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Considering a degree in Hospitality Administration/Management?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality Administration/Management majors who live in Alabama.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Hospitality Administration/Management degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Alabama.
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 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 2 | Arkansas Tech University | 9900 | 22900 | 0.5671 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 3 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 29900 | 0.5919 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 4 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 12300 | 41000 | 0.6996 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 5 | University of West Florida | 12500 | 21500 | 0.4181 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 6 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 23600 | 0.4661 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 7 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13100 | 20300 | 0.3538 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 8 | Fort Hays State University | 13200 | 22000 | 0.4002 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 13600 | 88800 | 0.8472 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 10 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13900 | 25000 | 0.4431 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 11 | Northern Arizona University | 14100 | 25400 | 0.4461 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | University of North Alabama | 14100 | 28200 | 0.501 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 13 | Kansas State University | 14200 | 26100 | 0.4563 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 14 | West Virginia University | 14400 | 23300 | 0.3819 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4965 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 16 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14900 | 31600 | 0.5277 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 17 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0727 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 18 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 15500 | 32300 | 0.5208 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 18 | California State University-Long Beach | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3993 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 18 | Central Michigan University | 15500 | 40600 | 0.6183 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 18 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 22 | Livingstone College | 15600 | 29900 | 0.4788 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 23 | New York University | 15800 | 91800 | 0.8277 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 15900 | 26800 | 0.4056 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 25 | Appalachian State University | 16200 | 19500 | 0.169 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 26 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16500 | 31300 | 0.4734 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 27 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 16700 | 26600 | 0.3728 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 28 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 29 | University of Georgia | 16900 | 27100 | 0.3761 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 30 | Central Washington University | 17000 | 22700 | 0.2508 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 30 | Southeast Missouri State University | 17000 | 30300 | 0.4402 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 32 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 33 | Eastern Illinois University | 17800 | 27700 | 0.358 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 33 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17800 | 28800 | 0.3822 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 33 | Virginia State University | 17800 | 29300 | 0.3931 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 36 | San Francisco State University | 17900 | 33300 | 0.4624 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 37 | Husson University | 18200 | 48100 | 0.621 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 38 | Delaware State University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4474 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 39 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 27000 | 0.3036 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 39 | University of South Alabama | 18800 | 22400 | 0.1642 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 41 | Framingham State University | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3904 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 42 | Eastern Michigan University | 19100 | 36100 | 0.4706 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 43 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3476 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 44 | Youngstown State University | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3307 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 45 | Georgia State University | 19700 | 26000 | 0.2425 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 46 | University of Southern Mississippi | 20000 | 23100 | 0.1341 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 47 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1701 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 48 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 43700 | 0.5382 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 49 | Piedmont University | 20500 | 47200 | 0.5657 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 50 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 50 | San Diego State University | 20800 | 28100 | 0.2599 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 52 | Central Connecticut State University | 20900 | 34000 | 0.3851 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 53 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1818 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 54 | Montana State University | 21100 | 27100 | 0.2211 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 55 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21400 | 24800 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 56 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 57 | Saint Peter's University | 21900 | 66300 | 0.6694 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 58 | Madonna University | 22000 | 50400 | 0.5635 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 59 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 59 | Cleary University | 22400 | 47200 | 0.5257 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 61 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22500 | 32000 | 0.2967 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 62 | Florida State University | 22600 | 23100 | 0.0216 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 63 | Bradley University | 22800 | 50900 | 0.5521 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 63 | Columbia College | 22800 | 36800 | 0.381 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 65 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5993 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 66 | Saint Leo University | 23700 | 50000 | 0.5258 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 67 | Florida International University | 23800 | 34100 | 0.3024 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 67 | Keystone College | 23800 | 42900 | 0.445 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 69 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36000 | 0.3358 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 70 | University of the Virgin Islands | 24200 | 37000 | 0.3463 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 71 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 71 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24500 | 39200 | 0.3751 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 73 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24600 | 37400 | 0.3419 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 73 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 24600 | 42300 | 0.4182 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 73 | University of New Orleans | 24600 | 31000 | 0.2064 