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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 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 56000 | 0.8817 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 8200 | 65100 | 0.8742 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9500 | 62400 | 0.8471 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 10400 | 22200 | 0.5325 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 5 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10400 | 24500 | 0.5746 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 7 | Western Kentucky University | 10500 | 30200 | 0.6514 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 9 | Florida Atlantic University | 12200 | 25800 | 0.5278 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 12200 | 22200 | 0.45 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 11 | Northern Arizona University | 12300 | 35800 | 0.6566 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 12 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12600 | 18400 | 0.3159 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 13 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 13 | Fort Hays State University | 13000 | 19900 | 0.347 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 15 | Eastern Illinois University | 13100 | 24300 | 0.4614 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 16 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 39800 | 0.6652 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 16 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 16 | San Francisco State University | 13300 | 47700 | 0.7214 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 19 | University of North Alabama | 13800 | 28200 | 0.5109 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 20 | Central Connecticut State University | 14100 | 34200 | 0.5875 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 21 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 14400 | 33900 | 0.5745 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 23 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 32500 | 0.5516 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 23 | Salem State University | 14600 | 33900 | 0.57 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 25 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14700 | 40000 | 0.6325 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 26 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14800 | 55300 | 0.7319 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 27 | Colorado Mesa University | 15000 | 66200 | 0.7741 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 27 | Troy University | 15000 | 39100 | 0.616 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 29 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15400 | 25700 | 0.4007 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 30 | Central Michigan University | 15500 | 38700 | 0.5993 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 30 | Northern Michigan University | 15500 | 35600 | 0.5647 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 30 | University of Mississippi | 15500 | 37400 | 0.5858 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 33 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16000 | 29300 | 0.4539 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 34 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 16000 | 25000 | 0.3601 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 36 | University of North Texas | 16100 | 26100 | 0.3829 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 37 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16200 | 62800 | 0.7417 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 37 | Northern Illinois University | 16200 | 30400 | 0.4689 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 39 | University of South Florida | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 40 | California State University-Long Beach | 16800 | 33300 | 0.4956 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 40 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 42 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 39900 | 0.5772 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 43 | College of Charleston | 17300 | 43600 | 0.6026 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 43 | Delaware State University | 17300 | 43000 | 0.598 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 45 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17400 | 33900 | 0.4866 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 45 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17400 | 23200 | 0.2501 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 47 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 48 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17700 | 27400 | 0.3538 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 49 | University of Kentucky | 17800 | 46800 | 0.6205 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 50 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 51 | University of South Alabama | 18100 | 40600 | 0.5536 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 52 | Kennesaw State University | 18200 | 61500 | 0.7036 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 53 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 54 | Western Carolina University | 18400 | 20500 | 0.1026 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 55 | Columbia College | 18500 | 60700 | 0.6947 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 56 | North Carolina Central University | 18700 | 27600 | 0.3222 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 41100 | 0.5403 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 58 | University of Arkansas | 19000 | 36900 | 0.485 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 59 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19400 | 26700 | 0.2738 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 59 | Husson University | 19400 | 48100 | 0.5961 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 61 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19900 | 32300 | 0.3842 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 61 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 63 | Georgia State University | 20300 | 26000 | 0.2194 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 64 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 65 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 30200 | 0.3079 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21000 | 48100 | 0.5632 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 67 | University of New Orleans | 21100 | 29700 | 0.2895 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 67 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 69 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 71 | Grand Canyon University | 21900 | 48300 | 0.5466 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 72 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 22100 | 48300 | 0.5426 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 72 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 74 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 75 | The University of Alabama | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3804 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 76 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 77 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 78 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 79 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 80 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23600 | 32900 | 0.2822 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 81 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 82 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 83 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24100 | 90700 | 0.7343 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 84 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 30400 | 0.204 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 85 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24600 | 36300 | 0.3219 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 86 | Keystone College | 24700 | 50500 | 0.5114 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 87 | Montana State University | 24800 | 73500 | 0.6628 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 88 | Meredith College | 24900 | 67400 | 0.6304 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 89 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25100 | 38400 | 0.3467 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 89 | Temple University | 25100 | 36100 | 0.3049 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 91 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 92 | Saint Leo University | 25600 | 50000 | 0.4878 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 93 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 93 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 95 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 96 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 26600 | 40700 | 0.3463 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 97 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 36000 | 0.2584 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 98 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 40600 | 0.3399 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 98 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 26800 | 39800 | 0.3264 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 100 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 101 | Central Washington University | 27700 | 27900 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 101 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 103 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 72700 | 0.6079 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 103 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28500 | 50700 | 0.4393 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 105 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28600 | 69000 | 0.5853 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 106 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 107 | Flagler College | 28900 | 60700 | 0.5238 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 107 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 109 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 110 | Morgan State University | 29200 | 41800 | 0.3014 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 111 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29500 | 77600 | 0.6197 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 112 | Saint Xavier University | 30100 | 57200 | 0.474 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 113 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 114 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39400 | 0.2234 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 114 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78200 | 0.6084 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30700 | 38500 | 0.2027 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 117 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 117 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 35300 | 0.1161 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 119 | Lasell University | 31400 | 60000 | 0.4764 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 120 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32100 | 39900 | 0.1956 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 121 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43200 | 0.2524 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 122 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 122 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32400 | 44100 | 0.2654 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 124 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 125 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 126 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 33300 | 48400 | 0.3121 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 127 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 127 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33400 | 34200 | 0.0234 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 129 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 130 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 131 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 132 | Southern Connecticut State University | 34500 | 52900 | 0.348 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 133 | Culinary Institute of America | 35100 | 69900 | 0.4981 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 134 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 134 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 136 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 137 | Bradley University | 35700 | 60000 | 0.4053 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 139 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 37100 | 38800 | 0.0438 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 140 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37700 | 66600 | 0.4337 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 141 | Stockton University | 37900 | 45300 | 0.1635 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 142 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 143 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 66100 | 0.4086 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 143 | University of Denver | 39100 | 84100 | 0.5352 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 145 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 146 | Drexel University | 39900 | 107600 | 0.629 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 147 | Endicott College | 40300 | 94900 | 0.5753 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 148 | 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 | 40700 | 69100 | 0.4109 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 151 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 41000 | 64200 | 0.3613 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 152 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57400 | 0.2823 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 153 | Arkansas State University | 41300 | 45100 | 0.0843 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 154 | Virginia State University | 41500 | 42800 | 0.0304 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 155 | Montclair State University | 42200 | 47000 | 0.1022 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 156 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 57200 | 0.2587 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 157 | St. John's University-New York | 43400 | 82800 | 0.476 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 158 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 159 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0886 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 160 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 161 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 162 | University of Delaware | 47900 | 62000 | 0.2269 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 163 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 67900 | 0.281 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 164 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 165 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 166 | Lynn University | 51800 | 71600 | 0.2765 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 167 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 168 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 87300 | 0.3827 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 169 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 170 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 65100 | 65100 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 171 | Mercyhurst University | 65900 | 76400 | 0.1374 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 172 | Auburn University | 75200 | 85500 | 0.1204 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.