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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 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 2 | Arkansas Tech University | 9900 | 22900 | 0.5671 | 8,145 | 1055 | 0.9589 | |
| 3 | University of Central Florida | 12000 | 23600 | 0.4916 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 4 | Arapahoe Community College | 12200 | 25400 | 0.5188 | 15,012 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 5 | Florida Atlantic University | 12600 | 24800 | 0.491 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 7 | University of West Florida | 12800 | 21500 | 0.4041 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 8 | Eastern Illinois University | 12900 | 24400 | 0.4717 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 9 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 13000 | 30400 | 0.5729 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 9 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13000 | 20300 | 0.3588 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 13600 | 88800 | 0.8472 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 11 | Northern Arizona University | 13600 | 25400 | 0.4662 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 13 | West Virginia University | 14200 | 23300 | 0.3905 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 14 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4594 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 14600 | 29300 | 0.5019 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14700 | 28000 | 0.4747 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 17 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14800 | 31600 | 0.5309 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 18 | Central Michigan University | 15400 | 40600 | 0.6208 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 18 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 25400 | 0.3943 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 20 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 15500 | 32300 | 0.5208 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 20 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 22 | Livingstone College | 15600 | 29900 | 0.4788 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 23 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15700 | 22600 | 0.3049 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 24 | New York University | 15800 | 91800 | 0.8277 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 25 | Troy University | 15900 | 26700 | 0.4044 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 26 | Appalachian State University | 16100 | 19500 | 0.1742 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 27 | Metropolitan State University of Denver | 16200 | 28100 | 0.4229 | 16,430 | 1025 | 0.9914 | |
| 28 | Western Carolina University | 16400 | 19600 | 0.1633 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 29 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 16600 | 25200 | 0.3411 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 30 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 30 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16800 | 30300 | 0.4448 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 30 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 16800 | 26600 | 0.3691 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 30 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16800 | 23100 | 0.2725 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 34 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3464 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 35 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17800 | 28800 | 0.3822 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 35 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 22400 | 0.2057 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 37 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 18100 | 26700 | 0.3226 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 37 | Husson University | 18100 | 48100 | 0.6231 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 39 | Delaware State University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4474 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan University | 18800 | 36100 | 0.479 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 41 | University of Mississippi | 18900 | 45500 | 0.5851 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 42 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3406 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 43 | Youngstown State University | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3341 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 44 | Georgia State University | 19800 | 26000 | 0.2386 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 45 | Central Connecticut State University | 19900 | 27600 | 0.2793 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 46 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5856 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 47 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1701 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 48 | Salem State University | 20200 | 28500 | 0.2912 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 48 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 43700 | 0.5382 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 50 | Piedmont University | 20400 | 47200 | 0.5678 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 51 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 52 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1818 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 53 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 54 | Saint Peter's University | 21700 | 66300 | 0.6725 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 55 | Madonna University | 21900 | 50400 | 0.5655 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 56 | Cleary University | 22300 | 47200 | 0.5279 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 57 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 58 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22500 | 32000 | 0.2967 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 59 | Bradley University | 22600 | 50900 | 0.556 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 59 | Florida State University | 22600 | 25000 | 0.0962 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 61 | Columbia College | 22700 | 36800 | 0.3837 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 62 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 23000 | 78100 | 0.7056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 63 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5993 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 64 | Saint Leo University | 23600 | 50000 | 0.5278 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 65 | Keystone College | 23800 | 42900 | 0.445 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 66 | University of the Virgin Islands | 24100 | 37000 | 0.349 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 67 | Front Range Community College | 24400 | 31400 | 0.2228 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 67 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24400 | 39200 | 0.3776 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 69 | Meredith College | 24500 | 65900 | 0.6281 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 69 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24500 | 37400 | 0.3446 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 69 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 69 | University of New Orleans | 24500 | 31000 | 0.2097 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 73 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24700 | 32900 | 0.2493 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 74 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24900 | 76300 | 0.6739 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 75 | Northern Michigan University | 25000 | 32900 | 0.2404 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 76 | Montana State University | 25100 | 31400 | 0.2006 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 77 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 78 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 79 | Lakeland University | 26000 | 56500 | 0.5404 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 80 | California State University-Northridge | 26100 | 36600 | 0.2861 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26400 | 36800 | 0.2826 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 81 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26400 | 36500 | 0.2769 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 83 | Fort Hays State University | 26500 | 35200 | 0.2475 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 84 | Central Washington University | 27000 | 27200 | 0.0073 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 84 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 84 | University of North Alabama | 27000 | 41500 | 0.3496 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 87 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 88 | Flagler College | 27400 | 37800 | 0.2753 | 2,409 | 1100 | 0.8076 | |
