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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 | College of the Ozarks | 8000 | 47200 | 0.8309 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8500 | 27100 | 0.6853 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 9600 | 22400 | 0.5693 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10100 | 22900 | 0.56 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 6 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11100 | 36600 | 0.6964 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 7 | Boston University | 11400 | 91600 | 0.8759 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 8 | University of North Alabama | 12400 | 28200 | 0.5606 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 12500 | 44000 | 0.7155 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 12 | University of Central Florida | 12800 | 25300 | 0.4935 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 13 | West Virginia University | 12900 | 57700 | 0.7763 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 14 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13100 | 39600 | 0.6693 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 14 | University of West Florida | 13100 | 21500 | 0.3902 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 16 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 17 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13400 | 20300 | 0.3391 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 18 | Youngstown State University | 13500 | 26800 | 0.4958 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 19 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 20 | Fort Hays State University | 13900 | 40700 | 0.6592 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 14100 | 35900 | 0.6065 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 22 | University of South Florida | 14200 | 17100 | 0.1695 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 23 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 24 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14600 | 28200 | 0.4822 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 24 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14600 | 28000 | 0.4782 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 26 | Central Michigan University | 14700 | 37400 | 0.6075 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 27 | Northern Illinois University | 15000 | 30700 | 0.5106 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 29 | Livingstone College | 15400 | 38100 | 0.5957 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 30 | Colorado Mesa University | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3732 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 31 | Central Washington University | 15700 | 22700 | 0.308 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 32 | California State University-Long Beach | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 33 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16000 | 42600 | 0.6247 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 34 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 34 | Eastern Illinois University | 16400 | 27500 | 0.4044 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 36 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16500 | 31600 | 0.4784 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 36 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16500 | 86700 | 0.81 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 38 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 32000 | 0.4763 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 38 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 16700 | 30100 | 0.4457 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 40 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 41 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 42 | Husson University | 17400 | 48100 | 0.6376 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 43 | Georgia State University | 17500 | 45500 | 0.6148 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 17500 | 35200 | 0.5031 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 43 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3507 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 46 | Central Connecticut State University | 17700 | 34000 | 0.4791 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 47 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17900 | 44900 | 0.6009 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 48 | California State University-East Bay | 18000 | 45100 | 0.6012 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 49 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 46600 | 0.6122 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 50 | Bay Path University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6713 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 50 | Saint Leo University | 18200 | 50000 | 0.6358 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 50 | San Francisco State University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6715 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 53 | Salem State University | 18300 | 28500 | 0.3578 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 54 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18500 | 28200 | 0.3435 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 55 | Madonna University | 18700 | 58300 | 0.6796 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 56 | Northern Michigan University | 18800 | 33100 | 0.4321 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 56 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 58 | North Carolina Central University | 19200 | 40000 | 0.5198 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 59 | Stockton University | 19300 | 44500 | 0.5666 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 60 | College of Coastal Georgia | 19600 | 42100 | 0.5339 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 61 | San Diego State University | 19700 | 28900 | 0.3184 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 19900 | 33600 | 0.4074 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 63 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 64 | University of New Orleans | 20200 | 30200 | 0.331 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 65 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20500 | 46300 | 0.5571 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 66 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 31000 | 0.3359 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 67 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 67 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20800 | 32800 | 0.3664 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 67 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 38200 | 0.4554 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 70 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 27200 | 0.2096 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 71 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 72 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 73 | Belhaven University | 22100 | 43300 | 0.4911 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 73 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1243 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 75 | Cleary University | 22300 | 60900 | 0.6343 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 76 | Keystone College | 22400 | 48800 | 0.5412 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 77 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32500 | 0.3046 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 78 | Columbia College | 22700 | 39700 | 0.4287 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 78 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22700 | 59600 | 0.6191 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 80 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 81 | Montana State University | 23200 | 31500 | 0.2636 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 82 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 83 | Saint Cloud State University | 23400 | 26300 | 0.1097 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 84 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 85 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 86 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 87 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4487 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 88 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24400 | 26500 | 0.0792 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 89 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 90 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 91 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 92 | Lipscomb University | 26200 | 57800 | 0.5473 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 93 | Flagler College | 26300 | 61100 | 0.5694 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 94 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 95 | Ashland University | 26500 | 56600 | 0.5322 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 95 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26500 | 79400 | 0.6664 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 98 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 99 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 100 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 101 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28300 | 50700 | 0.4421 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 102 | Mitchell College | 28600 | 75200 | 0.62 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 103 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 104 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29400 | 38500 | 0.2365 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 105 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 105 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 107 | Framingham State University | 29900 | 38100 | 0.2152 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 107 | Southeastern University | 29900 | 60500 | 0.5055 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 109 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 110 | Culinary Institute of America | 30500 | 74600 | 0.5908 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 110 | Meredith College | 30500 | 64200 | 0.5251 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 112 | University of North Texas | 30700 | 37400 | 0.179 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 113 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 114 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 115 | Mount Mercy University | 31600 | 61200 | 0.4843 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 115 | New Jersey City University | 31600 | 39800 | 0.2062 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 117 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 118 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 119 | St. John's University-New York | 32600 | 78000 | 0.5817 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 120 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 121 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 122 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 123 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0701 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 124 | Virginia State University | 35200 | 42200 | 0.166 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 125 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35800 | 66700 | 0.4634 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 126 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35900 | 42800 | 0.1613 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 127 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 128 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 129 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36900 | 64400 | 0.4273 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 130 | Lasell University | 37000 | 48500 | 0.2369 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 131 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66500 | 0.4343 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 132 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 134 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 135 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 136 | Temple University | 40600 | 55300 | 0.266 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 137 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 138 | Endicott College | 41300 | 64200 | 0.3566 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 139 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 140 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 141 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 142 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 143 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 143 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 145 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 146 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 147 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 148 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 149 | High Point University | 45600 | 72900 | 0.3744 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 150 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 151 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 152 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 61300 | 0.2208 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 153 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 154 | DePaul University | 48900 | 67100 | 0.2712 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 154 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1365 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 156 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 157 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 158 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 158 | University of San Francisco | 53700 | 84800 | 0.3666 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 160 | Dallas Baptist University | 55900 | 71900 | 0.2224 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 161 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 162 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61300 | 64200 | 0.0452 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 164 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.