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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Arkansas.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Hospitality degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Arkansas.
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 | 6300 | 88800 | 0.9295 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 2 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 3 | Southern Utah University | 11900 | 21100 | 0.4353 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 4 | New York University | 12300 | 91800 | 0.8658 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 5 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 12500 | 30400 | 0.5893 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 6 | University of Central Florida | 12700 | 23600 | 0.4619 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 6 | University of West Florida | 12700 | 21500 | 0.4088 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 8 | Eastern Illinois University | 12900 | 24400 | 0.4727 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 9 | Arkansas Tech University | 13000 | 22200 | 0.415 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 27100 | 0.5158 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 11 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13200 | 20300 | 0.3489 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 12 | University of South Florida | 13900 | 17100 | 0.187 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 13 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 26500 | 0.463 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 14600 | 29300 | 0.5016 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | Western Carolina University | 14600 | 19600 | 0.2551 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 16 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14800 | 31600 | 0.5318 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 17 | Florida International University | 15100 | 23700 | 0.3621 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 18 | University of North Texas | 15200 | 25400 | 0.4022 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 19 | Central Michigan University | 15400 | 40600 | 0.6208 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 20 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 15500 | 32300 | 0.5208 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 20 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 22 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28600 | 0.4538 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 22 | Livingstone College | 15600 | 29900 | 0.4788 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 24 | California State University-Long Beach | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3916 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 24 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23100 | 0.3203 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 26 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 15900 | 25200 | 0.3693 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 27 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16000 | 28000 | 0.4283 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 28 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 28800 | 0.4408 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 29 | Appalachian State University | 16300 | 19500 | 0.1639 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 30 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16700 | 23200 | 0.2799 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 30 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16700 | 25700 | 0.3502 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 32 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 32 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16800 | 30300 | 0.4446 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 32 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 16800 | 26600 | 0.3691 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 35 | University of Southern Mississippi | 17000 | 23100 | 0.2639 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 36 | University of Georgia | 17100 | 27100 | 0.3665 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 37 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17300 | 27400 | 0.3684 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 38 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17500 | 26300 | 0.335 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 39 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 26700 | 0.3301 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 39 | San Francisco State University | 17900 | 33300 | 0.4624 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 41 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18000 | 28800 | 0.3752 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 41 | Virginia State University | 18000 | 29300 | 0.3863 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 43 | Husson University | 18100 | 48100 | 0.6231 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 18100 | 22400 | 0.1923 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 45 | College of Coastal Georgia | 18700 | 32900 | 0.4322 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 46 | Framingham State University | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3904 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 47 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3406 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 48 | Eastern Michigan University | 19100 | 36100 | 0.4715 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 48 | University of Arkansas | 19100 | 27800 | 0.3135 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 50 | Saint Cloud State University | 19300 | 24500 | 0.2117 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 51 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3476 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 51 | Youngstown State University | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3341 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 53 | University of Mississippi | 19700 | 27000 | 0.2703 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 54 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 54 | Georgia State University | 19900 | 26000 | 0.2348 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 56 | Piedmont University | 20400 | 47200 | 0.5678 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 57 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 58 | Salem State University | 20700 | 28500 | 0.2736 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 58 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20700 | 30000 | 0.3105 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 60 | West Virginia University | 20800 | 23300 | 0.1073 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 61 | Central Connecticut State University | 20900 | 34000 | 0.3851 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 61 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 61 | San Diego State University | 20900 | 28100 | 0.2564 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 61 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 38100 | 0.451 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 65 | Northern Arizona University | 21600 | 32000 | 0.3256 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 66 | Saint Peter's University | 21700 | 66300 | 0.6725 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 67 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21800 | 25400 | 0.1427 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 68 | Madonna University | 21900 | 50400 | 0.5655 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 69 | Cleary University | 22300 | 47200 | 0.5279 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 70 | Bradley University | 22600 | 50900 | 0.556 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 70 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22600 | 52500 | 0.5701 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 72 | Columbia College | 22700 | 36800 | 0.3837 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 73 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 74 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 75 | The University of Alabama | 23500 | 29900 | 0.2144 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 76 | Saint Leo University | 23600 | 50000 | 0.5278 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 77 | Keystone College | 23800 | 42900 | 0.445 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 77 