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 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | Boston University | 12100 | 92800 | 0.8698 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 3 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12300 | 22900 | 0.4637 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 4 | California State University-Northridge | 12500 | 22000 | 0.4301 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 4 | University of West Florida | 12500 | 21500 | 0.4181 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 6 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 6 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 25300 | 0.5014 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 8 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13000 | 22800 | 0.4292 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 10 | Eastern Illinois University | 13300 | 24300 | 0.4515 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 10 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 924 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 12 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4784 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13800 | 19400 | 0.2887 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 15 | University of Georgia | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4699 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 16 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 27400 | 0.4675 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 18 | Central Michigan University | 14700 | 37800 | 0.6104 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 19 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 30400 | 0.5126 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 20 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14900 | 20300 | 0.2654 | 14,463 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 21 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15200 | 29600 | 0.4872 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 21 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15200 | 23400 | 0.35 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 23 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15300 | 31600 | 0.5164 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 24 | Austin Peay State University | 15500 | 29100 | 0.469 | 8,926 | 1075 | 0.9641 | |
| 25 | Troy University | 15800 | 26700 | 0.4081 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 26 | Appalachian State University | 16300 | 19500 | 0.1642 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 26 | Ball State University | 16300 | 22400 | 0.2727 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 28 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3644 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 28 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4706 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 30 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 36100 | 0.5309 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 31 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 33 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17000 | 28200 | 0.3967 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 34 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 36 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 37 | University of Memphis | 17800 | 26400 | 0.3265 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 38 | Salem State University | 18000 | 28500 | 0.3684 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 39 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 25300 | 0.285 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 40 | Middle Tennessee State University | 18300 | 23300 | 0.214 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 41 | College of Charleston | 18400 | 33900 | 0.4578 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 42 | University of Mississippi | 18600 | 27000 | 0.311 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 43 | Central Connecticut State University | 18800 | 34000 | 0.4466 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 44 | North Carolina Central University | 19000 | 27600 | 0.3114 | 6,595 | 1060 | 0.8696 | |
| 45 | Cleary University | 19200 | 56600 | 0.6604 | 769 | 1060 | 0.6754 | |
| 45 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19200 | 31000 | 0.3811 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 47 | Madonna University | 19400 | 49200 | 0.606 | 1,828 | 980 | 0.6339 | |
| 48 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19700 | 30600 | 0.3562 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 49 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5871 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 50 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 51 | Bay Path University | 20100 | 55400 | 0.637 | 1,177 | 1110 | 0.852 | |
| 51 | University of South Alabama | 20100 | 22400 | 0.1029 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 53 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 54 | Bellevue University | 20300 | 36400 | 0.4434 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 54 | Columbia College | 20300 | 35800 | 0.433 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 54 | University of New Orleans | 20300 | 30600 | 0.3372 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 54 | Youngstown State University | 20300 | 34000 | 0.403 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 58 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 29400 | 0.3056 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 59 | San Diego State University | 20500 | 28900 | 0.2907 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 60 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 61 | Husson University | 21000 | 42900 | 0.5109 | 2,763 | 1174 | 0.8095 | |
| 61 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 63 | College of Coastal Georgia | 21100 | 29400 | 0.2823 | 3,468 | 1005 | 0.9813 | |
| 64 | Washington State University | 21200 | 36200 | 0.4131 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 65 | Belhaven University | 21600 | 43300 | 0.5018 | 1,614 | 1105 | 0.4975 | |
| 66 | Northern Michigan University | 21900 | 33100 | 0.3384 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 67 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 68 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 68 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 70 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 71 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22800 | 31300 | 0.2719 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 72 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3737 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 72 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1029 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 72 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 75 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 76 | San Jose State University | 23400 | 41100 | 0.4308 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 77 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 78 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 79 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3458 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 80 | Central Washington University | 23900 | 27900 | 0.1436 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 81 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 82 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 83 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24600 | 67400 | 0.6354 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 84 | Bradley University | 24700 | 50800 | 0.5137 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 84 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24700 | 36300 | 0.3192 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.8901 | |
| 86 | Northern Arizona University | 25600 | 43200 | 0.4082 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 87 | Saint Leo University | 25800 | 50000 | 0.4838 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 87 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 27000 | 0.0444 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 89 | Georgia State University | 25900 | 26000 | 0.0038 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 89 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 91 | Fort Hays State University | 26100 | 36100 | 0.2781 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 91 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 26100 | 39700 | 0.3426 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 91 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 94 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 95 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 96 | Flagler College | 27000 | 61200 | 0.5587 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 97 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 27100 | 36600 | 0.2594 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 98 | Keystone College | 27200 | 36000 | 0.2445 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 99 | Kansas State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0947 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 100 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 66600 | 0.5841 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 28000 | 36700 | 0.2373 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 101 | University of North Alabama | 28000 | 37300 | 0.2494 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 103 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28200 | 32800 | 0.1389 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 104 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 105 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 106 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28800 | 41800 | 0.3105 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 106 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28800 | 50700 | 0.4326 | 926 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 108 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 108 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2143 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 110 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 29100 | 69300 | 0.5799 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 31800 | 0.0849 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 112 | California State University-East Bay | 29600 | 45100 | 0.3438 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 113 | Montana State University | 29900 | 31900 | 0.0626 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 114 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 115 | Southern Utah University | 30300 | 40800 | 0.2575 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 116 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 117 | San Francisco State University | 31000 | 47700 | 0.3502 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 118 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3275 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 118 | The University of Alabama | 31100 | 51800 | 0.3999 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 120 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31200 | 77600 | 0.5978 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 121 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 122 | Lipscomb University | 32500 | 57400 | 0.4336 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 123 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3115 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 124 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32900 | 35000 | 0.0614 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 125 | Framingham State University | 33000 | 38100 | 0.1339 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 126 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 127 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 128 | Colorado Mesa University | 34100 | 40000 | 0.1473 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 128 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 130 | Meredith College | 34400 | 64200 | 0.4643 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 131 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34600 | 44300 | 0.2188 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 132 | University of Denver | 34800 | 76900 | 0.5478 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 133 | Southeastern University | 34900 | 60500 | 0.4229 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35200 | 0.0039 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 135 | Culinary Institute of America | 35300 | 69900 | 0.4952 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.9115 | |
| 136 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35400 | 64400 | 0.4506 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 137 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4206 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 137 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 137 | Temple University | 35500 | 56400 | 0.3707 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 140 | California Lutheran University | 35600 | 70000 | 0.4916 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 141 | Stockton University | 36000 | 44500 | 0.1911 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 142 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36100 | 66100 | 0.454 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 143 | Virginia State University | 36600 | 42200 | 0.1328 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 144 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 145 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 37700 | 38500 | 0.0208 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 146 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66300 | 0.4239 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 147 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38700 | 52900 | 0.2685 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 148 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 149 | Endicott College | 40100 | 64200 | 0.3753 | 3,194 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 150 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3866 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 151 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.0823 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 152 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 153 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 154 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 155 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 156 | Campbell University | 44100 | 68700 | 0.3586 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 157 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 158 | St. John's University-New York | 44600 | 78000 | 0.4279 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 159 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 160 | High Point University | 45200 | 72900 | 0.3799 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 161 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 162 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83900 | 0.4196 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 163 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 164 | Lynn University | 51600 | 66000 | 0.2181 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 165 | University of San Francisco | 54100 | 84800 | 0.3619 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 166 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58100 | 64100 | 0.0936 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 168 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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