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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Colorado.
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 Colorado.
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 | Florida Atlantic University | 9300 | 26900 | 0.6554 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 5 | Western Kentucky University | 10500 | 27500 | 0.6169 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10700 | 51400 | 0.7918 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11100 | 22900 | 0.5162 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11100 | 36600 | 0.6964 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 9 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11600 | 31400 | 0.6307 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 10 | Eastern Illinois University | 12000 | 24700 | 0.5126 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 11 | Northern Arizona University | 12100 | 30400 | 0.6012 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 12200 | 22200 | 0.45 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 13 | Boston University | 12300 | 93200 | 0.868 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12800 | 29300 | 0.5632 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 15 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 16 | Livingstone College | 13100 | 43100 | 0.6963 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 40500 | 0.6765 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | Framingham State University | 13200 | 31000 | 0.5744 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13400 | 19400 | 0.3093 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 20 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13500 | 26600 | 0.493 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 21 | Western Carolina University | 13700 | 16500 | 0.1696 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 22 | University of North Alabama | 13800 | 28200 | 0.5109 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 23 | Central Connecticut State University | 14100 | 34200 | 0.5875 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 24 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 25 | San Francisco State University | 14300 | 47700 | 0.7004 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 26 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 26 | Salem State University | 14400 | 38300 | 0.6236 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 26 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14400 | 29600 | 0.5142 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 29 | Eastern Michigan University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5737 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 30 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5343 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 31 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14800 | 30100 | 0.5089 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 32 | Troy University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4381 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 33 | Colorado Mesa University | 15100 | 66200 | 0.772 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 34 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15200 | 31600 | 0.5196 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 34 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15200 | 22500 | 0.3241 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 34 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15200 | 50100 | 0.6963 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 38 | Ball State University | 15300 | 22400 | 0.3171 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 39 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15400 | 23400 | 0.3415 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 40 | Central Michigan University | 15500 | 38700 | 0.5993 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 40 | Northern Michigan University | 15500 | 33100 | 0.5318 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 40 | University of Mississippi | 15500 | 27000 | 0.4258 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 43 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4357 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 44 | Kansas State University | 16200 | 26400 | 0.3854 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 45 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16400 | 90700 | 0.8192 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 46 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16800 | 41200 | 0.5929 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 46 | California State University-Long Beach | 16800 | 25800 | 0.3489 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 46 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 30700 | 0.4523 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 26500 | 0.3632 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 50 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17000 | 24300 | 0.3006 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 51 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17400 | 29000 | 0.4002 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 51 | Montclair State University | 17400 | 36000 | 0.5172 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 51 | North Carolina Central University | 17400 | 37500 | 0.5364 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 51 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 22400 | 0.2236 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 55 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17600 | 44100 | 0.6012 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 56 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17700 | 33300 | 0.4685 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 57 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 58 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 18100 | 18400 | 0.0163 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 59 | Kennesaw State University | 18200 | 27400 | 0.3355 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 60 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5532 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 60 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5518 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 63 | Central Washington University | 18700 | 22700 | 0.176 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 63 | San Diego State University | 18700 | 28900 | 0.353 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 65 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 66 | Husson University | 19400 | 48100 | 0.5961 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 67 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 55300 | 0.6363 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 68 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 69 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 70 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20600 | 26100 | 0.2104 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 72 | Ferris State University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3328 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 72 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20700 | 48300 | 0.5715 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 74 | Saint Leo University | 20800 | 50000 | 0.5838 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 74 | Stockton University | 20800 | 45800 | 0.546 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21000 | 38100 | 0.4488 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 77 | University of New Orleans | 21100 | 30000 | 0.2963 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 78 | Davis & Elkins College | 21300 | 51200 | 0.5838 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 79 | College of Coastal Georgia | 21400 | 51600 | 0.5851 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25900 | 0.1598 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 81 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 82 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 82 | Grand Canyon University | 21900 | 34000 | 0.3554 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 84 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 85 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 86 | Meredith College | 22400 | 67400 | 0.6675 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 87 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 88 | The University of Alabama | 22800 | 33400 | 0.3172 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 88 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 90 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 91 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 26700 | 0.1336 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 92 | Lackawanna College | 23500 | 52100 | 0.5492 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 93 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23700 | 89100 | 0.7339 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 94 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 95 | University of North Texas | 24200 | 37400 | 0.3527 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 96 | Front Range Community College | 24400 | 31400 | 0.2228 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 97 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 98 | Keystone College | 24700 | 50500 | 0.5114 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 99 | Fort Hays State University | 24800 | 28500 | 0.132 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 99 | Montana State University | 24800 | 31600 | 0.2155 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 101 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 25000 | 37700 | 0.3367 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 101 | University of South Florida | 25000 | 36500 | 0.3147 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 103 | Temple University | 25100 | 36100 | 0.3049 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 104 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25600 | 28600 | 0.107 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 104 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25600 | 32900 | 0.2238 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 106 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 106 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 108 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.181 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 109 | New Jersey City University | 26800 | 39800 | 0.3269 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 109 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 40600 | 0.3399 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 111 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 112 | Delaware State University | 27800 | 62600 | 0.5558 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 113 | Flagler College | 28300 | 61900 | 0.5424 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 114 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 69700 | 0.5908 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 114 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28500 | 50700 | 0.4388 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 116 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 117 | Georgia State University | 29100 | 45700 | 0.363 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 118 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29500 | 112100 | 0.7367 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 119 | Saint Xavier University | 30100 | 58200 | 0.4825 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 119 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 121 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30400 | 78300 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 122 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 123 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 124 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 124 | Warner University | 30900 | 41000 | 0.2455 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 126 | Lasell University | 31100 | 50800 | 0.3881 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 128 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3145 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 128 | Wilkes University | 32700 | 61900 | 0.472 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 130 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5412 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 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 | Southern Connecticut State University | 35100 | 42000 | 0.1643 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 135 | Bay Path University | 35200 | 57500 | 0.388 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 136 | Mount Mercy University | 35300 | 61200 | 0.4237 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 137 | Bradley University | 35600 | 60300 | 0.4097 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 139 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 140 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 36600 | 58700 | 0.3768 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 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 | |
| 143 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 36900 | 53600 | 0.3117 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 144 | University of Denver | 37300 | 84100 | 0.5567 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 145 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 146 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66700 | 0.4334 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 147 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 69800 | 0.44 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 148 | Endicott College | 39600 | 65400 | 0.3943 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 148 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 150 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 39700 | 64500 | 0.3848 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 151 | Drexel University | 40000 | 86400 | 0.5373 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 152 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40300 | 66000 | 0.3892 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 152 | Webber International University | 40300 | 44400 | 0.0917 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 154 | Virginia State University | 41500 | 42800 | 0.0304 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 155 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 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 | James Madison University | 43800 | 45100 | 0.0288 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 160 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 161 | University of Delaware | 47900 | 62400 | 0.232 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 162 | University of Kentucky | 48700 | 59900 | 0.1872 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 163 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3019 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 164 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 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 Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 168 | University of San Francisco | 54700 | 87200 | 0.3727 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 169 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 84300 | 0.3381 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 170 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 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.