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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 California.
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 California.
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 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | Southern Utah University | 10000 | 22200 | 0.5506 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 4 | California State University-Northridge | 11500 | 22000 | 0.4753 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11500 | 22900 | 0.4987 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 6 | Northern Arizona University | 11600 | 27900 | 0.5837 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 6 | University of West Florida | 11600 | 21500 | 0.4599 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 8 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | University of Central Florida | 11700 | 25300 | 0.5369 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 10 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12000 | 28000 | 0.571 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 11 | Eastern Illinois University | 12500 | 24300 | 0.4845 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 26500 | 0.5277 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12700 | 19400 | 0.3454 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 13 | Western Kentucky University | 12700 | 27000 | 0.5296 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 15 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12900 | 22800 | 0.4336 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 16 | Boston University | 13100 | 92800 | 0.859 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 17 | Livingstone College | 13200 | 29900 | 0.5591 | 924 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 18 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 19 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5445 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 20 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14000 | 37400 | 0.6251 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 14100 | 34400 | 0.5902 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 22 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 23 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14300 | 23400 | 0.3884 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 24 | California State University-East Bay | 14500 | 30200 | 0.5211 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 24 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14500 | 22500 | 0.3552 | 14,463 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 26 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4106 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 27 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 15700 | 24300 | 0.3541 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 28 | San Francisco State University | 15800 | 46700 | 0.6611 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 29 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 15900 | 28200 | 0.4356 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 30 | Eastern Michigan University | 16100 | 36100 | 0.5531 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 31 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3645 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 32 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16500 | 26300 | 0.3711 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 34 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 35 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 35 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 23200 | 0.2715 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 37 | Colorado Mesa University | 17200 | 28600 | 0.398 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 37 | Salem State University | 17200 | 28500 | 0.3964 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 39 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17300 | 27400 | 0.3684 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 40 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 41 | College of Charleston | 17700 | 33900 | 0.4785 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 42 | Youngstown State University | 18100 | 34000 | 0.4677 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 43 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18600 | 31000 | 0.4005 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 44 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 45000 | 0.5849 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 45 | Cleary University | 18800 | 56600 | 0.6675 | 769 | 1060 | 0.6754 | |
| 45 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 47 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 26700 | 0.2926 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 48 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 48 | Virginia State University | 19000 | 29500 | 0.3556 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 50 | Columbia College | 19200 | 35800 | 0.4637 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 50 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19200 | 30600 | 0.3722 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 52 | Madonna University | 19300 | 49200 | 0.6081 | 1,828 | 980 | 0.6339 | |
| 53 | University of New Orleans | 19500 | 30600 | 0.3633 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 54 | Central Connecticut State University | 19600 | 29500 | 0.3354 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 55 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 55 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 29400 | 0.3192 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 57 | Bay Path University | 20100 | 55400 | 0.637 | 1,177 | 1110 | 0.852 | |
| 58 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 58 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 60 | Bellevue University | 20300 | 36400 | 0.4434 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 60 | Husson University | 20300 | 42900 | 0.5273 | 2,763 | 1174 | 0.8095 | |
| 60 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 63 | Northern Michigan University | 20900 | 33100 | 0.3686 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 64 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 65 | Washington State University | 21200 | 36200 | 0.4131 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 66 | Belhaven University | 21600 | 43300 | 0.5018 | 1,614 | 1105 | 0.4975 | |
| 67 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2772 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 68 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 68 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 68 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 71 | Central Washington University | 22800 | 27200 | 0.1616 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 72 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23000 | 67400 | 0.6592 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 73 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3737 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 73 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1029 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 75 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 76 | Stockton University | 23500 | 32100 | 0.2678 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 76 | 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 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 80 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24200 | 36300 | 0.3329 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.8901 | |
| 81 | Saint Leo University | 25000 | 50000 | 0.4998 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 82 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25200 | 39700 | 0.3653 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 83 | Fort Hays State University | 25600 | 36100 | 0.2919 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 83 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 85 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 25800 | 34900 | 0.2606 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 86 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 87 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26100 | 36000 | 0.2751 | 3,468 | 1005 | 0.9813 | |
| 88 | Flagler College | 26200 | 61200 | 0.5717 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 89 | Keystone College | 26300 | 36000 | 0.2695 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 90 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 91 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 92 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1256 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 93 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 94 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 95 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 96 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27500 | 69300 | 0.6029 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 97 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 66600 | 0.5856 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 97 | University of North Alabama | 27600 | 37300 | 0.2601 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 99 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27700 | 50700 | 0.4542 | 926 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 100 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28400 | 36700 | 0.226 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 101 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 102 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29300 | 34000 | 0.1381 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 103 | Montana State University | 29400 | 31400 | 0.0637 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 103 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1354 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 105 | North Carolina Central University | 29700 | 40000 | 0.2574 | 6,595 | 1060 | 0.8696 | |
| 105 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 29700 | 29700 | 0 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 107 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 108 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 30300 | 41200 | 0.2649 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | San Diego State University | 30900 | 36100 | 0.144 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 111 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3275 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 112 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31300 | 57000 | 0.4511 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 113 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 114 | Lipscomb University | 32600 | 57800 | 0.4368 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 115 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3115 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 116 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32900 | 35000 | 0.0614 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 117 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4669 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 118 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 119 | Framingham State University | 33300 | 38100 | 0.126 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 120 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.186 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 121 | Southeastern University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.4345 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 122 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34300 | 44300 | 0.2256 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 123 | Culinary Institute of America | 34600 | 69900 | 0.5052 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.9115 | |
| 124 | Meredith College | 34700 | 64200 | 0.4596 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 125 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 126 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 127 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35200 | 64400 | 0.4537 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 128 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35300 | 66100 | 0.4662 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 129 | New Jersey City University | 35400 | 39800 | 0.1107 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 130 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4206 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 131 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 132 | Georgia State University | 36300 | 45400 | 0.2005 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 133 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 134 | Southern Connecticut State University | 37900 | 52900 | 0.2837 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53100 | 0.2711 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 136 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 137 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 138 | Endicott College | 40500 | 64200 | 0.3691 | 3,194 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 138 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3866 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 140 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 140 | University of San Francisco | 40600 | 83900 | 0.5164 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 142 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.0823 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 143 | Montclair State University | 41900 | 46600 | 0.1009 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 144 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 145 | Campbell University | 44100 | 68700 | 0.3586 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 145 | Florida Atlantic University | 44100 | 44400 | 0.0068 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 147 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 148 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 148 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 150 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 151 | High Point University | 45600 | 72900 | 0.3744 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 152 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 153 | University of Delaware | 48000 | 61300 | 0.2171 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 154 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 155 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 156 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1531 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 157 | University of Georgia | 51600 | 52800 | 0.0227 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 158 | Lynn University | 51700 | 66000 | 0.2166 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 159 | California Lutheran University | 53400 | 70000 | 0.2374 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 62800 | 0.1449 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 161 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 163 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 164 | Mercyhurst University | 60800 | 68000 | 0.1059 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 62000 | 64200 | 0.0343 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.