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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 Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | Boston University | 6000 | 88800 | 0.9329 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 2 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 3 | Arkansas Tech University | 9900 | 22900 | 0.5671 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 4 | Southern Utah University | 11800 | 21100 | 0.44 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 5 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 11900 | 41000 | 0.7093 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 6 | New York University | 12100 | 91800 | 0.868 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 23600 | 0.4661 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 9 | Eastern Illinois University | 12900 | 24400 | 0.4727 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12900 | 27100 | 0.5232 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 11 | Fort Hays State University | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3911 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 12 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13600 | 22500 | 0.3961 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 12 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5829 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13800 | 19400 | 0.2887 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 14 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 17100 | 0.1928 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 26500 | 0.463 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 17 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 29300 | 0.5068 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | Western Carolina University | 14500 | 19600 | 0.2602 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 19 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14700 | 31600 | 0.535 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 20 | University of North Texas | 15000 | 25400 | 0.4101 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 21 | Central Michigan University | 15300 | 40600 | 0.6233 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 22 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 15500 | 32300 | 0.5208 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 22 | California State University-Long Beach | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3993 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 22 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 25 | Livingstone College | 15600 | 29900 | 0.4788 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 26 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 28000 | 0.439 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 26 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15700 | 22600 | 0.3049 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 28 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16000 | 28800 | 0.4443 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 29 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 16500 | 32100 | 0.4853 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 30 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16700 | 25700 | 0.3502 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 30 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16700 | 30300 | 0.4491 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 30 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 16700 | 26600 | 0.3728 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 33 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 34 | University of Georgia | 17100 | 27100 | 0.37 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 35 | Central Washington University | 17200 | 22700 | 0.242 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 35 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17200 | 27400 | 0.3721 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 37 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17300 | 24300 | 0.2882 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 38 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 26700 | 0.3338 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 39 | California State University-East Bay | 17900 | 29700 | 0.3978 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 39 | Husson University | 17900 | 48100 | 0.6272 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 39 | Virginia State University | 17900 | 29300 | 0.3897 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 42 | Colorado Mesa University | 18200 | 24800 | 0.2672 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 43 | University of New Orleans | 18400 | 29500 | 0.3763 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 44 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 45500 | 0.5895 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 45 | Eastern Michigan University | 18800 | 36100 | 0.4798 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 46 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3401 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 47 | Saint Cloud State University | 19100 | 24500 | 0.2219 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 48 | San Jose State University | 19400 | 29900 | 0.3509 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 48 | Youngstown State University | 19400 | 29300 | 0.3375 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 50 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19900 | 26300 | 0.243 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 51 | Central Connecticut State University | 20000 | 27600 | 0.2756 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 51 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1755 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 53 | Piedmont University | 20300 | 47200 | 0.5699 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 54 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 55 | West Virginia University | 20800 | 28800 | 0.278 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 56 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 57 | Northern Arizona University | 21500 | 32000 | 0.3299 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 57 | Saint Peter's University | 21500 | 66300 | 0.6755 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 59 | Stockton University | 21700 | 32100 | 0.3238 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 60 | Madonna University | 21900 | 50400 | 0.5655 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 61 | Cleary University | 22300 | 47200 | 0.5279 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 61 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22300 | 33900 | 0.342 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 63 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 63 | Bradley University | 22400 | 50900 | 0.5599 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 65 | Columbia College | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3864 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 65 | Florida State University | 22600 | 25000 | 0.0962 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 67 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 68 | Saint Leo University | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 68 | The University of Alabama | 23500 | 29900 | 0.2144 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 70 | Keystone College | 23900 | 42900 | 0.4426 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 71 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 72 | University of the Virgin Islands | 24100 | 37000 | 0.349 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 73 | Meredith College | 24400 | 65900 | 0.6297 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 74 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24600 | 76300 | 0.6778 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 74 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24600 | 32900 | 0.2523 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 76 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 24700 | 42300 | 0.4158 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 77 | Northern Michigan University | 24900 | 32900 | 0.2435 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 78 | Montana State University | 25000 | 31400 | 0.2038 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 79 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 80 | Flagler College | 25300 | 37800 | 0.3309 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 81 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 83 | California State University-Northridge | 26100 | 36600 | 0.287 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 84 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 84 | University of North Alabama | 27000 | 41500 | 0.3496 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 86 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 87 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27300 | 29500 | 0.0748 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 88 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 88 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 41900 | 0.3364 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 91 | Florida Atlantic University | 28300 | 39200 | 0.2782 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 91 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28300 | 50700 | 0.4415 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 93 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28400 | 43200 | 0.3422 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 94 | Mitchell College | 28500 | 65900 | 0.5672 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 95 | Framingham State University | 28600 | 38100 | 0.2496 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 95 | Lipscomb University | 28600 | 57600 | 0.5039 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 97 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 28800 | 78100 | 0.6313 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 98 | Delaware State University | 29300 | 36700 | 0.2018 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 99 | Salem State University | 29500 | 38900 | 0.2414 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 100 | Montclair State University | 29700 | 36300 | 0.1819 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 101 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 30000 | 34000 | 0.1176 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 102 | Belmont University | 30200 | 67800 | 0.554 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 102 | University of South Alabama | 30200 | 35000 | 0.1372 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 104 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30500 | 39500 | 0.2277 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 105 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30700 | 33100 | 0.0726 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 106 | Culinary Institute of America | 30800 | 69500 | 0.5566 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 106 | Georgia State University | 30800 | 44400 | 0.306 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 108 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3287 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 109 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 31100 | 63700 | 0.5114 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 110 | San Francisco State University | 31200 | 45200 | 0.3099 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 111 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 112 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 113 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 34700 | 0.0691 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 114 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 47600 | 0.3171 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 114 | Widener University | 32500 | 75300 | 0.5682 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 116 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 116 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 116 | Southeastern University | 32700 | 60500 | 0.4592 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 119 | New Jersey City University | 32800 | 39800 | 0.176 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 119 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3119 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 121 | Lasell University | 33500 | 47000 | 0.287 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 122 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 123 | Appalachian State University | 33700 | 35800 | 0.0587 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 124 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2932 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 125 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 126 | DePaul University | 34900 | 59100 | 0.4093 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 126 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 34900 | 37600 | 0.0719 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 128 | Southern Connecticut State University | 35500 | 52500 | 0.3241 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 129 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35800 | 47300 | 0.2431 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 129 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35800 | 43500 | 0.1771 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 129 | University of West Florida | 35800 | 44600 | 0.1974 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 132 | Western Kentucky University | 36100 | 41900 | 0.1385 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 133 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 36200 | 53300 | 0.3207 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 134 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 134 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 136 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 137 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36800 | 64400 | 0.4289 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 138 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 139 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 62000 | 0.3936 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 140 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 141 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 141 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53700 | 0.2627 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 143 | San Diego State University | 40200 | 40500 | 0.0074 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 143 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 145 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 146 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.387 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 146 | Temple University | 40400 | 56100 | 0.2798 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 148 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0835 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 149 | Endicott College | 40900 | 63200 | 0.3528 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 150 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 53900 | 0.2337 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 151 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 152 | Campbell University | 41600 | 65100 | 0.3611 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 153 | St. John's University-New York | 42100 | 80100 | 0.4742 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 154 | Mercyhurst University | 42500 | 66400 | 0.3601 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 155 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 156 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 157 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 158 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 159 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 160 | College of Charleston | 49500 | 59000 | 0.161 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 161 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 161 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 163 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 164 | Lynn University | 51500 | 64200 | 0.1979 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 165 | University of San Francisco | 53600 | 83200 | 0.3556 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 166 | Dallas Baptist University | 55900 | 56100 | 0.0036 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.