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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Connecticut.
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 Connecticut.
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 | 7700 | 36500 | 0.79 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | Florida Atlantic University | 8400 | 26900 | 0.6889 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 4 | California State University-East Bay | 8700 | 45100 | 0.8075 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 5 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31700 | 0.6853 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10500 | 27300 | 0.6164 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 27400 | 0.6092 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 9 | Eastern Illinois University | 11400 | 24700 | 0.5369 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 10 | Central Connecticut State University | 11800 | 34200 | 0.6547 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 10 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 12 | Northern Arizona University | 12100 | 30400 | 0.6012 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 12100 | 50500 | 0.7611 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 14 | Boston University | 12300 | 93200 | 0.868 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 15 | Fort Hays State University | 12600 | 19900 | 0.3659 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 15 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 26500 | 0.5239 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12700 | 40500 | 0.6863 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | University of South Florida | 12800 | 22400 | 0.429 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 19 | Livingstone College | 13000 | 43100 | 0.6986 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 20 | Western Carolina University | 13100 | 16500 | 0.206 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 21 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5944 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 22 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 24 | Salem State University | 13900 | 39200 | 0.6452 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 24 | San Francisco State University | 13900 | 47700 | 0.7088 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 26 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14000 | 29600 | 0.5278 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 27 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14100 | 20300 | 0.3047 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 28 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14200 | 30100 | 0.5289 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 29 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 31400 | 0.5438 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 30 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 50100 | 0.7122 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 30 | Troy University | 14400 | 34700 | 0.585 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 30 | University of North Alabama | 14400 | 37300 | 0.614 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 33 | Ball State University | 14600 | 22400 | 0.3484 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 73100 | 0.8 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 35 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14700 | 31600 | 0.5354 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 36 | Colorado Mesa University | 14800 | 66200 | 0.7767 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 36 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14800 | 26000 | 0.4303 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 36 | Northern Michigan University | 14800 | 33100 | 0.5529 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 39 | University of Mississippi | 14900 | 27000 | 0.448 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 40 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 38700 | 0.6071 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 40 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15200 | 90700 | 0.8325 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 42 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 15500 | 25000 | 0.3801 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 43 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16100 | 27800 | 0.4202 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 44 | Morgan State University | 16300 | 30700 | 0.4686 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 45 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 41200 | 0.6026 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 45 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3644 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 47 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 16500 | 36400 | 0.546 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 48 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17200 | 44100 | 0.6103 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 49 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17500 | 33300 | 0.4745 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 49 | Virginia State University | 17500 | 34900 | 0.4979 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 51 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 52 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17700 | 25200 | 0.2972 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 53 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3501 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 53 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 55 | Central Washington University | 18000 | 22700 | 0.2068 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 55 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 18000 | 18400 | 0.0218 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 55 | North Carolina Central University | 18000 | 33000 | 0.4548 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41100 | 0.5615 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 59 | Columbia College | 18200 | 60700 | 0.6996 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 60 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5532 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 61 | Husson University | 18800 | 48100 | 0.6085 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 62 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19000 | 30600 | 0.3789 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 63 | Stockton University | 19800 | 45800 | 0.5678 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 63 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19800 | 55300 | 0.6417 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 65 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19900 | 57800 | 0.6554 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 66 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 67 | Saint Leo University | 20300 | 50000 | 0.5938 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 68 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20400 | 51600 | 0.6045 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 69 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20500 | 48300 | 0.5757 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 69 | University of New Orleans | 20500 | 30000 | 0.3162 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 71 | Ferris State University | 20600 | 31000 | 0.336 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 71 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 73 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 74 | Davis & Elkins College | 21300 | 51200 | 0.5838 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 75 | Grand Canyon University | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3701 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 76 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 77 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 78 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 78 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22200 | 41000 | 0.4587 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 80 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 22600 | 89100 | 0.7462 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 80 | Meredith College | 22600 | 67400 | 0.6645 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 