Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | Boston University | 7000 | 88800 | 0.9216 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 1 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 3 | Arkansas Tech University | 9800 | 22900 | 0.5715 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 4 | Southern Utah University | 12100 | 21100 | 0.4259 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 5 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 12500 | 41000 | 0.6947 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 6 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 6 | New York University | 12600 | 91800 | 0.8625 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 8 | Eastern Illinois University | 12900 | 24400 | 0.4727 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 13000 | 21500 | 0.3948 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 10 | Florida Atlantic University | 13300 | 24800 | 0.4629 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 27100 | 0.5048 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 12 | California State University-Northridge | 13500 | 23200 | 0.419 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 13 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5829 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 14 | Fort Hays State University | 13800 | 22000 | 0.3731 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 15 | University of North Alabama | 13900 | 28200 | 0.5074 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 16 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14000 | 20300 | 0.3096 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 17 | University of South Florida | 14200 | 17100 | 0.1695 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 18 | Northern Arizona University | 14500 | 25400 | 0.4282 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 19 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 23300 | 0.3733 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 20 | Western Carolina University | 14800 | 19600 | 0.2449 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 21 | Northern Illinois University | 14900 | 29300 | 0.491 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 22 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 15000 | 31600 | 0.5255 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 23 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 15500 | 32300 | 0.5208 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 23 | Livingstone College | 15500 | 29900 | 0.4821 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 23 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 26 | Central Michigan University | 15600 | 40600 | 0.6159 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 26 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28600 | 0.4538 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 28 | Florida State University | 15900 | 23100 | 0.3116 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15900 | 26700 | 0.4044 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 30 | Appalachian State University | 16600 | 19500 | 0.1485 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 31 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 31 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16800 | 25700 | 0.3463 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 33 | Southeast Missouri State University | 17100 | 30300 | 0.4353 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 34 | University of Southern Mississippi | 17200 | 23100 | 0.2552 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 35 | University of Georgia | 17300 | 27100 | 0.3594 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 36 | Central Washington University | 17500 | 22700 | 0.2288 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 36 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17500 | 24300 | 0.28 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 38 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17800 | 26300 | 0.3238 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 39 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 18100 | 26700 | 0.3226 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 40 | Colorado Mesa University | 18400 | 24800 | 0.2554 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 40 | Husson University | 18400 | 48100 | 0.6168 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 42 | University of New Orleans | 18700 | 29500 | 0.3661 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 43 | College of Coastal Georgia | 18800 | 32900 | 0.4291 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 44 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3413 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 45 | Eastern Michigan University | 19200 | 36100 | 0.4687 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 46 | University of Memphis | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2695 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 47 | Western Kentucky University | 19600 | 26800 | 0.2689 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 47 | Youngstown State University | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3307 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 49 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 49 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 51 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 43700 | 0.5405 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 52 | Central Connecticut State University | 20400 | 27600 | 0.2611 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 53 | Piedmont University | 20700 | 47200 | 0.5614 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 54 | Salem State University | 20900 | 28500 | 0.2666 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 54 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20900 | 30000 | 0.3038 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 56 | Madonna University | 22000 | 50400 | 0.5635 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 57 | Saint Peter's University | 22100 | 66300 | 0.6664 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 58 | Cleary University | 22400 | 47200 | 0.5257 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 59 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22700 | 33900 | 0.3302 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 60 | Columbia College | 22800 | 36800 | 0.381 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 61 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22900 | 52500 | 0.5643 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 61 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 63 | Bradley University | 23000 | 50900 | 0.5481 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 64 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 65 | Bellevue University | 23500 | 25700 | 0.0858 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 66 | University of Central Florida | 23600 | 31400 | 0.2482 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 67 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 68 | Keystone College | 23800 | 42900 | 0.445 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 69 | Saint Leo University | 23900 | 50000 | 0.5218 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 70 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 71 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 72 | University of the Virgin Islands | 24200 | 37000 | 0.3463 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 73 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 74 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 24600 | 42300 | 0.4182 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 75 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24700 | 37400 | 0.3393 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 75 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24700 | 32900 | 0.2493 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 77 | Meredith College | 24900 | 65900 | 0.6221 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 78 | Montana State University | 25300 | 31400 | 0.1943 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 78 | Northern Michigan University | 25300 | 32900 | 0.2313 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 80 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 