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 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 2 | Greenville Technical College | 8300 | 18300 | 0.5481 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 3 | Arkansas Tech University | 9900 | 22900 | 0.5671 | 8,145 | 1055 | 0.9589 | |
| 4 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 12100 | 41000 | 0.7044 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 5 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12300 | 29900 | 0.5885 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 6 | University of Central Florida | 13000 | 23600 | 0.4492 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 7 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13100 | 20300 | 0.3538 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 13600 | 88800 | 0.8472 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13800 | 19400 | 0.2887 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 10 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13900 | 25000 | 0.4431 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 14600 | 29300 | 0.5016 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 12 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14800 | 31600 | 0.5309 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 13 | Central Michigan University | 15400 | 40600 | 0.6208 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 14 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 15500 | 32300 | 0.5208 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 15 | Livingstone College | 15600 | 29900 | 0.4788 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 16 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23100 | 0.3203 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 16 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28600 | 0.4503 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 18 | New York University | 15800 | 91800 | 0.8277 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 16300 | 27200 | 0.4016 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 19 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 16300 | 32100 | 0.4916 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 21 | Western Carolina University | 16400 | 19600 | 0.1633 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 22 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16700 | 25700 | 0.3502 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 23 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 23 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16800 | 30300 | 0.4448 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 25 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17000 | 24300 | 0.302 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 26 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 27 | Central Washington University | 17200 | 22700 | 0.242 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 28 | Eastern Illinois University | 17600 | 27700 | 0.365 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 29 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 17700 | 26700 | 0.3376 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 30 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 17900 | 32100 | 0.443 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 31 | Northern Arizona University | 18000 | 32000 | 0.4372 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 32 | Husson University | 18100 | 48100 | 0.6231 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 33 | Delaware State University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4474 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 34 | Framingham State University | 18400 | 31000 | 0.4066 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 35 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 27000 | 0.3036 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan University | 18900 | 36100 | 0.4762 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 37 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3406 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 38 | Youngstown State University | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3341 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 39 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19900 | 23100 | 0.1384 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 40 | Central Connecticut State University | 20000 | 27600 | 0.2756 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 40 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 42 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 43700 | 0.5382 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 43 | Piedmont University | 20400 | 47200 | 0.5678 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 44 | San Diego State University | 20800 | 28100 | 0.2599 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 44 | West Virginia University | 20800 | 23300 | 0.1073 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 46 | Montana State University | 21000 | 27100 | 0.2248 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 47 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 48 | Stockton University | 21500 | 32100 | 0.33 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 48 | University of West Florida | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 50 | Saint Peter's University | 21700 | 66300 | 0.6725 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 51 | Madonna University | 21900 | 50400 | 0.5655 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 52 | Cleary University | 22300 | 47200 | 0.5279 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 53 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22400 | 33900 | 0.339 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 54 | Bradley University | 22600 | 50900 | 0.556 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 54 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22600 | 52500 | 0.5701 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 56 | Columbia College | 22700 | 35800 | 0.366 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 57 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 58 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5993 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 59 | Saint Leo University | 23600 | 50000 | 0.5278 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 60 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34000 | 0.3029 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 61 | Keystone College | 23800 | 42900 | 0.445 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 62 | University of the Virgin Islands | 24100 | 37000 | 0.349 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 63 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24400 | 39200 | 0.3776 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 64 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24500 | 37400 | 0.3446 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 64 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 64 | University of New Orleans | 24500 | 31000 | 0.2097 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 67 | Meredith College | 24600 | 65800 | 0.6265 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 68 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24700 | 32900 | 0.2493 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 68 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 24700 | 42300 | 0.4158 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 70 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24900 | 76300 | 0.6739 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 71 | Northern Michigan University | 25000 | 32900 | 0.2404 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 72 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 73 | Western Kentucky University | 25300 | 26800 | 0.0561 | 14,151 | 960 | 0.9387 | |
