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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 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 3 | Southern Utah University | 10300 | 22200 | 0.5371 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 4 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 11200 | 18400 | 0.392 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 5 | Florida Atlantic University | 12000 | 25800 | 0.5356 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 6 | University of West Florida | 12100 | 21500 | 0.4366 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 7 | Boston University | 12200 | 92800 | 0.8687 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 8 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12600 | 22800 | 0.4467 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 9 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 10 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 34400 | 0.5815 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5269 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 12 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 12 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6117 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 14 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14900 | 20300 | 0.2654 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 14 | Northern Kentucky University | 14900 | 25900 | 0.426 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 16 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4642 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 18 | Ball State University | 15800 | 22400 | 0.2951 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 18 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 20 | Appalachian State University | 15900 | 19500 | 0.1847 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 16300 | 24300 | 0.3294 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.5431 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 22 | Ferris State University | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4685 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 22 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16500 | 28200 | 0.4144 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 25 | Western Carolina University | 16900 | 19400 | 0.1289 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 26 | West Virginia University | 17000 | 40900 | 0.5841 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 27 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 28 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 29 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 29 | Salem State University | 17600 | 28500 | 0.3824 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 31 | Central Connecticut State University | 17700 | 34000 | 0.4789 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 32 | Delaware State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5752 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 33 | University of Mississippi | 18200 | 27000 | 0.3258 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 34 | Youngstown State University | 18400 | 34000 | 0.4589 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 35 | Central Washington University | 18500 | 22700 | 0.1848 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 36 | Framingham State University | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3904 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 36 | Grand Canyon University | 18900 | 33700 | 0.4392 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 38 | University of New Orleans | 19300 | 27200 | 0.2904 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 39 | Columbia College | 19900 | 35800 | 0.4442 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 40 | Bay Path University | 20100 | 55400 | 0.637 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 40 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 39900 | 0.4965 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 42 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4445 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 42 | Georgia State University | 20200 | 26000 | 0.2232 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 42 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 42 | San Diego State University | 20200 | 28900 | 0.3011 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 46 | Eastern Illinois University | 20400 | 28100 | 0.2735 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 46 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 48 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 49 | Husson University | 20700 | 58700 | 0.6476 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 50 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 51 | Northern Michigan University | 21400 | 33100 | 0.3535 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21700 | 36400 | 0.4034 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 53 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50800 | 0.5688 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 54 | Florida State University | 22400 | 22900 | 0.0218 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 54 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 54 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 57 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 58 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 31300 | 0.2751 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 59 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 60 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 60 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 62 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 62 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 64 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 65 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 66 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23800 | 90700 | 0.7376 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 67 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24500 | 36300 | 0.3247 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 68 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25000 | 38400 | 0.3493 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 69 | Lewis University | 25200 | 57700 | 0.563 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 70 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 70 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25300 | 32800 | 0.2286 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 72 | Saint Leo University | 25400 | 50000 | 0.4918 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 73 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 73 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25800 | 39700 | 0.3501 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 75 | Fort Hays State University | 26000 | 36100 | 0.282 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 26000 | 48300 | 0.4618 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 77 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 78 | Northern Arizona University | 26300 | 43200 | 0.3922 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 79 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26600 | 36000 | 0.2612 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 79 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 79 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48600 | 0.4523 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 82 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 82 | Troy University | 26800 | 34700 | 0.2277 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 82 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26800 | 36600 | 0.2676 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 82 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 41800 | 0.3588 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 86 | Keystone College | 27000 | 50500 | 0.4658 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 87 | California State University-Northridge | 27100 | 36500 | 0.257 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 88 | University of North Alabama | 27400 | 37300 | 0.2655 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 89 | Lackawanna College | 27700 | 35500 | 0.2195 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 90 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 91 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28300 | 69300 | 0.5914 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 91 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28300 | 50700 | 0.4432 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 93 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 94 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 94 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 96 | North Carolina Central University | 28700 | 40000 | 0.2824 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 97 | Flagler College | 28800 | 61200 | 0.5293 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 98 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 31800 | 0.0911 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 99 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 29000 | 49100 | 0.4094 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 100 | California State University-East Bay | 29400 | 45100 | 0.3483 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 101 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29500 | 34000 | 0.1322 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 101 | Montana State University | 29500 | 31900 | 0.0751 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 103 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 104 | Lipscomb University | 29900 | 57800 | 0.4838 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 105 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39200 | 0.2197 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 107 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 107 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 109 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 58500 | 0.4698 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 110 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 111 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31600 | 41200 | 0.2333 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 112 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 32300 | 48400 | 0.3328 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 113 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 114 | Morgan State University | 32500 | 41900 | 0.2245 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 115 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 116 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 117 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 118 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 119 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 120 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 121 | Colorado Mesa University | 33900 | 40000 | 0.1521 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 122 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 123 | Meredith College | 34500 | 64200 | 0.4628 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 123 | Southeastern University | 34500 | 60500 | 0.4295 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 125 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 34900 | 38700 | 0.0982 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 126 | Stockton University | 35000 | 44500 | 0.2136 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 127 | Culinary Institute of America | 35100 | 69900 | 0.4981 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 129 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 130 | New Jersey City University | 35600 | 39800 | 0.1056 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 131 | Temple University | 35800 | 56400 | 0.3654 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 132 | Virginia State University | 36000 | 42200 | 0.147 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 133 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 134 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 37300 | 64400 | 0.4211 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 135 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66300 | 0.433 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 136 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 137 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38600 | 52900 | 0.2704 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 138 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 66100 | 0.4086 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 138 | University of Denver | 39100 | 76900 | 0.4918 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 140 | University of San Francisco | 39300 | 84800 | 0.5364 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 141 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 142 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 143 | Endicott College | 40300 | 64200 | 0.3722 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 143 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 145 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 146 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 147 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 57000 | 0.2841 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 148 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2774 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 149 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41500 | 46000 | 0.0978 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 150 | Montclair State University | 41600 | 46600 | 0.1073 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 151 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 152 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 153 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 154 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 155 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 156 | University of Kentucky | 45600 | 58000 | 0.2147 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 157 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 159 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 160 | Lynn University | 51700 | 66000 | 0.2166 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 161 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 162 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 164 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 165 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 167 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 68000 | 0.0294 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.