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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 Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 7700 | 47200 | 0.8373 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 7700 | 43500 | 0.8237 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 4 | California State University-Northridge | 9100 | 36500 | 0.7509 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 9600 | 22900 | 0.5818 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 6 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 36600 | 0.7073 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 11100 | 91600 | 0.8791 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 12200 | 44000 | 0.7223 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 10 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 54500 | 0.7706 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 10 | West Virginia University | 12500 | 57700 | 0.7832 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 13 | University of North Alabama | 12900 | 30800 | 0.5804 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 14 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13000 | 39600 | 0.6718 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 15 | Youngstown State University | 13200 | 26800 | 0.507 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 16 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13500 | 22500 | 0.3996 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 16 | Fort Hays State University | 13500 | 40700 | 0.669 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13500 | 28000 | 0.5175 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 16 | University of West Florida | 13500 | 39000 | 0.6533 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 20 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 13700 | 35900 | 0.6177 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 22 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13900 | 25000 | 0.4455 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 23 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14100 | 28200 | 0.501 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 24 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37400 | 0.6155 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 25 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 25 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30700 | 0.5293 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 25 | University of Georgia | 14500 | 26600 | 0.4537 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 28 | University of North Texas | 14600 | 25700 | 0.4325 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 29 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14900 | 45200 | 0.6698 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 30 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 31 | Central Washington University | 15200 | 27200 | 0.4406 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 31 | Colorado Mesa University | 15200 | 24800 | 0.3866 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 33 | Livingstone College | 15300 | 38100 | 0.5983 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 34 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 35 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15500 | 86700 | 0.8215 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 36 | Eastern Illinois University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4337 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 37 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3801 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 37 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16000 | 31700 | 0.4959 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 39 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 42600 | 0.6223 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan University | 16200 | 32000 | 0.492 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 41 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 42 | Central Connecticut State University | 16500 | 34000 | 0.5144 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 43 | Husson University | 16800 | 48100 | 0.6501 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 43 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 45 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 45 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 35200 | 0.5202 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 47 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17000 | 26300 | 0.3515 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 48 | Georgia State University | 17200 | 45500 | 0.6214 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 49 | California State University-East Bay | 17400 | 30200 | 0.425 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 49 | San Francisco State University | 17400 | 55500 | 0.6867 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 49 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17400 | 44900 | 0.612 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 52 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3538 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 53 | Virginia State University | 17600 | 29500 | 0.403 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 54 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17700 | 48000 | 0.6308 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 54 | Stockton University | 17700 | 32100 | 0.4484 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 56 | Saint Leo University | 17800 | 50000 | 0.6438 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 57 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 17900 | 46600 | 0.6165 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 58 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18000 | 28200 | 0.3613 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 59 | Bay Path University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6713 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 60 | Northern Michigan University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4472 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 61 | Madonna University | 18500 | 58300 | 0.683 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 62 | North Carolina Central University | 18600 | 40000 | 0.5348 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 63 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 64 | Salem State University | 19000 | 35100 | 0.4585 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 65 | College of Coastal Georgia | 19300 | 42100 | 0.541 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 66 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4214 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 67 | University of New Orleans | 19700 | 30200 | 0.3476 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 68 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 69 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 70 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20300 | 46300 | 0.5614 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 71 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 72 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 72 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 74 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 27200 | 0.2207 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 74 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21200 | 42700 | 0.5036 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 76 | Montana State University | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2137 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 77 | Southern Connecticut State University | 21600 | 59600 | 0.6376 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 78 | Belhaven University | 22100 | 43300 | 0.4911 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 78 | Cleary University | 22100 | 60900 | 0.6376 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 80 | Columbia College | 22200 | 39700 | 0.4413 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 81 | Keystone College | 22300 | 48800 | 0.5433 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 82 | San Diego State University | 22900 | 28900 | 0.2089 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 83 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 84 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 85 | Saint Cloud State University | 23400 | 26300 | 0.1097 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 86 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 87 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 33100 | 0.2719 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 87 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 89 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 26500 | 0.0868 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 90 | Temple University | 24500 | 36400 | 0.3272 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 91 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 92 | Flagler College | 25600 | 61100 | 0.5808 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 93 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 25900 | 79400 | 0.674 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 93 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 93 | Lipscomb University | 25900 | 57800 | 0.5519 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 96 | Ashland University | 26400 | 56600 | 0.534 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 96 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 98 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 99 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 75200 | 0.632 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 99 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27700 | 50700 | 0.4539 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 101 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3298 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 102 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 103 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 103 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 28900 | 38500 | 0.2495 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 105 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 33900 | 0.1328 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 106 | Southeastern University | 29600 | 60500 | 0.5105 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 107 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 29700 | 29700 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 108 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 108 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 110 | Culinary Institute of America | 29900 | 74600 | 0.5989 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 110 | Framingham State University | 29900 | 38100 | 0.2152 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 112 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 113 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 114 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 115 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31300 | 57000 | 0.4511 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 116 | New Jersey City University | 31400 | 39800 | 0.2113 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 117 | Liberty University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.2777 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 118 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.062 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 119 | St. John's University-New York | 32400 | 78000 | 0.5842 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 120 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 120 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 52800 | 0.3846 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 122 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 123 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4661 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 124 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 125 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35300 | 42800 | 0.1754 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 126 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 66700 | 0.4694 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 127 | Meredith College | 35500 | 64200 | 0.4472 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 127 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 129 | Auburn University | 36500 | 38000 | 0.0394 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 129 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 129 | University of Denver | 36500 | 76800 | 0.5244 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 132 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36600 | 64400 | 0.432 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 133 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66500 | 0.4448 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 134 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 135 | Lasell University | 37200 | 48500 | 0.2328 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 136 | University of San Francisco | 38500 | 83900 | 0.5414 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 137 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 139 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 139 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 141 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40000 | 92400 | 0.567 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 142 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 143 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 143 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 145 | Endicott College | 41600 | 64200 | 0.352 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 146 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 147 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 148 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 57700 | 0.258 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 149 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 151 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 152 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 153 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 154 | High Point University | 45900 | 72900 | 0.3703 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 155 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 156 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 157 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 61300 | 0.2292 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 159 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 160 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1357 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 161 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 162 | California Lutheran University | 54200 | 70000 | 0.226 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 163 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 71900 | 0.2252 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 164 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61400 | 64200 | 0.0436 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 167 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.