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 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 3 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 22200 | 0.5235 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 4 | Boston University | 11700 | 92800 | 0.8741 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12300 | 22900 | 0.4637 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 6 | California State University-Northridge | 12500 | 22000 | 0.4314 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 7 | Florida Atlantic University | 12600 | 25800 | 0.5123 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 25300 | 0.5014 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 9 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13100 | 26100 | 0.499 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 11 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 924 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 11 | University of North Alabama | 13300 | 28200 | 0.5287 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4784 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13500 | 28000 | 0.5175 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 14 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 16 | Western Kentucky University | 13600 | 27000 | 0.4979 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13800 | 19400 | 0.2887 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 18 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 34400 | 0.5815 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 19 | Central Michigan University | 14700 | 37800 | 0.6104 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 20 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 30400 | 0.5126 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 21 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 37400 | 0.5984 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 22 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15400 | 20300 | 0.2408 | 14,463 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 23 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 24 | Florida State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3097 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 24 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 26 | Ball State University | 16300 | 22400 | 0.2727 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 27 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 28 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 29 | Eastern Michigan University | 17000 | 36100 | 0.529 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 29 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17000 | 28200 | 0.3967 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 31 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 32 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University | 17500 | 40900 | 0.5719 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 34 | Colorado Mesa University | 17700 | 28600 | 0.3823 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 35 | University of Memphis | 17800 | 26400 | 0.3264 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 36 | Salem State University | 18000 | 28500 | 0.3684 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 37 | Middle Tennessee State University | 18300 | 23300 | 0.2139 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 38 | University of Mississippi | 18400 | 27000 | 0.3184 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 39 | Youngstown State University | 18700 | 34000 | 0.45 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 40 | Central Connecticut State University | 18800 | 34000 | 0.4466 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 41 | Central Washington University | 19000 | 22700 | 0.1628 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 42 | Cleary University | 19200 | 56600 | 0.6604 | 769 | 1060 | 0.6754 | |
| 43 | Framingham State University | 19300 | 31000 | 0.3775 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 44 | Madonna University | 19400 | 49200 | 0.606 | 1,828 | 980 | 0.6339 | |
| 45 | Bay Path University | 19700 | 55400 | 0.6442 | 1,177 | 1110 | 0.852 | |
| 45 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 45 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19700 | 30600 | 0.3571 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 48 | Davis & Elkins College | 19800 | 48300 | 0.5898 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 49 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4442 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | Columbia College | 20300 | 35800 | 0.433 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 50 | University of New Orleans | 20300 | 30600 | 0.3372 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 52 | Eastern Illinois University | 20400 | 28100 | 0.2731 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 52 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1896 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 54 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 55 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20700 | 39900 | 0.4815 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 56 | Husson University | 21000 | 42900 | 0.5109 | 2,763 | 1174 | 0.8095 | |
| 57 | College of Coastal Georgia | 21100 | 29400 | 0.2823 | 3,468 | 1005 | 0.9813 | |
| 58 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 39200 | 0.4594 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 59 | Belhaven University | 21500 | 43300 | 0.5037 | 1,614 | 1105 | 0.4975 | |
| 59 | University of West Florida | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 61 | Northern Michigan University | 21900 | 33100 | 0.3384 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 62 | Austin Peay State University | 22400 | 35900 | 0.376 | 8,926 | 1075 | 0.9641 | |
| 62 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 62 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 65 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 66 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22800 | 31300 | 0.2719 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 67 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3772 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 68 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1079 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 69 | The University of Alabama | 23100 | 31000 | 0.2546 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 69 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 71 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.6011 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 72 | San Jose State University | 23400 | 41100 | 0.4308 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 72 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 74 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 75 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 76 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 76 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24100 | 24900 | 0.0321 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 78 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24600 | 67400 | 0.6354 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 79 | Bradley University | 24700 | 50800 | 0.5137 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 79 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24700 | 36300 | 0.3192 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.8901 | |
| 81 | Stockton University | 24900 | 32100 | 0.2242 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 82 | Northern Arizona University | 25500 | 43200 | 0.4101 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 83 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 83 | Saint Leo University | 25800 | 50000 | 0.4838 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 83 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 25800 | 34900 | 0.2606 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 86 | Georgia State University | 25900 | 26000 | 0.0038 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 86 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5425 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 88 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 26100 | 39700 | 0.3426 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 88 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 90 | Fort Hays State University | 26200 | 36100 | 0.2761 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 91 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 91 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48700 | 0.4542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 93 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 94 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 95 | Flagler College | 27000 | 61200 | 0.5587 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 96 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 27100 | 36600 | 0.2594 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 97 | Keystone College | 27200 | 36000 | 0.2445 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 98 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 100 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 66600 | 0.5841 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 100 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0882 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 102 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28300 | 32800 | 0.1367 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 103 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.3398 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 103 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 105 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28800 | 41800 | 0.3105 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 105 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2152 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 105 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28800 | 50700 | 0.4331 | 926 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 108 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 29100 | 69300 | 0.5799 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 109 | California State University-East Bay | 29600 | 45100 | 0.3438 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 110 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29800 | 34000 | 0.1234 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 111 | Montana State University | 29900 | 31900 | 0.0626 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 112 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78100 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 113 | North Carolina Central University | 30800 | 40000 | 0.2299 | 6,595 | 1060 | 0.8696 | |
| 114 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 115 | San Francisco State University | 31000 | 47700 | 0.3502 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 115 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3303 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 117 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31200 | 77600 | 0.5978 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 117 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 36100 | 0.1357 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 119 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 120 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31900 | 41200 | 0.226 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 121 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32100 | 34400 | 0.0662 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 122 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5371 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 123 | Lipscomb University | 32500 | 57400 | 0.4336 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 124 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3124 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 125 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 126 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34000 | 53100 | 0.3595 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 128 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 129 | Meredith College | 34300 | 64200 | 0.4659 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 130 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34600 | 44300 | 0.2188 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 131 | University of Denver | 34800 | 76900 | 0.5478 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 131 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 34800 | 37600 | 0.0739 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 133 | Southeastern University | 34900 | 60500 | 0.4229 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 134 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35200 | 64400 | 0.4537 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 135 | Culinary Institute of America | 35300 | 69900 | 0.4952 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.9115 | |
| 135 | Virginia State University | 35300 | 42200 | 0.1636 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 137 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 137 | Temple University | 35400 | 56400 | 0.3724 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 139 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 140 | California Lutheran University | 35600 | 70000 | 0.4916 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 141 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36100 | 66100 | 0.454 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 142 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 143 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 37700 | 38500 | 0.0208 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 144 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66300 | 0.4239 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 145 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38700 | 52900 | 0.2685 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 146 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 147 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 148 | Endicott College | 40100 | 64200 | 0.3753 | 3,194 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 149 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3874 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 150 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40500 | 44100 | 0.0817 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 151 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 151 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0852 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 153 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2773 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 154 | Montclair State University | 41800 | 46600 | 0.103 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 155 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 156 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 157 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3604 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 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 | 45100 | 72900 | 0.3813 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 161 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 162 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 163 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 164 | University of San Francisco | 54100 | 84800 | 0.3619 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 165 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 166 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 167 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61900 | 64200 | 0.0358 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
Join thousands of students and parents learning about finding the right college, admissions secrets, scholarships, financial aid, and more.