80 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 83 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 84 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 26700 | 0.1336 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 85 | University of North Texas | 23500 | 37400 | 0.3714 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 86 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 52100 | 0.5435 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 87 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 88 | Keystone College | 24100 | 50500 | 0.5233 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 89 | Montana State University | 24300 | 24400 | 0.0041 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 90 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3526 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 91 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 92 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25000 | 32900 | 0.242 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 93 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25600 | 28600 | 0.107 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 94 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.362 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 96 | New Jersey City University | 26100 | 39800 | 0.3445 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 97 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1824 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 98 | Delaware State University | 27200 | 62600 | 0.5654 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 98 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 100 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 63900 | 0.568 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 101 | Flagler College | 27700 | 61900 | 0.5521 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 101 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27700 | 50700 | 0.4545 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 103 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28000 | 69700 | 0.5979 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 104 | Georgia State University | 28800 | 45700 | 0.3696 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 105 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 105 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29000 | 112100 | 0.7412 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 107 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34200 | 0.149 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 108 | Saint Xavier University | 29200 | 58200 | 0.498 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29700 | 78300 | 0.6208 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29800 | 38500 | 0.2261 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 111 | Western Kentucky University | 30500 | 42800 | 0.2877 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 112 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 113 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 113 | Warner University | 30900 | 41000 | 0.2455 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 115 | Lasell University | 31100 | 50800 | 0.3881 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 116 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 116 | Wilkes University | 31900 | 61900 | 0.4841 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 118 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 119 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 120 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 120 | San Diego State University | 32500 | 37100 | 0.1241 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 120 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32500 | 35000 | 0.0732 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 123 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3145 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 124 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5412 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 125 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 126 | St. John's University-New York | 34100 | 83800 | 0.5934 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 127 | Culinary Institute of America | 34300 | 91000 | 0.6231 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 128 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 129 | Bradley University | 35100 | 60300 | 0.418 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 130 | Bay Path University | 35200 | 57500 | 0.388 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 131 | Mount Mercy University | 35300 | 61200 | 0.4237 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 132 | Temple University | 35600 | 57200 | 0.3774 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 132 | University of South Alabama | 35600 | 40200 | 0.1145 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 134 | Florida International University | 36600 | 36800 | 0.0054 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 135 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66700 | 0.4469 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 136 | Framingham State University | 37000 | 37000 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 137 | Middle Tennessee State University | 37500 | 48300 | 0.2237 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 137 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 139 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38800 | 69800 | 0.4443 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 139 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 141 | Drexel University | 39200 | 86400 | 0.5466 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 142 | University of Denver | 39300 | 84100 | 0.5329 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 143 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 144 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 39700 | 64500 | 0.3848 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 145 | Endicott College | 39800 | 65400 | 0.3912 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 146 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40300 | 66000 | 0.3892 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 146 | Webber International University | 40300 | 44400 | 0.0917 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 148 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40500 | 53600 | 0.2445 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 149 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41000 | 58700 | 0.3018 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 150 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 53900 | 0.2113 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 151 | James Madison University | 43100 | 45100 | 0.0443 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 152 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 153 | Campbell University | 43700 | 68700 | 0.3646 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 154 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0918 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 155 | Montclair State University | 44300 | 47000 | 0.0575 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 156 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 157 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 158 | University of Kentucky | 48000 | 59900 | 0.1982 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 159 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 69900 | 0.3033 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 161 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 162 | College of Charleston | 49900 | 62300 | 0.1989 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 163 | Lynn University | 51500 | 71600 | 0.2807 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 164 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 165 | The University of Alabama | 53800 | 58000 | 0.0724 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 166 | University of San Francisco | 54800 | 87200 | 0.3716 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 167 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 84300 | 0.3393 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 168 | Mercyhurst University | 61200 | 68000 | 0.1 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 169 | 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.