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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 | 1 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 56000 | 0.8817 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 7700 | 65100 | 0.8817 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 4 | California State University-East Bay | 9100 | 62400 | 0.8535 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 5 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 6 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10800 | 24500 | 0.5583 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 7 | Florida Atlantic University | 11300 | 25800 | 0.5627 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 8 | University of West Florida | 11600 | 22200 | 0.477 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 9 | San Francisco State University | 11700 | 46700 | 0.7489 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 10 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12500 | 18400 | 0.3214 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 25700 | 0.4939 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 13 | Western Carolina University | 13100 | 16500 | 0.206 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 14 | Livingstone College | 13200 | 29900 | 0.5591 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 15 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5922 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 15 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 17 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 13900 | 31000 | 0.5523 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 18 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14100 | 40000 | 0.6475 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 19 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14200 | 55300 | 0.7427 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 20 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 32500 | 0.5574 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 20 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 20 | Troy University | 14400 | 39100 | 0.6314 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 23 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14500 | 31700 | 0.5434 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 24 | Colorado Mesa University | 14600 | 66200 | 0.7795 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 25 | Northern Michigan University | 14800 | 35600 | 0.5843 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 26 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 27 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 38700 | 0.6071 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 28 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4097 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 29 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 29 | Northern Illinois University | 15500 | 30400 | 0.4914 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 31 | Appalachian State University | 15600 | 22800 | 0.3161 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 32 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 15800 | 62800 | 0.7481 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 33 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16100 | 39900 | 0.5978 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 36 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 16300 | 24300 | 0.3294 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 37 | Kansas State University | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3788 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 38 | College of Charleston | 16900 | 43600 | 0.6118 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 38 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 23200 | 0.2716 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 40 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 33300 | 0.4897 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 41 | Delaware State University | 17100 | 43000 | 0.6027 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 41 | James Madison University | 17100 | 28900 | 0.4088 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 41 | University of South Alabama | 17100 | 40600 | 0.5782 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 44 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17500 | 33300 | 0.4745 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 45 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17700 | 25200 | 0.2972 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 46 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 61500 | 0.7101 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 46 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 58900 | 0.6983 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 48 | Central Washington University | 18000 | 22700 | 0.2068 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 48 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 40800 | 0.5594 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 50 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 44300 | 0.5918 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 51 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 52 | Columbia College | 18400 | 60700 | 0.6964 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 53 | Husson University | 18800 | 48100 | 0.6085 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 54 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19100 | 32300 | 0.4089 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 55 | Salem State University | 19400 | 39400 | 0.5081 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 56 | Eastern Illinois University | 19900 | 28100 | 0.2912 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 56 | Georgia State University | 19900 | 26000 | 0.2348 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 56 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 59 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20100 | 25500 | 0.2118 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 59 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20200 | 48100 | 0.5798 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 62 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 63 | University of New Orleans | 20600 | 29700 | 0.3064 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 64 | Ferris State University | 20800 | 30200 | 0.3112 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 65 | Grand Canyon University | 21400 | 48300 | 0.5569 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 66 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 66 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 21600 | 35500 | 0.3912 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 68 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 69 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 70 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 22900 | 90700 | 0.7476 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 70 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 70 | Montana State University | 22900 | 73500 | 0.6886 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 70 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 74 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 74 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23000 | 32900 | 0.3005 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 74 | University of North Alabama | 23000 | 37300 | 0.3834 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 77 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 78 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 79 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 80 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 80 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2172 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 82 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 48800 | 0.5111 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 83 | Keystone College | 24100 | 50500 | 0.5233 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 84 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24200 | 36300 | 0.3329 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 85 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24500 | 38400 | 0.3623 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 86 | Saint Leo University | 25000 | 50000 | 0.4998 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 87 | Meredith College | 25100 | 67400 | 0.6274 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 88 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 89 | Northwood University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 90 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 25800 | 40700 | 0.366 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 90 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 92 | Western Kentucky University | 26300 | 47700 | 0.4485 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 93 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 94 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26500 | 36000 | 0.264 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 95 | Virginia State University | 27100 | 34900 | 0.2232 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 96 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27500 | 69000 | 0.6013 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 97 | Central Connecticut State University | 27600 | 29500 | 0.0644 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 97 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 63900 | 0.5679 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 99 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 100 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27800 | 50700 | 0.453 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 101 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28000 | 72700 | 0.6148 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 102 | Flagler College | 28400 | 60700 | 0.5321 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 103 | Morgan State University | 28500 | 41800 | 0.3181 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 104 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 28600 | 36200 | 0.2102 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 105 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29000 | 77600 | 0.6261 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 106 | Saint Xavier University | 29300 | 57200 | 0.488 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 107 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 107 | University of South Florida | 29700 | 36700 | 0.1906 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29900 | 78200 | 0.6173 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30000 | 39400 | 0.2387 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 111 | North Carolina Central University | 30600 | 40000 | 0.2349 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 112 | San Diego State University | 30900 | 35300 | 0.1246 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 113 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31100 | 57400 | 0.4583 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 114 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 115 | Lasell University | 31500 | 60000 | 0.4747 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 116 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 31700 | 39900 | 0.2056 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 117 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43200 | 0.2524 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 118 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 119 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 120 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 121 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4669 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 122 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 123 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 124 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 125 | Southern Connecticut State University | 33800 | 52900 | 0.3612 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 126 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 127 | Culinary Institute of America | 34600 | 69900 | 0.5052 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 128 | University of San Francisco | 35000 | 83900 | 0.5832 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 129 | Bradley University | 35100 | 60000 | 0.4153 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 130 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 130 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 130 | New Jersey City University | 35400 | 39800 | 0.1107 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 133 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 134 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 36300 | 38800 | 0.0644 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53600 | 0.321 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 136 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 136 | Stockton University | 36900 | 45300 | 0.1856 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 138 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 139 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 140 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38700 | 66100 | 0.4147 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 141 | Framingham State University | 39000 | 48000 | 0.1873 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 142 | Drexel University | 39100 | 107600 | 0.6364 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 143 | University of Denver | 39300 | 84100 | 0.5329 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 144 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 145 | University of Mississippi | 39800 | 60300 | 0.3399 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 146 | University of Central Florida | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 147 | Endicott College | 40400 | 94900 | 0.5742 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 147 | 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 | 40800 | 69100 | 0.4094 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 151 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 41000 | 64200 | 0.3613 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 152 | Montclair State University | 41300 | 47000 | 0.1214 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 153 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 154 | St. John's University-New York | 43700 | 82800 | 0.4724 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 155 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 156 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 157 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 62000 | 0.2376 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 158 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 158 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 160 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 67900 | 0.2827 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 161 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 162 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 163 | University of Kentucky | 50900 | 74100 | 0.3129 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 164 | Lynn University | 51800 | 71600 | 0.2765 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 165 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 166 | The University of Alabama | 53800 | 66500 | 0.191 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 167 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 63400 | 0.1214 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63500 | 0.0787 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 65100 | 65100 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 170 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 76400 | 0.136 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 171 | Auburn University | 75400 | 85500 | 0.1181 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.