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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 | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 56000 | 0.8817 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 4 | California State University-Northridge | 7700 | 65100 | 0.8817 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 5 | California State University-East Bay | 9100 | 62400 | 0.8535 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 6 | Western Kentucky University | 9900 | 30200 | 0.6708 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 7 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 8 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10800 | 24500 | 0.5583 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 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 | Eastern Illinois University | 12500 | 24300 | 0.4861 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 11 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12500 | 18400 | 0.3214 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 26500 | 0.5277 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 14 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 25700 | 0.4939 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | Livingstone College | 13200 | 29900 | 0.5591 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 17 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 39800 | 0.6652 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 18 | University of North Alabama | 13500 | 28200 | 0.5216 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 19 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5922 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 19 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 21 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14100 | 40000 | 0.6475 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 22 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14200 | 55300 | 0.7427 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 23 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 32500 | 0.5574 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 23 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 23 | Troy University | 14400 | 39100 | 0.6314 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 26 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14500 | 31700 | 0.5434 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 27 | Colorado Mesa University | 14600 | 66200 | 0.7795 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 28 | Northern Michigan University | 14800 | 35600 | 0.5843 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 29 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 30 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 38700 | 0.6071 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 31 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15300 | 28400 | 0.4613 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 32 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4097 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 33 | Northern Illinois University | 15500 | 30400 | 0.4914 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 34 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 15800 | 62800 | 0.7481 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 36 | Morgan State University | 16300 | 28500 | 0.4278 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 37 | Kansas State University | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3788 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 38 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 23200 | 0.2716 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 39 | Delaware State University | 17100 | 43000 | 0.6027 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 39 | James Madison University | 17100 | 28900 | 0.4088 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 39 | University of Kentucky | 17100 | 46800 | 0.6348 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 39 | University of South Alabama | 17100 | 40600 | 0.5782 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 43 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17500 | 33300 | 0.4745 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 44 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 45 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 61500 | 0.7101 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 45 | Western Carolina University | 17800 | 20500 | 0.1319 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 45 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 58900 | 0.6983 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 48 | North Carolina Central University | 18000 | 27600 | 0.3476 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 48 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 40800 | 0.5594 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 50 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 51 | Columbia College | 18400 | 60700 | 0.6964 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 52 | Husson University | 18800 | 48100 | 0.6085 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 52 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 54 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 26700 | 0.2926 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 55 | Salem State University | 19400 | 39400 | 0.5081 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 55 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19400 | 30400 | 0.3617 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 57 | Georgia State University | 19900 | 26000 | 0.2348 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 57 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 59 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20100 | 25500 | 0.2118 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20200 | 48100 | 0.5798 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 61 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 62 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20600 | 48300 | 0.5736 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 62 | University of New Orleans | 20600 | 29700 | 0.3064 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 64 | Ferris State University | 20800 | 30200 | 0.3112 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 64 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 66 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 67 | Grand Canyon University | 21400 | 48300 | 0.5569 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 68 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 21600 | 35500 | 0.3912 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 69 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 70 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32200 | 0.3047 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 70 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 72 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 73 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 22900 | 90700 | 0.7476 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 73 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 73 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 73 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22900 | 41000 | 0.4416 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 77 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 77 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23000 | 32900 | 0.3005 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 79 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 80 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 81 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 81 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2172 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 83 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 48800 | 0.5111 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 84 | Keystone College | 24100 | 50500 | 0.5233 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 84 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 86 | Montana State University | 24400 | 73500 | 0.6682 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 87 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24500 | 38400 | 0.3623 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 88 | Saint Leo University | 25000 | 50000 | 0.4998 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 89 | Meredith College | 25100 | 67400 | 0.6274 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 90 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 91 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 92 | Northwood University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 93 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 25800 | 40700 | 0.366 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 93 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.362 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 96 | California State University-Long Beach | 26200 | 43100 | 0.3926 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 97 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 98 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26500 | 36000 | 0.264 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 99 | Central Washington University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 100 | Virginia State University | 27100 | 34900 | 0.2232 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 101 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27500 | 69000 | 0.6013 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 102 | Central Connecticut State University | 27600 | 29500 | 0.0644 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 102 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 63900 | 0.5679 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 104 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27800 | 50700 | 0.453 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 105 | Flagler College | 28400 | 60700 | 0.5321 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 106 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 107 | Saint Xavier University | 29300 | 57200 | 0.488 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 108 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 108 | University of South Florida | 29700 | 36700 | 0.1906 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29800 | 38500 | 0.2261 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 111 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29900 | 78200 | 0.6173 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 112 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 113 | San Diego State University | 30900 | 35300 | 0.1246 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 114 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31100 | 57400 | 0.4583 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 115 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 116 | Lasell University | 31500 | 60000 | 0.4747 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 117 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 31700 | 39900 | 0.2056 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 118 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32100 | 44100 | 0.2722 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 119 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 120 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 121 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 122 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4669 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 123 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 124 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 125 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 126 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 127 | Culinary Institute of America | 34600 | 69900 | 0.5052 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 128 | University of San Francisco | 35000 | 83900 | 0.5832 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 129 | Bradley University | 35100 | 60000 | 0.4153 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 130 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 130 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 130 | New Jersey City University | 35400 | 39800 | 0.1107 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 133 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 134 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 36300 | 38800 | 0.0644 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53600 | 0.321 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 136 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 137 | Stockton University | 36900 | 45300 | 0.1856 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 137 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66600 | 0.4457 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 139 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 140 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 37900 | 60200 | 0.3701 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 141 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38700 | 66100 | 0.4147 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 142 | Drexel University | 39100 | 107600 | 0.6364 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 143 | University of Denver | 39300 | 84100 | 0.5329 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 144 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 145 | University of Mississippi | 39800 | 60300 | 0.3399 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 146 | University of Central Florida | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 147 | Endicott College | 40400 | 94900 | 0.5742 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 147 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 149 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 150 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 69100 | 0.4094 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 151 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 41000 | 64200 | 0.3613 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 152 | Montclair State University | 41300 | 47000 | 0.1214 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 153 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 154 | St. John's University-New York | 43700 | 82800 | 0.4724 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 155 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 156 | Florida Atlantic University | 44900 | 44900 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 157 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 158 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 62000 | 0.2376 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 159 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 160 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 67900 | 0.2827 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 161 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 162 | Lynn University | 51800 | 71600 | 0.2765 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 163 | The University of Alabama | 53800 | 66500 | 0.191 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 164 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 63400 | 0.1214 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 65100 | 65100 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 166 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 76400 | 0.136 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 167 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 168 | Auburn University | 75400 | 85500 | 0.1181 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.