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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 Kentucky.
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 Kentucky.
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 | Northern Kentucky University | 7300 | 25900 | 0.7195 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8500 | 27100 | 0.6853 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 9600 | 22400 | 0.5725 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10000 | 22900 | 0.5649 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11100 | 36600 | 0.6964 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 6 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 11200 | 18400 | 0.392 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 7 | Boston University | 11400 | 91600 | 0.8759 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 8 | Southern Utah University | 12100 | 44000 | 0.7245 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 9 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 12300 | 40500 | 0.6965 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 10 | Saint Peter's University | 12400 | 67300 | 0.8158 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 10 | University of North Alabama | 12400 | 28200 | 0.5606 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 13 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 14 | Florida Atlantic University | 12800 | 25800 | 0.5045 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 15 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13100 | 39600 | 0.6693 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 15 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 17 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 13300 | 31600 | 0.5793 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 18 | Eastern Illinois University | 13400 | 24300 | 0.4481 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 19 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13500 | 49300 | 0.7259 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 19 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13500 | 23200 | 0.418 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 19 | Youngstown State University | 13500 | 26800 | 0.4958 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 22 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4786 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 22 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6068 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 24 | Fort Hays State University | 13700 | 40700 | 0.6633 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 25 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13900 | 19400 | 0.2836 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 26 | University of West Florida | 14000 | 21500 | 0.3484 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 27 | Arkansas Tech University | 14100 | 35900 | 0.6065 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 28 | Framingham State University | 14300 | 31000 | 0.5389 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 28 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 30700 | 0.5348 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 30 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14500 | 28000 | 0.4818 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 32 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14600 | 28200 | 0.4821 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 33 | Central Michigan University | 14700 | 37400 | 0.6075 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 34 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14800 | 36100 | 0.5901 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 35 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14900 | 33100 | 0.5496 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 35 | University of Georgia | 14900 | 26600 | 0.4414 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 37 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 37 | University of North Texas | 15100 | 25700 | 0.413 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 39 | Livingstone College | 15400 | 38100 | 0.5957 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 39 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15400 | 45200 | 0.6587 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 41 | Colorado Mesa University | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3731 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 42 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 43 | Central Washington University | 15700 | 27900 | 0.438 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 44 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 45 | Delaware State University | 16000 | 46500 | 0.656 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 46 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16400 | 76300 | 0.7853 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 47 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16500 | 42600 | 0.6129 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 47 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16500 | 23100 | 0.2857 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 49 | Appalachian State University | 16600 | 19500 | 0.1489 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 49 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 16600 | 33300 | 0.5016 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 51 | Eastern Michigan University | 16800 | 31800 | 0.4722 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 51 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 53 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 54 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 55 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17400 | 34000 | 0.4878 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 56 | Georgia State University | 17500 | 26000 | 0.3271 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 56 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17500 | 44900 | 0.6098 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 56 | University of South Alabama | 17500 | 35200 | 0.5031 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 56 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3522 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 60 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17600 | 26300 | 0.3312 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 61 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 26700 | 0.3338 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 61 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 17800 | 48000 | 0.6287 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 61 | Virginia State University | 17800 | 29500 | 0.3963 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 64 | Husson University | 17900 | 48100 | 0.6272 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 65 | Saint Leo University | 18200 | 50000 | 0.6358 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 66 | Salem State University | 18300 | 28500 | 0.3578 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 67 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18500 | 28200 | 0.3435 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 67 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18500 | 42300 | 0.5623 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 69 | Madonna University | 18700 | 58300 | 0.6796 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 69 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3073 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 71 | California State University-East Bay | 18800 | 30100 | 0.3759 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 71 | Northern Michigan University | 18800 | 33100 | 0.4321 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 73 | College of Charleston | 18900 | 33900 | 0.443 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 74 | North Carolina Central University | 19300 | 40000 | 0.5173 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 74 | Stockton University | 19300 | 44500 | 0.5666 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 76 | Piedmont University | 19800 | 47200 | 0.5805 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 77 | San Jose State University | 19900 | 33600 | 0.4074 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 