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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in California.
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 California.
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 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | Florida Atlantic University | 11300 | 25800 | 0.5627 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 4 | University of West Florida | 11600 | 21500 | 0.4599 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 5 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12000 | 28000 | 0.571 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 5 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12000 | 26100 | 0.5412 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 7 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 17100 | 0.2688 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 8 | Fort Hays State University | 12600 | 22600 | 0.4452 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 12700 | 92800 | 0.8633 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 9 | Western Kentucky University | 12700 | 27000 | 0.5296 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 11 | University of North Alabama | 12800 | 28200 | 0.5464 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 25700 | 0.4939 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 13 | Livingstone College | 13200 | 29900 | 0.5591 | 924 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 14 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 26600 | 0.4963 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 15 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5445 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14000 | 20300 | 0.3096 | 14,463 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 17 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14000 | 37400 | 0.6251 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 19 | Arkansas Tech University | 14100 | 34400 | 0.5902 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 21 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14300 | 23400 | 0.3884 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 22 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14400 | 31700 | 0.5465 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 23 | Troy University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4381 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 23 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15000 | 26900 | 0.442 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 25 | Ball State University | 15200 | 22400 | 0.3219 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 26 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 27 | Appalachian State University | 15500 | 19500 | 0.2053 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 28 | San Francisco State University | 15800 | 46700 | 0.6611 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 29 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 15900 | 28200 | 0.4356 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 29 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 16000 | 36100 | 0.5567 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 33 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 34 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 35 | Colorado Mesa University | 17200 | 28600 | 0.398 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 35 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 37 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17300 | 27400 | 0.3684 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 38 | College of Charleston | 17700 | 33900 | 0.4785 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 39 | Central Washington University | 18000 | 22700 | 0.2068 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 40 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 25300 | 0.285 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 41 | University of Mississippi | 18500 | 45000 | 0.5893 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 42 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18600 | 31000 | 0.4005 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 43 | Cleary University | 18800 | 56600 | 0.6675 | 769 | 1060 | 0.6754 | |
| 44 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 26700 | 0.2926 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 44 | University of New Orleans | 18900 | 27200 | 0.3051 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 46 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 47 | Columbia College | 19200 | 35800 | 0.4637 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 47 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19200 | 30600 | 0.3714 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 49 | Madonna University | 19300 | 49200 | 0.6081 | 1,828 | 980 | 0.6339 | |
| 50 | Eastern Illinois University | 19500 | 28100 | 0.3051 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 51 | Central Connecticut State University | 19600 | 29500 | 0.3354 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 52 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 52 | Youngstown State University | 19700 | 34000 | 0.4206 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 54 | Bay Path University | 19800 | 55400 | 0.6424 | 1,177 | 1110 | 0.852 | |
| 54 | Davis & Elkins College | 19800 | 48300 | 0.5898 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 56 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4442 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 57 | Husson University | 20300 | 42900 | 0.5273 | 2,763 | 1174 | 0.8095 | |
| 57 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 39900 | 0.4915 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 59 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20600 | 29400 | 0.2993 | 3,468 | 1005 | 0.9813 | |
| 60 | Northern Michigan University | 20900 | 33100 | 0.3686 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 61 | Belhaven University | 21500 | 43300 | 0.5037 | 1,614 | 1105 | 0.4975 | |
| 62 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25400 | 0.1468 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 63 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22300 | 43200 | 0.4839 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 64 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 65 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 66 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3772 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 67 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23000 | 67400 | 0.6592 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 67 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1079 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 69 | Northern Arizona University | 23100 | 34100 | 0.3221 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 70 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.6011 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 71 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 72 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 73 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24200 | 36300 | 0.3329 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.8901 | |
| 74 | Saint Leo University | 25000 | 50000 | 0.4998 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 75 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25100 | 38400 | 0.3467 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 76 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 77 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 78 | Salem State University | 25700 | 43200 | 0.4053 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 79 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5425 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 80 | Flagler College | 26200 | 61200 | 0.5717 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 81 | Keystone College | 26300 | 36000 | 0.2695 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 41500 | 0.366 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 83 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 84 | Iowa State University | 26600 | 43300 | 0.3859 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 84 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1261 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 86 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 87 | California State University-Northridge | 27300 | 36500 | 0.254 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 88 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 89 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27500 | 69300 | 0.6029 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 89 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27500 | 32800 | 0.1611 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 91 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 66600 | 0.5856 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27600 | 36700 | 0.2482 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 93 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0882 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 94 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27800 | 50700 | 0.4529 | 926 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 95 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3301 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 96 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 96 | University of North Texas | 28500 | 37400 | 0.2378 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 98 | Montclair State University | 28900 | 36300 | 0.204 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 99 | Montana State University | 29400 | 31400 | 0.0637 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 99 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1354 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 101 | North Carolina Central University | 29700 | 40000 | 0.2574 | 6,595 | 1060 | 0.8696 | |
| 101 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 101 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 29700 | 29700 | 0 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 104 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 104 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30000 | 39200 | 0.235 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 106 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 30300 | 41200 | 0.2649 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 106 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78100 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 108 | California State University-East Bay | 30400 | 45100 | 0.3261 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 108 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30400 | 77600 | 0.6081 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 110 | San Diego State University | 30900 | 36100 | 0.144 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 111 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 111 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3303 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 113 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31100 | 57000 | 0.4546 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 114 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5371 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 115 | Lipscomb University | 32600 | 57800 | 0.4368 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 116 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3124 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 117 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4669 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 118 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 119 | Framingham State University | 33300 | 38100 | 0.126 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 120 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.1862 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 121 | Southeastern University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.4345 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 122 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34300 | 44300 | 0.2256 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 123 | Culinary Institute of America | 34600 | 69900 | 0.5052 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.9115 | |
| 123 | Stockton University | 34600 | 44500 | 0.2226 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 125 | Meredith College | 34700 | 64200 | 0.4596 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 126 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 34800 | 37600 | 0.0739 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 127 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 128 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35100 | 64400 | 0.4553 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 128 | Virginia State University | 35100 | 42200 | 0.1684 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 130 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35300 | 66100 | 0.4662 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 131 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 131 | New Jersey City University | 35400 | 39800 | 0.1107 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 131 | Temple University | 35400 | 56400 | 0.3724 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 134 | Georgia State University | 36300 | 45400 | 0.2005 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 135 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 136 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66300 | 0.4436 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 137 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 138 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 37600 | 38500 | 0.0234 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 139 | Southern Connecticut State University | 37900 | 52900 | 0.2837 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 140 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38000 | 38700 | 0.0181 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38500 | 53100 | 0.2748 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 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 | |
| 143 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 145 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3874 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 146 | Endicott College | 40500 | 64200 | 0.3691 | 3,194 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 147 | University of San Francisco | 40600 | 83900 | 0.5164 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 147 | Washington State University | 40600 | 56300 | 0.28 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 147 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0852 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 150 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41100 | 46000 | 0.1065 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 151 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 56200 | 0.2385 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 152 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 153 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3604 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 154 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 155 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 155 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 157 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 158 | High Point University | 45500 | 72900 | 0.3758 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 159 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83900 | 0.4196 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 160 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1547 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 162 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 163 | California Lutheran University | 53300 | 70000 | 0.2388 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 164 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 165 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56600 | 0.0141 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 166 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 167 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 168 | Mercyhurst University | 60800 | 68000 | 0.1059 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.