| 89 | Southern Utah University | 27600 | 35600 | 0.2244 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 90 | California State University-Long Beach | 28200 | 38400 | 0.266 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 91 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28500 | 43200 | 0.3399 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 91 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28500 | 50700 | 0.439 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 93 | Framingham State University | 28600 | 38100 | 0.2496 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 93 | Lipscomb University | 28600 | 57600 | 0.5029 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 95 | Mitchell College | 28700 | 65900 | 0.5641 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 96 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2138 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 97 | Montclair State University | 29500 | 36300 | 0.1874 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 98 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 29700 | 29700 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 99 | California State University-East Bay | 30000 | 43000 | 0.3021 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 99 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 99 | Roosevelt University | 30000 | 43300 | 0.307 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 102 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 30100 | 34000 | 0.1146 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 103 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 104 | San Jose State University | 30600 | 41000 | 0.2534 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 105 | Culinary Institute of America | 30900 | 69500 | 0.5551 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 105 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 30900 | 43700 | 0.2926 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 107 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 31100 | 63700 | 0.5114 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 108 | Siena Heights University | 31200 | 46300 | 0.3259 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 109 | San Francisco State University | 31300 | 45200 | 0.3077 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 31400 | 38500 | 0.1845 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 111 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31600 | 33700 | 0.0617 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 112 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 113 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 114 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 47600 | 0.3171 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 114 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 116 | Widener University | 32600 | 75300 | 0.5668 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 117 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 117 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 119 | Southeastern University | 32800 | 60500 | 0.4576 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 120 | New Jersey City University | 32900 | 39800 | 0.1735 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 121 | Virginia State University | 33300 | 42200 | 0.2111 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 122 | Colorado Mesa University | 33400 | 40000 | 0.1634 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 123 | University of Denver | 33500 | 75900 | 0.5586 | 6,619 | 1349 | 0.7729 | |
| 124 | Lasell University | 33600 | 47000 | 0.2849 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 125 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 126 | Stockton University | 34000 | 44500 | 0.2361 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 127 | Western Kentucky University | 34100 | 41900 | 0.1863 | 14,151 | 960 | 0.9387 | |
| 128 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 128 | Charleston Southern University | 34400 | 48400 | 0.2905 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 130 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 131 | DePaul University | 35000 | 59100 | 0.4076 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 131 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0685 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 133 | Southern Connecticut State University | 35600 | 52500 | 0.3222 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 134 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35800 | 43500 | 0.1771 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 135 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35900 | 47300 | 0.2409 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 136 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 136 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 36400 | 53300 | 0.317 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 136 | Florida International University | 36400 | 36800 | 0.0109 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 139 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36900 | 64400 | 0.4273 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 140 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37100 | 53900 | 0.3117 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 140 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 142 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 143 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 144 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 144 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53800 | 0.264 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 146 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 147 | San Diego State University | 40300 | 40500 | 0.0049 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 147 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 149 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3861 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 149 | Temple University | 40500 | 56100 | 0.278 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 151 | Webber International University | 40800 | 44400 | 0.0806 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 152 | Endicott College | 40900 | 63200 | 0.3528 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 153 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 154 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3591 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 155 | St. John's University-New York | 42200 | 80100 | 0.4729 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 156 | Mercyhurst University | 42300 | 66400 | 0.3631 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 157 | Saint Joseph's University | 42500 | 74500 | 0.4294 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 158 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43000 | 55100 | 0.2197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 159 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 160 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 161 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 162 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 162 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 164 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 165 | College of Charleston | 49600 | 59000 | 0.1594 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 166 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 167 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 168 | Lynn University | 51600 | 64200 | 0.1963 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 169 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 83200 | 0.3532 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 170 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 56100 | 0.0018 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.