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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Arizona.
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 Arizona.
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 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10100 | 27800 | 0.6356 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 3 | Boston University | 12000 | 92800 | 0.8709 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 4 | Florida Atlantic University | 12200 | 25800 | 0.5278 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 4 | University of West Florida | 12200 | 21500 | 0.432 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 6 | California State University-Northridge | 12300 | 22000 | 0.4405 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 7 | Arizona State University Digital Immersion | 12500 | 13200 | 0.0534 | 54,226 | 940 | 0.6669 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 9 | Fort Hays State University | 13000 | 22600 | 0.4275 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 10 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13100 | 28000 | 0.5318 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 10 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13100 | 26100 | 0.499 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 12 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 924 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4823 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 12 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 17100 | 0.222 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 15 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13500 | 19400 | 0.3042 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 17 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 26600 | 0.4775 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 18 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 27400 | 0.4711 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 18 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 18 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30400 | 0.5222 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 21 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4513 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 22 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 37400 | 0.6064 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 23 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15100 | 31600 | 0.5228 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 23 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15100 | 22500 | 0.3285 | 14,463 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 25 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 26 | Troy University | 15600 | 26700 | 0.4156 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 27 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 28 | Ball State University | 16000 | 22400 | 0.2861 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 29 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 16400 | 24300 | 0.3253 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 30 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5401 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 30 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16600 | 28200 | 0.4108 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 32 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 33 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University | 17200 | 40900 | 0.5792 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 35 | Colorado Mesa University | 17600 | 28600 | 0.3872 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 36 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17700 | 27400 | 0.3538 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 37 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 25300 | 0.285 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 38 | College of Charleston | 18200 | 33900 | 0.4637 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 39 | North Carolina Central University | 18700 | 27600 | 0.3222 | 6,595 | 1060 | 0.8696 | |
| 40 | Framingham State University | 19000 | 31000 | 0.3872 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 41 | Cleary University | 19100 | 56600 | 0.6622 | 769 | 1060 | 0.6754 | |
| 42 | Madonna University | 19500 | 49200 | 0.604 | 1,828 | 980 | 0.6339 | |
| 43 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19600 | 30600 | 0.3583 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 43 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19600 | 30400 | 0.3551 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.8901 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 19600 | 22400 | 0.1252 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 46 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 46 | University of Mississippi | 19700 | 27000 | 0.2703 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 48 | Bay Path University | 19800 | 55400 | 0.6424 | 1,177 | 1110 | 0.852 | |
| 48 | Davis & Elkins College | 19800 | 48300 | 0.5898 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 50 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1786 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 51 | Central Connecticut State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3219 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 51 | Columbia College | 20000 | 35800 | 0.4414 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 53 | University of New Orleans | 20100 | 30600 | 0.3437 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 53 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 53 | Youngstown State University | 20100 | 34000 | 0.4089 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 56 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4442 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 56 | Eastern Illinois University | 20200 | 28100 | 0.2802 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 58 | San Diego State University | 20300 | 28900 | 0.2976 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 59 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20600 | 39900 | 0.484 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 60 | Husson University | 20800 | 42900 | 0.5156 | 2,763 | 1174 | 0.8095 | |
| 61 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 39200 | 0.4671 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 62 | College of Coastal Georgia | 21000 | 29400 | 0.2857 | 3,468 | 1005 | 0.9813 | |
| 63 | Belhaven University | 21500 | 43300 | 0.5037 | 1,614 | 1105 | 0.4975 | |
| 64 | Northern Michigan University | 21600 | 33100 | 0.3475 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 65 | Montana State University | 22400 | 27100 | 0.1732 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 65 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 65 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 68 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32400 | 0.306 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 69 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 70 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22800 | 31300 | 0.2719 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 71 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3772 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 72 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1079 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 73 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.6011 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 73 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 75 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 76 | Central Washington University | 23500 | 27200 | 0.1359 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 77 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 78 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 78 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3482 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 80 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24100 | 67400 | 0.6429 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 81 | Bradley University | 24400 | 50800 | 0.5196 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 82 | Stockton University | 24500 | 32100 | 0.2366 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 83 | Temple University | 25100 | 36100 | 0.3049 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 84 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25200 | 34500 | 0.27 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 85 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 86 | Northern Arizona University | 25500 | 43200 | 0.41 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 87 | Saint Leo University | 25600 | 50000 | 0.4878 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 88 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25700 | 38400 | 0.3311 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 89 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 89 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 41800 | 0.3827 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 91 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5425 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 91 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25900 | 39700 | 0.3476 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 93 | Salem State University | 26200 | 43200 | 0.3938 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 94 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 95 | Flagler College | 26700 | 61200 | 0.5636 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 96 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 97 | Keystone College | 27000 | 36000 | 0.25 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 98 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 99 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0882 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 100 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 101 | University of North Alabama | 27900 | 37300 | 0.2521 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 102 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28000 | 32800 | 0.1459 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 103 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28500 | 41800 | 0.3167 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 103 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28500 | 50700 | 0.4391 | 926 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 105 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28600 | 69300 | 0.5871 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 105 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 107 | University of North Texas | 29200 | 37400 | 0.2191 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 107 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 34000 | 0.1413 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 109 | California State University-East Bay | 29500 | 45100 | 0.3461 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 110 | Montclair State University | 29700 | 36300 | 0.1819 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 110 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 29700 | 29700 | 0 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 112 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 113 | Southern Utah University | 30100 | 40800 | 0.2624 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 114 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78100 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 115 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39200 | 0.2197 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 116 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 116 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 118 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31000 | 77600 | 0.6003 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 118 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3303 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 120 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32100 | 34400 | 0.0662 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 121 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5371 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 122 | Lipscomb University | 32500 | 57800 | 0.4373 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 123 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3124 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 124 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 125 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 126 | Meredith College | 33800 | 64200 | 0.4737 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 127 | Southeastern University | 34600 | 60500 | 0.4279 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 128 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34700 | 44300 | 0.2166 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 129 | University of Denver | 34800 | 76900 | 0.5478 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 129 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 34800 | 37600 | 0.0739 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 131 | Culinary Institute of America | 35100 | 69900 | 0.4981 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.9115 | |
| 132 | California Lutheran University | 35300 | 70000 | 0.4959 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 132 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35300 | 64400 | 0.4522 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 134 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 134 | Virginia State University | 35400 | 42200 | 0.1613 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 136 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 137 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35900 | 66100 | 0.4571 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 138 | Georgia State University | 36700 | 45400 | 0.1917 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 139 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38300 | 53100 | 0.2786 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 141 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38600 | 52900 | 0.2704 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 142 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 143 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 144 | Endicott College | 40200 | 64200 | 0.3738 | 3,194 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 145 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3874 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 145 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40400 | 44100 | 0.0839 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 147 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 147 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0852 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 149 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2773 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 150 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41600 | 46000 | 0.0956 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 151 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 152 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3604 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 153 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 154 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 154 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 156 | High Point University | 45200 | 72900 | 0.3799 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 156 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 159 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 160 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 161 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 162 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 84800 | 0.3643 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 163 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 55800 | 0.0018 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 164 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 167 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 62000 | 64200 | 0.0343 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.