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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 | College of the Ozarks | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 7700 | 22000 | 0.6502 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9100 | 45100 | 0.7986 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Western Kentucky University | 9900 | 27500 | 0.6379 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 10200 | 51400 | 0.8015 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10500 | 27300 | 0.6164 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 27400 | 0.6092 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 8 | Eastern Illinois University | 11500 | 24700 | 0.5341 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 11600 | 22200 | 0.477 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 10 | San Francisco State University | 11700 | 46700 | 0.7489 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 26500 | 0.5239 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 14 | Boston University | 12700 | 93200 | 0.8637 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12700 | 19400 | 0.3454 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 16 | Livingstone College | 13000 | 43100 | 0.6986 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 27100 | 0.5195 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | Western Carolina University | 13100 | 16500 | 0.206 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 19 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 31000 | 0.5712 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 20 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 20 | University of North Alabama | 13500 | 28200 | 0.5216 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5923 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 22 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 24 | Salem State University | 13900 | 38300 | 0.6367 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 24 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 13900 | 31000 | 0.5523 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 26 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14000 | 29600 | 0.5278 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 27 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14200 | 30100 | 0.5289 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 28 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 31400 | 0.5438 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 29 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 29 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 50100 | 0.7122 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 31 | Troy University | 14500 | 26700 | 0.4568 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 32 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14600 | 31700 | 0.5402 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 32 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14600 | 22500 | 0.3508 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 73100 | 0.8 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 35 | Colorado Mesa University | 14800 | 66200 | 0.7766 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 35 | Northern Michigan University | 14800 | 33100 | 0.5529 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 35 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14800 | 23400 | 0.3671 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 38 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14900 | 26000 | 0.4264 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 38 | University of Mississippi | 14900 | 27000 | 0.448 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 40 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 38700 | 0.6071 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 40 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15200 | 90700 | 0.8325 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 42 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 42 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 15500 | 25000 | 0.3801 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 44 | Appalachian State University | 15600 | 26000 | 0.4001 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 45 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | Morgan State University | 16300 | 30700 | 0.4686 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 46 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 16300 | 24300 | 0.3294 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 48 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16600 | 26300 | 0.3691 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 16600 | 22400 | 0.2594 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 50 | Montclair State University | 16700 | 36000 | 0.5367 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 51 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 29000 | 0.4175 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 52 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 53 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3501 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 53 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 55 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 18000 | 18400 | 0.0218 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5618 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 57 | North Carolina Central University | 18100 | 33000 | 0.4517 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 58 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5539 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 58 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 58 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18300 | 43500 | 0.579 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 61 | Delaware State University | 18600 | 62600 | 0.7028 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 62 | Husson University | 18800 | 48100 | 0.6085 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 62 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 64 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19000 | 30600 | 0.3789 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 65 | Stockton University | 19300 | 32100 | 0.3985 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19800 | 55300 | 0.6417 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 67 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19900 | 57800 | 0.6554 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20200 | 38100 | 0.4698 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 69 | Saint Leo University | 20300 | 50000 | 0.5938 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 69 | South Dakota State University | 20300 | 25200 | 0.1941 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 69 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 72 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20500 | 51600 | 0.6025 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 72 | University of New Orleans | 20500 | 30000 | 0.3162 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 74 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20600 | 48300 | 0.5736 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 75 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 75 | Washington State University | 20700 | 35900 | 0.4229 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 77 | Ferris State University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3295 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 78 | Grand Canyon University | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3701 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 79 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 80 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 22600 | 89100 | 0.7462 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 80 | Meredith College | 22600 | 67400 | 0.6645 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 82 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 83 | Central Washington University | 22900 | 27200 | 0.1579 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 84 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6031 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 85 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 86 | University of North Texas | 23500 | 37400 | 0.3714 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 87 | Lackawanna College | 23900 | 52100 | 0.5416 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 87 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 37100 | 0.3574 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 89 | Keystone College | 24100 | 50500 | 0.5233 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 90 | University of South Florida | 24200 | 36500 | 0.3366 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 91 | Fort Hays State University | 24400 | 28500 | 0.1436 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 91 | Montana State University | 24400 | 31600 | 0.2281 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 93 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 24500 | 37700 | 0.3499 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 93 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 93 | Temple University | 24500 | 36100 | 0.3216 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 96 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 96 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1011 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 98 | California State University-Long Beach | 26100 | 38800 | 0.3272 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 99 | New Jersey City University | 26200 | 39800 | 0.342 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 100 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1796 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 101 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 102 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 103 | Central Connecticut State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0922 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 103 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 63900 | 0.5679 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 105 | Flagler College | 27700 | 61900 | 0.5521 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 106 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27800 | 50700 | 0.4531 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 107 | Georgia State University | 28800 | 45700 | 0.3696 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 107 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 45200 | 0.3626 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34200 | 0.149 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 110 | Saint Xavier University | 29200 | 58200 | 0.498 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 111 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29900 | 78300 | 0.6182 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 112 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30300 | 33200 | 0.0872 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 113 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 114 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31000 | 58700 | 0.4722 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 115 | Kent State University at Kent | 31100 | 37500 | 0.1706 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 115 | Warner University | 31100 | 41000 | 0.2414 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 117 | Lasell University | 31400 | 50800 | 0.3822 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 118 | Wilkes University | 31900 | 61900 | 0.4838 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 119 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32100 | 35200 | 0.0881 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 120 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 121 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 122 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32600 | 35000 | 0.0684 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 123 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3132 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 123 | San Diego State University | 32700 | 37100 | 0.1187 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 125 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5399 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 126 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 126 | St. John's University-New York | 34100 | 83800 | 0.5934 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 128 | Culinary Institute of America | 34400 | 91000 | 0.622 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 129 | Southern Connecticut State University | 34500 | 42000 | 0.1786 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 130 | University of San Francisco | 35000 | 83900 | 0.5832 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 131 | Bradley University | 35100 | 60300 | 0.418 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 132 | Mount Mercy University | 35300 | 61200 | 0.4224 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 133 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 57500 | 0.3845 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 134 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 135 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66700 | 0.4469 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 136 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38800 | 69800 | 0.4443 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 137 | Drexel University | 39200 | 86400 | 0.5466 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 138 | University of Denver | 39300 | 84100 | 0.5329 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 139 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 140 | Endicott College | 39800 | 65400 | 0.3912 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 140 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 39800 | 64500 | 0.3832 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 142 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3882 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 143 | Webber International University | 40500 | 44400 | 0.0878 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 144 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40700 | 53600 | 0.2408 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 145 | Virginia State University | 41200 | 42800 | 0.0374 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 146 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 147 | James Madison University | 43200 | 45100 | 0.0421 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 148 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 149 | Campbell University | 43900 | 68700 | 0.3621 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 149 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0919 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 151 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2758 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 152 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 153 | University of Kentucky | 48100 | 59900 | 0.1977 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 154 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48500 | 61200 | 0.2075 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 155 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 69900 | 0.3035 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 156 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 157 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 158 | College of Charleston | 50000 | 62300 | 0.1973 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 159 | Lynn University | 51700 | 71600 | 0.2779 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 160 | University of Georgia | 52100 | 52100 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 161 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 162 | The University of Alabama | 53800 | 58000 | 0.0724 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 163 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 84300 | 0.3393 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 166 | Mercyhurst University | 61200 | 68000 | 0.1 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.