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3392 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 79 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 80 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 80 | University of the Virgin Islands | 24100 | 37000 | 0.349 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 82 | Meredith College | 24500 | 65900 | 0.6281 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 82 | University of New Orleans | 24500 | 31000 | 0.2097 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 84 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24700 | 32900 | 0.2493 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 85 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24900 | 76300 | 0.6739 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 86 | Northern Michigan University | 25000 | 32900 | 0.2404 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 87 | Montana State University | 25100 | 31400 | 0.2006 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 87 | Temple University | 25100 | 36300 | 0.3088 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 89 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 90 | Flagler College | 25400 | 37800 | 0.3283 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 91 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 91 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 91 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 94 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 95 | California State University-Northridge | 26200 | 36600 | 0.2842 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 96 | Fort Hays State University | 26500 | 35200 | 0.2475 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 96 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 98 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26600 | 36800 | 0.2771 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 99 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 26800 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 100 | University of North Alabama | 27000 | 41500 | 0.3496 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 101 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 102 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 103 | Central Washington University | 27600 | 27800 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 104 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28400 | 50700 | 0.4396 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 105 | Florida Atlantic University | 28500 | 39200 | 0.2731 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 106 | Lipscomb University | 28600 | 57600 | 0.5029 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 107 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 107 | Mitchell College | 28700 | 65900 | 0.5641 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 28800 | 78100 | 0.6313 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | Delaware State University | 29200 | 36700 | 0.2045 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 111 | California State University-East Bay | 30000 | 43000 | 0.3021 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 111 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 113 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 30100 | 34000 | 0.1146 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 114 | Belmont University | 30200 | 67800 | 0.554 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 115 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30500 | 39500 | 0.2277 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 116 | Culinary Institute of America | 30900 | 69500 | 0.5551 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 117 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3287 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 117 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 31000 | 43700 | 0.2904 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 119 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 31100 | 63700 | 0.5114 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 31400 | 38500 | 0.1845 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 121 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31500 | 41100 | 0.2338 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 122 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 123 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 34700 | 0.0691 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 125 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 47600 | 0.3171 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 126 | Widener University | 32600 | 75300 | 0.5668 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 127 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 129 | New Jersey City University | 32800 | 39800 | 0.176 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 129 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3119 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 129 | Southeastern University | 32800 | 60500 | 0.4576 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 132 | Colorado Mesa University | 33200 | 40000 | 0.1698 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 133 | Lasell University | 33500 | 47000 | 0.287 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 134 | Wilkes University | 33800 | 61900 | 0.454 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 135 | Stephen F Austin State University | 34000 | 42800 | 0.2056 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 135 | Stockton University | 34000 | 44500 | 0.2361 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 137 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2932 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 138 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 139 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 34900 | 37600 | 0.0719 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 140 | DePaul University | 35000 | 59100 | 0.4076 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 141 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35900 | 47300 | 0.2409 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 142 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 142 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 144 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36800 | 64400 | 0.4289 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 145 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 146 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 62000 | 0.3904 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 148 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 149 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39700 | 53300 | 0.2551 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 150 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.387 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 151 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0835 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 152 | Endicott College | 41000 | 63200 | 0.3512 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 153 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 53900 | 0.2356 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 154 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 155 | Campbell University | 41600 | 65100 | 0.3611 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 156 | Arkansas State University | 42000 | 47300 | 0.1123 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 157 | St. John's University-New York | 42200 | 80100 | 0.4729 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 158 | Mercyhurst University | 42300 | 66400 | 0.3631 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 159 | Saint Joseph's University | 42500 | 74500 | 0.4294 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43000 | 55100 | 0.2197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 161 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 162 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 163 | Montclair State University | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 164 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 165 | College of Charleston | 49400 | 59000 | 0.1627 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 166 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 167 | Lynn University | 51500 | 64200 | 0.1979 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 168 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 83200 | 0.3532 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 169 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 56100 | 0.0018 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.