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 | 8100 | 47200 | 0.8288 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8500 | 43500 | 0.8053 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 9600 | 36500 | 0.7372 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11200 | 27400 | 0.5909 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 11400 | 91600 | 0.8759 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 12200 | 44000 | 0.7223 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 8 | University of North Alabama | 12500 | 28200 | 0.5571 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 10 | Greenville Technical College | 12700 | 23700 | 0.4642 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 10 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 12 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 12 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13200 | 39600 | 0.6667 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 12 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 15 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 16 | Eastern Illinois University | 13600 | 24300 | 0.4397 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 16 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13600 | 20300 | 0.3293 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 16 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 16 | Youngstown State University | 13600 | 26800 | 0.4921 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 20 | Fort Hays State University | 14000 | 40700 | 0.6568 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 14100 | 35900 | 0.6065 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 21 | University of West Florida | 14100 | 21500 | 0.3437 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 23 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 23 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 23 | University of South Florida | 14400 | 17100 | 0.1578 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 26 | Coastal Carolina University | 14700 | 27200 | 0.4605 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 26 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14700 | 28200 | 0.4773 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 28 | Central Michigan University | 14800 | 37400 | 0.6048 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 28 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14800 | 28000 | 0.4711 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 30 | Northern Illinois University | 15200 | 30700 | 0.5057 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 30 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 32 | University of North Texas | 15300 | 25700 | 0.4052 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 33 | Livingstone College | 15400 | 38100 | 0.5957 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 34 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15500 | 45200 | 0.6565 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 35 | Colorado Mesa University | 15600 | 24800 | 0.3693 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 36 | Florida State University | 15700 | 22900 | 0.314 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 37 | Central Washington University | 15800 | 27900 | 0.4344 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 38 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 42600 | 0.6223 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 39 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 40 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16600 | 31600 | 0.4752 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 40 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16600 | 23100 | 0.2813 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 42 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16700 | 86700 | 0.8077 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 43 | Appalachian State University | 16800 | 19500 | 0.1387 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 43 | Eastern Michigan University | 16800 | 32000 | 0.4732 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 43 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 46 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 47 | Husson University | 17500 | 48100 | 0.6355 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 47 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17500 | 44900 | 0.6098 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 49 | Georgia State University | 17600 | 26000 | 0.3233 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 49 | Western Kentucky University | 17600 | 27000 | 0.3498 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 51 | University of South Alabama | 17700 | 35200 | 0.4974 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 52 | Central Connecticut State University | 18000 | 34000 | 0.4703 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 53 | California State University-East Bay | 18100 | 45100 | 0.5989 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 54 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18200 | 46600 | 0.6101 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 55 | Bay Path University | 18300 | 55400 | 0.6695 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 56 | Saint Leo University | 18400 | 50000 | 0.6318 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 57 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18600 | 28200 | 0.34 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 58 | Madonna University | 18700 | 58300 | 0.6796 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 58 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3073 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 60 | Stockton University | 18800 | 32100 | 0.4141 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 61 | Northern Michigan University | 19000 | 33100 | 0.426 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 62 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19300 | 34400 | 0.4384 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 62 | North Carolina Central University | 19300 | 40000 | 0.5173 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 64 | Salem State University | 19600 | 35100 | 0.4414 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 65 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 65 | San Jose State University | 20000 | 33600 | 0.4044 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 67 | University of New Orleans | 20300 | 30200 | 0.3277 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 68 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20600 | 46300 | 0.5549 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 69 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20900 | 32800 | 0.3634 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 69 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 38200 | 0.4528 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 71 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 26600 | 0.1919 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 71 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 73 | Bradley University | 21800 | 50800 | 0.5708 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 75 | Belhaven University | 22100 | 43300 | 0.4911 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 76 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22300 | 59600 | 0.6258 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 77 | Cleary University | 22400 | 60900 | 0.6327 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 77 | College of Charleston | 22400 | 33900 | 0.3405 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 77 | Keystone College | 22400 | 48800 | 0.5412 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 80 | Columbia College | 22800 | 35800 | 0.3632 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 81 | San Francisco State University | 22900 | 55400 | 0.5867 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 82 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 82 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 84 | Montana State University | 23300 | 31500 | 0.2604 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 84 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 86 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 86 | The University of Alabama | 23500 | 31000 | 0.2418 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 88 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 88 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23600 | 45800 | 0.4851 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 90 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 91 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3388 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 91 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 93 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 94 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 95 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 96 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 97 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 98 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 99 | Lipscomb University | 26200 | 57800 | 0.5462 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 100 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 26300 | 26300 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 101 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 102 | Flagler College | 26500 | 61100 | 0.5661 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 103 | Ashland University | 26600 | 56600 | 0.5305 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 103 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26600 | 79400 | 0.6652 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 105 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 42100 | 0.3654 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 106 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 107 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 108 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 109 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 110 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28500 | 41800 | 0.3164 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 110 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28500 | 50700 | 0.4382 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 112 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 112 | Mitchell College | 28800 | 75200 | 0.6173 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 114 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 114 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 116 | Kansas State University | 29500 | 41600 | 0.2907 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 117 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 118 | Framingham State University | 29900 | 38100 | 0.2152 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 118 | Southeastern University | 29900 | 60500 | 0.5055 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 118 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29900 | 38500 | 0.2235 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 121 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 122 | Culinary Institute of America | 30600 | 74600 | 0.5895 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 123 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 124 | University of Denver | 31000 | 76800 | 0.596 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 125 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 126 | New Jersey City University | 31600 | 39800 | 0.2062 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 128 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 129 | St. John's University-New York | 32700 | 78000 | 0.5804 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 130 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 131 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 132 | Wilkes University | 33800 | 61900 | 0.454 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 133 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0701 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 134 | San Diego State University | 35100 | 36100 | 0.0277 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 136 | Virginia State University | 35200 | 42200 | 0.166 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 137 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 138 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36000 | 66700 | 0.4604 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 138 | Meredith College | 36000 | 64200 | 0.4394 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 140 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36900 | 64400 | 0.4273 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 141 | Lasell University | 37000 | 48500 | 0.2369 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 142 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 143 | California State University-Long Beach | 37600 | 38600 | 0.0259 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 144 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66500 | 0.4313 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 145 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 146 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 147 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 148 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40300 | 92400 | 0.5637 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 149 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 149 | Temple University | 40500 | 55300 | 0.2679 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 151 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 152 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 152 | Endicott College | 41300 | 64200 | 0.3566 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 154 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 155 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 156 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 157 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 158 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 159 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 160 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 161 | High Point University | 45600 | 72900 | 0.3744 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 162 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 163 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 164 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 165 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 166 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 84800 | 0.3655 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 167 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 71900 | 0.221 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61300 | 64200 | 0.0452 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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