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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 | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 8300 | 36500 | 0.7736 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9100 | 45100 | 0.7986 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Western Kentucky University | 10500 | 27500 | 0.6169 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 11000 | 51400 | 0.7859 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11100 | 27300 | 0.5944 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 6 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11100 | 27400 | 0.5946 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 8 | Arkansas State University | 11300 | 28400 | 0.6037 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 9 | Eastern Illinois University | 12000 | 24700 | 0.5126 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 10 | University of West Florida | 12200 | 22200 | 0.45 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 12300 | 93200 | 0.868 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12800 | 29300 | 0.5632 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 14 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 15 | Livingstone College | 13100 | 43100 | 0.6963 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 40500 | 0.6765 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13400 | 19400 | 0.3093 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 18 | University of South Florida | 13600 | 22400 | 0.3933 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 19 | Western Carolina University | 13700 | 16500 | 0.1696 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 20 | University of North Alabama | 13800 | 28200 | 0.5109 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 21 | Central Connecticut State University | 14100 | 34200 | 0.5875 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 22 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 23 | San Francisco State University | 14300 | 47700 | 0.7004 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 24 | Salem State University | 14400 | 38300 | 0.6236 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 24 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14400 | 29600 | 0.5142 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5737 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 27 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 30900 | 0.5284 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 28 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14700 | 20300 | 0.2752 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 29 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14800 | 30100 | 0.5089 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 30 | Colorado Mesa University | 15000 | 66200 | 0.7741 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 30 | Troy University | 15000 | 34700 | 0.5677 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 32 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15200 | 31600 | 0.5196 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 32 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15200 | 50100 | 0.6963 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 35 | Central Michigan University | 15500 | 38700 | 0.5993 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 35 | Northern Michigan University | 15500 | 33100 | 0.5318 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 37 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4357 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 37 | University of North Texas | 16100 | 26100 | 0.3829 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 39 | Kansas State University | 16200 | 26400 | 0.3854 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 40 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16400 | 90700 | 0.8192 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 41 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 30700 | 0.4523 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 41 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16800 | 27800 | 0.395 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 43 | Montclair State University | 17400 | 36000 | 0.5172 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 22400 | 0.2236 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 45 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17600 | 44100 | 0.6012 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 46 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17700 | 33300 | 0.4685 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 47 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 48 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 18100 | 18400 | 0.0163 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 49 | Kennesaw State University | 18200 | 26700 | 0.3183 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 50 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5532 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 50 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 50 | Georgia State University | 18300 | 26000 | 0.2963 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 53 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5518 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 54 | North Carolina Central University | 18700 | 33000 | 0.4335 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 55 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 56 | University of Arkansas | 19000 | 28600 | 0.3345 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 57 | Husson University | 19400 | 48100 | 0.5961 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 58 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 55300 | 0.6363 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 60 | Stockton University | 20200 | 32100 | 0.3705 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 61 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 61 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 63 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 64 | Ferris State University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3328 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 65 | Saint Leo University | 20800 | 50000 | 0.5838 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21000 | 38100 | 0.4488 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 67 | University of New Orleans | 21100 | 30000 | 0.2963 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 68 | Davis & Elkins College | 21300 | 51200 | 0.5838 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 69 | College of Coastal Georgia | 21400 | 51600 | 0.5851 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 70 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25900 | 0.1598 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 71 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 71 | Grand Canyon University | 21900 | 34000 | 0.3554 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 73 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 22100 | 48300 | 0.5426 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 74 | Florida State University | 22200 | 23000 | 0.0348 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 75 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 76 | Meredith College | 22400 | 67400 | 0.6675 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 77 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 78 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 79 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 80 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 26700 | 0.1336 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 81 | Lackawanna College | 23500 | 52100 | 0.5492 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 82 | Central Washington University | 23700 | 27900 | 0.1508 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 82 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23700 | 89100 | 0.7339 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 82 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 85 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47000 | 0.4928 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 86 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 87 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 88 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 89 | Keystone College | 24700 | 50500 | 0.5114 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 90 | Fort Hays State University | 24800 | 28500 | 0.132 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 91 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 25000 | 37700 | 0.3367 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 92 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 93 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25600 | 28600 | 0.107 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 93 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25600 | 32900 | 0.2238 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 95 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 96 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.181 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 97 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 98 | University of Central Arkansas | 26700 | 31200 | 0.1461 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 99 | New Jersey City University | 26800 | 39800 | 0.3269 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 100 | University of Mississippi | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 101 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 102 | California State University-Long Beach | 27400 | 38800 | 0.2937 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 103 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 104 | Delaware State University | 27800 | 62600 | 0.5558 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 105 | Flagler College | 28300 | 61900 | 0.5424 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 106 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 69700 | 0.5908 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 106 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28500 | 50700 | 0.4388 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 106 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 109 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 110 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 111 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29500 | 112100 | 0.7367 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 112 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29700 | 33000 | 0.0999 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 113 | Saint Xavier University | 30100 | 58200 | 0.4825 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 113 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 115 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30400 | 78300 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 116 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30700 | 38500 | 0.2027 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 118 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 119 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 119 | Warner University | 30900 | 41000 | 0.2455 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 121 | Lasell University | 31100 | 50800 | 0.3881 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 122 | University of Kentucky | 31500 | 36500 | 0.1371 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 123 | University of Central Florida | 31700 | 42800 | 0.2593 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 125 | San Diego State University | 32300 | 37100 | 0.1295 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 126 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 127 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3145 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 127 | Wilkes University | 32700 | 61900 | 0.472 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 129 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5412 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 130 | The University of Alabama | 33400 | 49600 | 0.3264 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 131 | St. John's University-New York | 33800 | 83800 | 0.597 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 132 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 133 | Culinary Institute of America | 34900 | 91000 | 0.6165 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 134 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 135 | Southern Connecticut State University | 35100 | 42000 | 0.1643 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 136 | Bay Path University | 35200 | 57500 | 0.388 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 137 | Mount Mercy University | 35300 | 61200 | 0.4237 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 138 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 139 | Bradley University | 35600 | 60300 | 0.4097 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 140 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 140 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 36600 | 37600 | 0.0266 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 142 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 143 | Middle Tennessee State University | 38000 | 48300 | 0.2133 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 144 | Framingham State University | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 145 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 69800 | 0.44 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 145 | University of Denver | 39100 | 84100 | 0.5352 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 147 | Endicott College | 39600 | 65400 | 0.3943 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 147 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 149 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 39700 | 64500 | 0.3848 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 150 | Drexel University | 40000 | 86400 | 0.5373 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 151 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40300 | 66000 | 0.3892 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 151 | Webber International University | 40300 | 44400 | 0.0917 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 153 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40500 | 53600 | 0.2445 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 154 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 155 | Virginia State University | 41500 | 42800 | 0.0304 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 156 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3318 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 157 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 158 | Campbell University | 43700 | 68700 | 0.3646 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 159 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 160 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 161 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 162 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3019 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 163 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 164 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 165 | College of Charleston | 49600 | 62300 | 0.2037 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 166 | Lynn University | 51500 | 71600 | 0.2807 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 167 | University of San Francisco | 54700 | 87200 | 0.3727 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 168 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 84300 | 0.3381 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 170 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 171 | Mercyhurst University | 61000 | 68000 | 0.1029 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 172 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.