78 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1755 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 79 | Central Connecticut State University | 20100 | 29500 | 0.3185 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 79 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 46300 | 0.5657 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 81 | University of New Orleans | 20600 | 30200 | 0.3178 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 82 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 82 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 38200 | 0.4555 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 84 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 85 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 26600 | 0.1919 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 85 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 87 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 87 | Montana State University | 21600 | 27100 | 0.2027 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 89 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21800 | 25400 | 0.1427 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 90 | New York University | 21900 | 91800 | 0.7612 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 91 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22200 | 53100 | 0.5821 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 92 | Cleary University | 22300 | 60900 | 0.6343 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 93 | Keystone College | 22500 | 42900 | 0.4752 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 94 | Columbia College | 22700 | 39700 | 0.4287 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 95 | San Francisco State University | 22800 | 55400 | 0.5885 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 96 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 97 | Northern Arizona University | 23000 | 32000 | 0.2815 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 98 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 99 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 23800 | 47300 | 0.4967 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 101 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23900 | 26300 | 0.0914 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 102 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 103 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 104 | York College of Pennsylvania | 24300 | 45800 | 0.4698 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 105 | Flagler College | 24500 | 61100 | 0.5988 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 105 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 107 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 108 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 109 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 110 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 111 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 112 | Lipscomb University | 26100 | 57800 | 0.5474 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 113 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 114 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26500 | 79400 | 0.6664 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 115 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26600 | 42100 | 0.3678 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 116 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 117 | Bellevue University | 28300 | 32400 | 0.1267 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 117 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28300 | 50700 | 0.4415 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 119 | Mitchell College | 28600 | 75200 | 0.62 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29400 | 38500 | 0.2365 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 121 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 122 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 123 | Belmont University | 30200 | 67800 | 0.554 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 124 | Culinary Institute of America | 30500 | 74600 | 0.5908 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 124 | Southeastern University | 30500 | 60500 | 0.4956 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 126 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78100 | 0.6069 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 127 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3287 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 127 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 51800 | 0.4017 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 129 | New Jersey City University | 31600 | 39800 | 0.2062 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 130 | Lasell University | 31900 | 48500 | 0.342 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 131 | Liberty University | 32000 | 60900 | 0.4748 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32400 | 35100 | 0.077 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 133 | St. John's University-New York | 32600 | 78000 | 0.5817 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 134 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3119 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 135 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 136 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 137 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2932 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 138 | San Diego State University | 34500 | 36100 | 0.0443 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 139 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 34900 | 37600 | 0.0719 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 140 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35900 | 66700 | 0.4619 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 141 | Meredith College | 36000 | 64200 | 0.4394 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 142 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 143 | Ashland University | 36500 | 52700 | 0.3073 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 144 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36900 | 64400 | 0.4273 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 145 | California State University-Long Beach | 37500 | 38600 | 0.0285 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 146 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66500 | 0.4343 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 147 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 148 | California Lutheran University | 38600 | 72800 | 0.4699 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 149 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 150 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39700 | 57000 | 0.3033 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 151 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.387 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 152 | Temple University | 40500 | 55300 | 0.2679 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 153 | Endicott College | 40600 | 64200 | 0.3675 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 153 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0835 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 155 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 156 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 157 | Campbell University | 41600 | 65100 | 0.3611 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 158 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 159 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 160 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 161 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 162 | University of Kentucky | 45400 | 56600 | 0.1974 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 163 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 164 | DePaul University | 48900 | 67100 | 0.2712 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 165 | Lynn University | 51400 | 66000 | 0.2212 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 166 | University of San Francisco | 53700 | 84800 | 0.3666 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 167 | Dallas Baptist University | 55900 | 71900 | 0.2224 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.