 | Central Michigan University | 15500 | 38700 | 0.5993 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 33 | Northern Michigan University | 15500 | 33100 | 0.5318 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 33 | University of Mississippi | 15500 | 27000 | 0.4258 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 36 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4357 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 37 | Kansas State University | 16200 | 26400 | 0.3854 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 38 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16400 | 90700 | 0.8192 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 39 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 16700 | 24300 | 0.3137 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 40 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16800 | 41200 | 0.5929 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 40 | California State University-Long Beach | 16800 | 25800 | 0.3489 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 40 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16800 | 27800 | 0.395 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 43 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17400 | 33900 | 0.4866 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 43 | North Carolina Central University | 17400 | 37500 | 0.5364 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 45 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17600 | 44100 | 0.6012 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 46 | Columbia College | 17700 | 60800 | 0.7081 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 46 | Virginia State University | 17700 | 34900 | 0.4922 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 48 | University of Kentucky | 17800 | 36500 | 0.5132 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 49 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5763 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 51 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 18100 | 18400 | 0.0163 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 51 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 44300 | 0.5918 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 53 | Kennesaw State University | 18200 | 26700 | 0.3183 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 54 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5537 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 54 | Georgia State University | 18300 | 26000 | 0.2963 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 56 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5518 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 56 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18400 | 25200 | 0.2695 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 58 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18600 | 43500 | 0.5721 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 59 | Western Carolina University | 19200 | 20500 | 0.0635 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 60 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19400 | 33700 | 0.4241 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 60 | Husson University | 19400 | 48100 | 0.5961 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 62 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 55300 | 0.6363 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5546 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 64 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1898 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 65 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 65 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 67 | College of Charleston | 20600 | 33900 | 0.3927 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 68 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.19 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 68 | Saint Leo University | 20800 | 50000 | 0.5838 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 68 | Stockton University | 20800 | 45800 | 0.546 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 71 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 39200 | 0.4671 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 72 | College of Coastal Georgia | 21000 | 51600 | 0.5929 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 72 | Ferris State University | 21000 | 31000 | 0.3231 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21000 | 38100 | 0.4488 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 75 | University of New Orleans | 21100 | 30000 | 0.2963 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 76 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 77 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 77 | Grand Canyon University | 21900 | 34000 | 0.3554 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 79 | Florida State University | 22400 | 23000 | 0.0261 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 79 | Meredith College | 22400 | 67400 | 0.6675 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 79 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 37600 | 0.4042 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 79 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 83 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 84 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3773 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 85 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 86 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1231 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 86 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23400 | 26200 | 0.1047 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 88 | Lackawanna College | 23500 | 52100 | 0.5492 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 89 | Central Washington University | 23700 | 27900 | 0.1508 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 89 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23700 | 89100 | 0.7339 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 89 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 92 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47000 | 0.4928 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 93 | University of North Texas | 24200 | 26100 | 0.0727 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 94 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 95 | Lewis University | 24600 | 59800 | 0.5885 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 96 | Keystone College | 24700 | 50500 | 0.5114 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 97 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25500 | 32900 | 0.2244 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 98 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25600 | 39400 | 0.3504 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 99 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 99 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 101 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0973 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 102 | Northern Illinois University | 26400 | 32100 | 0.1764 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 103 | New Jersey City University | 26800 | 39800 | 0.3269 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 104 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 105 | Western Kentucky University | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 106 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 107 | Delaware State University | 27800 | 62600 | 0.5558 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 108 | Central Connecticut State University | 28100 | 30400 | 0.0758 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 109 | Flagler College | 28300 | 61900 | 0.5424 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 110 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 69700 | 0.5911 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 110 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28500 | 50700 | 0.4392 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 112 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 113 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 114 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29500 | 112100 | 0.7367 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 115 | Saint Xavier University | 30100 | 58200 | 0.4825 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 116 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78300 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 117 | Iowa State University | 30900 | 45200 | 0.3159 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 117 | Southeastern University | 30900 | 79400 | 0.611 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 119 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1676 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 119 | Warner University | 31200 | 41000 | 0.2387 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 121 | Charleston Southern University | 31400 | 48400 | 0.3527 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 122 | Lasell University | 31500 | 50800 | 0.3802 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 123 | University of Central Florida | 31700 | 42800 | 0.2593 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32200 | 35200 | 0.0853 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 125 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 126 | University of Denver | 32400 | 84100 | 0.6149 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 128 | San Diego State University | 32600 | 37100 | 0.1214 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 129 | Wilkes University | 32700 | 61900 | 0.4715 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 130 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 130 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32800 | 35000 | 0.0652 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 132 | Belmont University | 32900 | 71400 | 0.5385 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 133 | The University of Alabama | 33400 | 49600 | 0.3264 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 134 | St. John's University-New York | 33900 | 83800 | 0.5958 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 135 | Culinary Institute of America | 34900 | 91000 | 0.6165 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 136 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 137 | Southern Connecticut State University | 35100 | 42000 | 0.1643 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 138 | Bay Path University | 35300 | 57500 | 0.3863 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 139 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 140 | Bradley University | 35600 | 60300 | 0.4097 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 141 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 142 | University of South Alabama | 36400 | 40200 | 0.0946 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 143 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1355 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 144 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 145 | Washington State University | 37800 | 53600 | 0.2946 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 146 | Middle Tennessee State University | 38000 | 48300 | 0.2133 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 147 | Framingham State University | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 148 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 39000 | 64500 | 0.3956 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 149 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 69800 | 0.44 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 150 | Endicott College | 39600 | 65400 | 0.3943 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 150 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 40000 | 86400 | 0.5373 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 153 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 154 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0853 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 155 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 53600 | 0.2389 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 156 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 58700 | 0.2983 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 157 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4478 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 158 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3605 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 159 | Montclair State University | 44500 | 47000 | 0.0532 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 160 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 161 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 162 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3019 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 163 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 164 | University of San Francisco | 51300 | 87200 | 0.4117 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 165 | Lynn University | 51800 | 71600 | 0.2765 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 166 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1546 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 167 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 84300 | 0.3381 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 169 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0373 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 170 | Mercyhurst University | 61100 | 68000 | 0.1014 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 171 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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