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 76 | Meredith College | 24700 | 65900 | 0.6251 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 76 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24700 | 32900 | 0.2493 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 78 | Temple University | 25000 | 36300 | 0.3116 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 79 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 79 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 25200 | 76300 | 0.67 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 79 | Northern Michigan University | 25200 | 32900 | 0.2343 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 82 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 83 | Flagler College | 25500 | 37800 | 0.3256 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 84 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 85 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 85 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 87 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5404 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 88 | California State University-Northridge | 26200 | 36600 | 0.2834 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 89 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 89 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26500 | 36500 | 0.2741 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 91 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 26800 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 92 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 93 | Southern Utah University | 27700 | 35600 | 0.2216 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 94 | The University of Alabama | 27800 | 29900 | 0.071 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 95 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28500 | 43200 | 0.3399 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 97 | Florida Atlantic University | 28600 | 39200 | 0.2706 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 97 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 99 | Lipscomb University | 28700 | 57600 | 0.5019 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 99 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28700 | 50700 | 0.435 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 101 | Mitchell College | 28900 | 65900 | 0.5611 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 102 | Salem State University | 29700 | 38900 | 0.2363 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 103 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 103 | Roosevelt University | 30000 | 43300 | 0.307 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 105 | California State University-East Bay | 30100 | 43000 | 0.2997 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 106 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 30200 | 34000 | 0.1117 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 107 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 108 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.6083 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 109 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30900 | 33100 | 0.0665 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 110 | Culinary Institute of America | 31000 | 69500 | 0.5537 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 111 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 31100 | 63700 | 0.5114 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 112 | Siena Heights University | 31200 | 46300 | 0.3259 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 112 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 31200 | 43700 | 0.2858 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 114 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 31400 | 38500 | 0.1845 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 115 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31600 | 41100 | 0.2314 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 116 | Auburn University | 32000 | 34400 | 0.0709 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 117 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 118 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 47600 | 0.3171 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 119 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 119 | Widener University | 32600 | 75300 | 0.5668 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 121 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 122 | New Jersey City University | 32900 | 39800 | 0.1735 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 122 | Southeastern University | 32900 | 60500 | 0.4559 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 124 | Colorado Mesa University | 33200 | 40000 | 0.168 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 125 | Lasell University | 33600 | 47000 | 0.2849 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 126 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 127 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 128 | Stephen F Austin State University | 34100 | 42800 | 0.2033 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 129 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 34200 | 46200 | 0.2599 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 130 | Stockton University | 34300 | 44500 | 0.2293 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 131 | Charleston Southern University | 34400 | 48400 | 0.2905 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 133 | DePaul University | 35100 | 59100 | 0.4059 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 134 | Southern Connecticut State University | 35600 | 52500 | 0.3222 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 135 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35900 | 43500 | 0.1748 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 136 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36000 | 47300 | 0.2388 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 137 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 137 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 139 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36900 | 64400 | 0.4273 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 140 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 141 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 141 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 143 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 143 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53800 | 0.264 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 145 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39800 | 53300 | 0.2532 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 146 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 147 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 148 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3861 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 149 | Webber International University | 40800 | 44400 | 0.0806 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 150 | Endicott College | 41100 | 63200 | 0.3496 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 151 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 53900 | 0.2337 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 152 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 153 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3591 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 154 | Mercyhurst University | 42200 | 66400 | 0.3647 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 154 | St. John's University-New York | 42200 | 80100 | 0.4729 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 154 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 157 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 158 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 159 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 160 | Montclair State University | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 161 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 162 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 163 | Lynn University | 51600 | 64200 | 0.1963 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 164 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 83200 | 0.352 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 165 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 56100 | 0.0018 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.