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 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 56000 | 0.8817 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 8600 | 22000 | 0.6094 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9200 | 62400 | 0.8519 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10200 | 24500 | 0.5828 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 5 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 22200 | 0.5235 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | Western Kentucky University | 10800 | 30200 | 0.6425 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 8 | Northern Arizona University | 12300 | 35800 | 0.6566 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 12500 | 22200 | 0.4365 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 10 | Florida Atlantic University | 12600 | 25800 | 0.5123 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 10 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12600 | 18400 | 0.3159 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 12 | Boston University | 13000 | 101900 | 0.8723 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 13 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 14 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 14 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 16300 | 0.1836 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 16 | Eastern Illinois University | 13400 | 24300 | 0.449 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4784 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | San Francisco State University | 13500 | 47700 | 0.7172 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 19 | Western Carolina University | 14000 | 16500 | 0.1514 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 20 | University of Georgia | 14100 | 27200 | 0.4809 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 21 | Youngstown State University | 14400 | 28400 | 0.4928 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 22 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 32500 | 0.5481 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 14700 | 33900 | 0.5656 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 22 | University of Memphis | 14700 | 37800 | 0.6115 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 25 | Salem State University | 14800 | 33900 | 0.5641 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 26 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14900 | 55300 | 0.7301 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 27 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15000 | 40000 | 0.625 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 28 | Central Connecticut State University | 15100 | 34200 | 0.5582 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 28 | Colorado Mesa University | 15100 | 66200 | 0.7723 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 30 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15200 | 28600 | 0.4692 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 30 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15200 | 23400 | 0.35 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 32 | Troy University | 15300 | 39100 | 0.6084 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 33 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15500 | 31600 | 0.5101 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 34 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15600 | 25700 | 0.393 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 35 | Central Michigan University | 15700 | 38700 | 0.5942 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 36 | Northern Michigan University | 15800 | 33100 | 0.5227 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 37 | Florida State University | 15900 | 23000 | 0.309 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 38 | Ball State University | 16300 | 22400 | 0.2727 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 38 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16300 | 28400 | 0.4261 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 40 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 62800 | 0.7385 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 40 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4403 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 40 | University of North Texas | 16400 | 26100 | 0.3714 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 43 | Northern Illinois University | 16500 | 30400 | 0.4594 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 44 | Appalachian State University | 16700 | 22800 | 0.2678 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 45 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 46 | Delaware State University | 17200 | 43000 | 0.6004 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 47 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 39900 | 0.5678 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 48 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3384 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 49 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17900 | 27400 | 0.3465 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 49 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 51 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 44300 | 0.5918 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 52 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 52 | James Madison University | 18300 | 28900 | 0.3672 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 52 | Middle Tennessee State University | 18300 | 23300 | 0.2141 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 55 | Kennesaw State University | 18400 | 61500 | 0.7004 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 56 | Columbia College | 18500 | 60700 | 0.6947 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 56 | University of South Alabama | 18500 | 40600 | 0.5438 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 58 | Austin Peay State University | 18700 | 31600 | 0.4088 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 59 | San Diego State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3461 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 60 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 61 | Central Washington University | 19100 | 22700 | 0.1584 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 62 | Husson University | 19600 | 48100 | 0.5919 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 63 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19800 | 30400 | 0.3485 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 64 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 28400 | 0.2812 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 65 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 66 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 30200 | 0.3079 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21000 | 48000 | 0.5625 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 68 | University of New Orleans | 21300 | 29700 | 0.2828 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21400 | 38100 | 0.4383 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 70 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 71 | Grand Canyon University | 22000 | 48300 | 0.5445 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 72 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 73 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 73 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 75 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 75 | The University of Alabama | 23000 | 36800 | 0.375 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 77 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 78 | Lewis University | 23200 | 59400 | 0.6097 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 79 | University of North Alabama | 23400 | 37300 | 0.3727 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 80 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 81 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 82 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24400 | 30400 | 0.1974 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 83 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24600 | 90700 | 0.7288 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 84 | Meredith College | 24800 | 67400 | 0.6319 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 85 | Keystone College | 24900 | 50500 | 0.5074 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 85 | Stockton University | 24900 | 32100 | 0.2242 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 87 | Montana State University | 25000 | 73500 | 0.66 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 88 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25300 | 38400 | 0.3415 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 89 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 89 | Temple University | 25400 | 36100 | 0.2966 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 91 | Northwood University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 92 | Saint Leo University | 25800 | 50000 | 0.4838 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 92 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 94 | Georgia State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 95 | Lipscomb University | 26300 | 68000 | 0.6128 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 96 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 36000 | 0.2584 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 97 | Virginia State University | 27600 | 34900 | 0.2089 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 98 | California State University-Long Beach | 27700 | 43100 | 0.3577 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 98 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 100 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 100 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28600 | 72700 | 0.6065 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 102 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 102 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28800 | 50700 | 0.4333 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 104 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 105 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 29100 | 69000 | 0.5781 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 106 | Flagler College | 29200 | 60700 | 0.5189 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 107 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 36200 | 0.1908 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 108 | Morgan State University | 29400 | 41800 | 0.2966 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 109 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29800 | 77600 | 0.6158 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 110 | Saint Xavier University | 30400 | 57200 | 0.4688 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 111 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 112 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78200 | 0.6046 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 112 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30900 | 38500 | 0.1975 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 114 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 115 | Lasell University | 31500 | 60000 | 0.4747 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 116 | North Carolina Central University | 31600 | 40000 | 0.2099 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 117 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 117 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32400 | 43200 | 0.2501 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 119 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32600 | 44100 | 0.2609 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 120 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 121 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 122 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44700 | 0.2595 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 123 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 33300 | 48400 | 0.3121 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 124 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 125 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 126 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33600 | 34200 | 0.0175 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 127 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 128 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 129 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34400 | 35200 | 0.0238 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 130 | Southern Connecticut State University | 34600 | 52900 | 0.3461 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 131 | Culinary Institute of America | 35300 | 69900 | 0.4952 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 132 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 132 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 134 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 135 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60000 | 0.402 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 136 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 137 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 138 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 37400 | 38800 | 0.0361 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 139 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38100 | 66600 | 0.4277 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 139 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 141 | Framingham State University | 38600 | 48000 | 0.1956 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 142 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 143 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39300 | 66100 | 0.4056 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 144 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 145 | Drexel University | 40200 | 107600 | 0.6262 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 145 | Endicott College | 40200 | 94900 | 0.5763 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 147 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 148 | University of Mississippi | 40500 | 60300 | 0.3283 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 149 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 150 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 69100 | 0.4094 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 151 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 41000 | 64200 | 0.3613 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 152 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 57400 | 0.2841 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 153 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 57200 | 0.2605 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 154 | Montclair State University | 42500 | 47000 | 0.0958 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 155 | St. John's University-New York | 43300 | 82800 | 0.4772 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 156 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 157 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0896 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 158 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 159 | University of Delaware | 48200 | 62000 | 0.222 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 161 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 162 | Lynn University | 51700 | 71600 | 0.2779 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 163 | University of Kentucky | 51800 | 74100 | 0.3002 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 164 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 165 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 87300 | 0.3839 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 166 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63700 | 0.0832 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 168 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 169 | Mercyhurst University | 65900 | 76400 | 0.1374 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 170 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 171 | Auburn University | 75200 | 85500 | 0.1204 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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