81 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 25500 | 76300 | 0.666 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 81 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 81 | Temple University | 25500 | 36300 | 0.2978 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 84 | Flagler College | 25700 | 37800 | 0.3203 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 85 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 86 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 86 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 86 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 89 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 89 | Georgia State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 91 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 26600 | 39000 | 0.3179 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 91 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26600 | 36500 | 0.2714 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 93 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 94 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 95 | California State University-Long Beach | 28500 | 38400 | 0.2581 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 96 | Framingham State University | 28700 | 38100 | 0.247 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 96 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 96 | Lipscomb University | 28700 | 57400 | 0.4994 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 99 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28800 | 50700 | 0.4317 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 100 | Mitchell College | 29000 | 65900 | 0.5596 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 100 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29000 | 78100 | 0.6288 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 102 | Delaware State University | 29200 | 36700 | 0.2045 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 103 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 104 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 105 | Belmont University | 30200 | 67800 | 0.554 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 105 | California State University-East Bay | 30200 | 43000 | 0.2974 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 105 | Montclair State University | 30200 | 36300 | 0.1681 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 108 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 30300 | 34000 | 0.1087 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 109 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30600 | 39500 | 0.2251 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 110 | University of South Alabama | 30700 | 35000 | 0.1229 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 111 | San Jose State University | 30800 | 41000 | 0.2486 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 112 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 31000 | 63700 | 0.513 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 112 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3287 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 112 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 115 | Culinary Institute of America | 31200 | 69500 | 0.5508 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 116 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 31400 | 43700 | 0.2812 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 117 | San Francisco State University | 31500 | 45200 | 0.3033 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 118 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 118 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32200 | 44800 | 0.2812 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 118 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 118 | Virginia State University | 32200 | 42200 | 0.2372 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 122 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 47600 | 0.3171 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 123 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 124 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 124 | New Jersey City University | 32700 | 39800 | 0.1786 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 124 | Widener University | 32700 | 75300 | 0.5655 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 127 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3119 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 128 | Southeastern University | 33000 | 60500 | 0.4543 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 129 | Lasell University | 33500 | 47000 | 0.287 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 130 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 131 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2932 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 131 | Stephen F Austin State University | 34200 | 42800 | 0.2009 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 133 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 135 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 34500 | 46200 | 0.2534 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 135 | Stockton University | 34500 | 44500 | 0.2248 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 137 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34900 | 0.0039 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 138 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 34900 | 37600 | 0.0719 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 139 | DePaul University | 35200 | 59100 | 0.4042 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 140 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36200 | 47300 | 0.2346 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 141 | University of Denver | 36300 | 76800 | 0.5272 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 142 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 143 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36700 | 64400 | 0.4304 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 144 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 145 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 146 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 147 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 148 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39700 | 53300 | 0.2551 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 149 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 150 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 151 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.387 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 151 | San Diego State University | 40400 | 40500 | 0.0025 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 153 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0835 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 154 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 53900 | 0.2356 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 154 | Endicott College | 41200 | 63200 | 0.348 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 156 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 157 | Campbell University | 41600 | 65100 | 0.3611 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 158 | Mercyhurst University | 42000 | 66400 | 0.3677 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 159 | St. John's University-New York | 42300 | 80100 | 0.4717 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 160 | Saint Joseph's University | 42600 | 74500 | 0.4281 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 55100 | 0.2125 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 163 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 164 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 165 | College of Charleston | 49300 | 59000 | 0.1644 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 166 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 167 | Lynn University | 51400 | 64200 | 0.1994 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 168 | University of San Francisco | 54000 | 83200 | 0.3508 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 169 | Dallas Baptist University | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 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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