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 | 38400 | 0.8265 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 3 | Southern Utah University | 10400 | 22200 | 0.5325 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 4 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 11200 | 18400 | 0.392 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 5 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 12000 | 92800 | 0.8709 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 7 | University of West Florida | 12200 | 21500 | 0.432 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 8 | California State University-Northridge | 12300 | 22000 | 0.441 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 9 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 9 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12600 | 22800 | 0.4467 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 12 | Greenville Technical College | 12700 | 23700 | 0.4642 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | University of North Alabama | 13100 | 28200 | 0.5358 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 14 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 14 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 17100 | 0.222 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 16 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13500 | 19400 | 0.3042 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 18 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 27400 | 0.4711 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 18 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30400 | 0.5222 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 21 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37800 | 0.6131 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 21 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6091 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 23 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15100 | 31600 | 0.5228 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 23 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15100 | 20300 | 0.2556 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 25 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 25 | Troy University | 15600 | 26700 | 0.4156 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 27 | California State University-East Bay | 15700 | 30100 | 0.4791 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 28 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 29 | Ball State University | 16000 | 22400 | 0.2861 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 29 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16000 | 29300 | 0.4539 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 31 | University of North Texas | 16100 | 26100 | 0.3838 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 32 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 33 | Ferris State University | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4717 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 34 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5404 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 34 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16600 | 28200 | 0.4108 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 37 | Western Carolina University | 16900 | 19400 | 0.1289 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 38 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 39 | Salem State University | 17700 | 28500 | 0.3789 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 40 | Delaware State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5752 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 41 | Central Connecticut State University | 18000 | 34000 | 0.4701 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 42 | University of Mississippi | 18200 | 27000 | 0.3258 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 43 | Columbia College | 18400 | 35800 | 0.4867 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 43 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18400 | 33300 | 0.4475 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 45 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 46 | Grand Canyon University | 18900 | 33700 | 0.4392 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 47 | Framingham State University | 19000 | 31000 | 0.3872 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 48 | University of New Orleans | 19400 | 27200 | 0.2867 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 48 | Virginia State University | 19400 | 29500 | 0.3421 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 50 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 51 | Bay Path University | 20100 | 55400 | 0.637 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 51 | Youngstown State University | 20100 | 34000 | 0.4089 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 53 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4445 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 53 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 53 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 39900 | 0.494 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 56 | Georgia State University | 20300 | 26000 | 0.2194 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 56 | San Diego State University | 20300 | 28900 | 0.2976 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 58 | Eastern Illinois University | 20500 | 28100 | 0.2699 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 59 | Husson University | 20700 | 48100 | 0.5691 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 60 | College of Charleston | 21400 | 33900 | 0.3692 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 61 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 61 | Northern Michigan University | 21600 | 33100 | 0.3475 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21800 | 36400 | 0.4006 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 64 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 65 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 66 | Florida State University | 22300 | 22900 | 0.0262 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 67 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 68 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 69 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 31300 | 0.2751 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 70 | The University of Alabama | 22800 | 31000 | 0.2643 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 71 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 72 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 72 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 72 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 75 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23200 | 41000 | 0.4343 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 76 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1233 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 76 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 78 | Central Washington University | 23700 | 27900 | 0.1508 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 78 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 80 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24100 | 90700 | 0.7343 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 81 | Stockton University | 24500 | 32100 | 0.2366 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 82 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24600 | 36300 | 0.3219 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 83 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24900 | 25000 | 0.0016 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 84 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25100 | 38400 | 0.3467 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 84 | Temple University | 25100 | 36100 | 0.3049 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 86 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 87 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 87 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25400 | 32800 | 0.2255 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 89 | Lewis University | 25500 | 57700 | 0.5578 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 90 | Saint Leo University | 25600 | 50000 | 0.4878 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 91 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 92 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 25900 | 48300 | 0.4639 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 92 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25900 | 39700 | 0.3476 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 94 | Fort Hays State University | 26000 | 36100 | 0.282 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 95 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 95 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48600 | 0.4523 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 97 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 36000 | 0.2584 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 98 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 98 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 27000 | 0.0074 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 100 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26900 | 36600 | 0.2649 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 101 | Keystone College | 27100 | 50500 | 0.4638 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 41500 | 0.3468 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 103 | Lackawanna College | 27700 | 35500 | 0.2195 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 103 | Morgan State University | 27700 | 41900 | 0.3392 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 103 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 106 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 107 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28500 | 50700 | 0.4393 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 108 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28600 | 69300 | 0.5871 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 108 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 110 | North Carolina Central University | 28800 | 40000 | 0.2799 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 111 | Flagler College | 28900 | 61200 | 0.5276 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 112 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 29000 | 49100 | 0.4094 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 113 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29400 | 59400 | 0.505 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 114 | Montana State University | 29600 | 31900 | 0.072 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 115 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 116 | Lipscomb University | 29900 | 57800 | 0.4832 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 118 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 119 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 120 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 120 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31200 | 77600 | 0.5978 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 122 | Charleston Southern University | 31400 | 48400 | 0.3528 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 122 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 124 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 125 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 126 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 126 | University of Denver | 33100 | 76900 | 0.5699 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 128 | Coastal Carolina University | 33200 | 45100 | 0.2636 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 129 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 130 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 131 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 132 | Colorado Mesa University | 34000 | 40000 | 0.1508 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 133 | Meredith College | 34400 | 64200 | 0.4643 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 134 | Southeastern University | 34700 | 60500 | 0.4262 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 135 | Culinary Institute of America | 35100 | 69900 | 0.4981 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 137 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 138 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 139 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 140 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 37300 | 64400 | 0.4211 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 141 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66300 | 0.43 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 142 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 143 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 144 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 66100 | 0.4086 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 145 | University of San Francisco | 39300 | 84800 | 0.5364 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 146 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 147 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 148 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 148 | Endicott College | 40200 | 64200 | 0.3738 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 150 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 150 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40400 | 44100 | 0.0839 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 152 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 153 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40700 | 57000 | 0.2858 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 154 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2774 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 155 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 46600 | 0.1095 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 156 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41600 | 46000 | 0.0956 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 157 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 158 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 159 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 160 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 161 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 162 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 163 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 164 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 165 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 166 | Lynn University | 51800 | 66000 | 0.2151 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 167 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 168 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 169 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 170 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 171 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 68000 | 0.0294 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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