| 74 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 75 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 76 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 76 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 78 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 78 | Georgia State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 78 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5404 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 81 | California State University-Northridge | 26100 | 36600 | 0.2861 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26300 | 36800 | 0.2853 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 83 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26400 | 36500 | 0.2769 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 84 | Fort Hays State University | 26500 | 35200 | 0.2475 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 84 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 84 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 26500 | 39000 | 0.3204 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 87 | Iowa State University | 27000 | 41500 | 0.3499 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 87 | University of North Alabama | 27000 | 41500 | 0.3496 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 89 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 90 | Flagler College | 27400 | 37800 | 0.2753 | 2,409 | 1100 | 0.8076 | |
| 90 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 92 | Southern Utah University | 27600 | 35600 | 0.2244 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 93 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 94 | University of Denver | 28100 | 76800 | 0.634 | 6,619 | 1349 | 0.7729 | |
| 95 | California State University-Long Beach | 28200 | 38400 | 0.266 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 96 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28500 | 43200 | 0.3399 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 96 | Florida Atlantic University | 28500 | 39200 | 0.2731 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 96 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28500 | 50700 | 0.439 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 99 | Lipscomb University | 28600 | 57600 | 0.5029 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 100 | Mitchell College | 28700 | 65900 | 0.5641 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 101 | Salem State University | 29600 | 38900 | 0.2388 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 102 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 103 | California State University-East Bay | 30000 | 43000 | 0.3021 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 103 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 103 | Roosevelt University | 30000 | 43300 | 0.307 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 106 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 30100 | 34000 | 0.1146 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 107 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 107 | University of South Alabama | 30300 | 35000 | 0.1343 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 109 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30500 | 39500 | 0.2277 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 110 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.6083 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | San Jose State University | 30600 | 41000 | 0.2534 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 112 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30800 | 33100 | 0.0695 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 113 | Culinary Institute of America | 30900 | 69500 | 0.5551 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 114 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 115 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 31100 | 63700 | 0.5114 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 116 | Siena Heights University | 31200 | 46300 | 0.3259 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 117 | San Francisco State University | 31300 | 45200 | 0.3077 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 118 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31500 | 41100 | 0.2338 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 119 | Charleston Southern University | 31600 | 48400 | 0.3483 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 119 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31600 | 33700 | 0.0617 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 121 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 47600 | 0.3171 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 122 | Widener University | 32600 | 75300 | 0.5668 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 123 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 123 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 125 | Southeastern University | 32800 | 60500 | 0.4576 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 126 | New Jersey City University | 32900 | 39800 | 0.1735 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 127 | Colorado Mesa University | 33200 | 40000 | 0.1699 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 128 | Virginia State University | 33300 | 42200 | 0.2111 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 129 | Lasell University | 33600 | 47000 | 0.2849 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 130 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 131 | Appalachian State University | 33800 | 35800 | 0.0559 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 132 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33900 | 46200 | 0.2664 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 133 | Stephen F Austin State University | 34000 | 42800 | 0.2056 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 134 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 136 | DePaul University | 35000 | 59100 | 0.4076 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 137 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35800 | 43500 | 0.1771 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 138 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35900 | 47300 | 0.2409 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 139 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 140 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36900 | 64400 | 0.4273 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 141 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 142 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 142 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 144 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 144 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53800 | 0.264 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 146 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39800 | 53300 | 0.2532 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 147 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 148 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3861 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 148 | Temple University | 40500 | 56100 | 0.278 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 150 | Webber International University | 40800 | 44400 | 0.0806 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 151 | Endicott College | 40900 | 63200 | 0.3528 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 152 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 53900 | 0.2319 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 152 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 154 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3591 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 155 | College of Charleston | 42100 | 59000 | 0.2865 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 156 | St. John's University-New York | 42200 | 80100 | 0.4729 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 156 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 158 | Mercyhurst University | 42300 | 66400 | 0.3631 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 159 | Saint Joseph's University | 42500 | 74500 | 0.4294 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43000 | 55100 | 0.2197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 161 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 162 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 163 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 164 | Montclair State University | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 165 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 166 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 167 | Lynn University | 51600 | 64200 | 0.1963 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 168 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 83200 | 0.3532 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 169 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 56100 | 0.0018 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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