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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 | 6600 | 56000 | 0.8817 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 7700 | 65100 | 0.8818 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 8600 | 62400 | 0.8615 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Western Kentucky University | 9900 | 30200 | 0.6708 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 10000 | 22200 | 0.5506 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 5 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 8 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10800 | 24500 | 0.5583 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 9 | Florida Atlantic University | 11300 | 25800 | 0.5627 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 10 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11500 | 22900 | 0.4987 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 11 | Northern Arizona University | 12300 | 35800 | 0.6566 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 12 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12500 | 18400 | 0.3214 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 26500 | 0.5277 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 14 | San Francisco State University | 12900 | 47700 | 0.7298 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 15 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 16 | Western Carolina University | 13100 | 16500 | 0.206 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 17 | Livingstone College | 13200 | 29900 | 0.5591 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 18 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5922 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 18 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 20 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 13900 | 31000 | 0.5523 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 21 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14100 | 28600 | 0.5077 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 21 | Salem State University | 14100 | 33900 | 0.5847 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 23 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14200 | 55300 | 0.7427 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 24 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 32500 | 0.5574 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 14400 | 39100 | 0.6314 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 26 | Colorado Mesa University | 14600 | 66200 | 0.7794 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 26 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14600 | 40000 | 0.635 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 28 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14700 | 31600 | 0.5354 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 29 | Northern Michigan University | 14800 | 35600 | 0.5843 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 30 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14900 | 25700 | 0.4202 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 32 | University of Mississippi | 15000 | 37400 | 0.5992 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 33 | Ball State University | 15200 | 22400 | 0.3219 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 33 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 38700 | 0.6071 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 35 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15300 | 28400 | 0.4613 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 36 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4097 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 37 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 37 | Northern Illinois University | 15500 | 30400 | 0.4914 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 39 | Appalachian State University | 15600 | 22800 | 0.3161 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 40 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 15800 | 62800 | 0.7481 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 41 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 16000 | 25000 | 0.3601 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 42 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16100 | 39900 | 0.5978 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 43 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 44 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 33300 | 0.5076 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 45 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 23200 | 0.2716 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 46 | Delaware State University | 17100 | 43000 | 0.6027 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 46 | James Madison University | 17100 | 28900 | 0.4088 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 46 | University of Kentucky | 17100 | 46800 | 0.6348 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 46 | University of South Alabama | 17100 | 40600 | 0.5782 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 50 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 61500 | 0.7101 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 50 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 58900 | 0.6983 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 52 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 44300 | 0.5918 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 53 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 53 | San Diego State University | 18300 | 28900 | 0.3669 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 55 | Columbia College | 18400 | 60700 | 0.6964 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5525 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 57 | Husson University | 18800 | 48100 | 0.6085 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 58 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 26700 | 0.2926 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 59 | Eastern Illinois University | 19900 | 28100 | 0.2912 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 59 | Georgia State University | 19900 | 26000 | 0.2348 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 59 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20200 | 48100 | 0.5798 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 63 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 64 | University of New Orleans | 20600 | 29700 | 0.3064 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 65 | Ferris State University | 20800 | 30200 | 0.3112 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 65 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 67 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 68 | Grand Canyon University | 21400 | 48300 | 0.5569 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 69 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 69 | Montclair State University | 21600 | 36800 | 0.4133 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 69 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 21600 | 35500 | 0.3912 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 72 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22200 | 41000 | 0.4589 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 73 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 74 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 22900 | 90700 | 0.7476 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 74 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 74 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 77 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 77 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23000 | 32900 | 0.3005 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 77 | University of North Alabama | 23000 | 37300 | 0.3834 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 80 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 81 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 82 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 82 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2172 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 84 | Keystone College | 24100 | 50500 | 0.5233 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 85 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24200 | 36300 | 0.3329 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 86 | Montana State University | 24400 | 73500 | 0.6682 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 87 | Saint Leo University | 25000 | 50000 | 0.4998 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 88 | Meredith College | 25100 | 67400 | 0.6274 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 89 | Northwood University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 89 | University of West Florida | 25700 | 37400 | 0.3125 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 91 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 92 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 26300 | 39800 | 0.339 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 93 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26600 | 36000 | 0.2612 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 94 | Central Connecticut State University | 27100 | 29500 | 0.0814 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 94 | 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 Washington University | 27600 | 27900 | 0.0108 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 97 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 63900 | 0.568 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 99 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27800 | 50700 | 0.453 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 100 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28000 | 72700 | 0.6148 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 101 | Flagler College | 28400 | 60700 | 0.5321 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 102 | Morgan State University | 28500 | 41800 | 0.3181 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 103 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 104 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 104 | 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 | University of South Florida | 29700 | 36700 | 0.1906 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 108 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29800 | 38500 | 0.2261 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29900 | 78200 | 0.6173 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 111 | North Carolina Central University | 30600 | 40000 | 0.2349 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 112 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 113 | Lasell University | 31400 | 60000 | 0.4764 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 114 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 31700 | 39900 | 0.2056 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 115 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43200 | 0.2524 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 116 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 117 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 118 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 118 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 32800 | 34200 | 0.0409 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 120 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4669 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 121 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 33100 | 48400 | 0.3162 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 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 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 126 | Culinary Institute of America | 34600 | 69900 | 0.5052 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 127 | Bradley University | 35100 | 60000 | 0.4153 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 128 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 128 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 128 | New Jersey City University | 35400 | 39800 | 0.1107 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 131 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 132 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 36300 | 38800 | 0.0644 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53600 | 0.321 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 134 | Florida International University | 36600 | 36800 | 0.0054 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 135 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 135 | Stockton University | 36900 | 45300 | 0.1856 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 135 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66600 | 0.4457 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 138 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38700 | 66100 | 0.4147 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 139 | Framingham State University | 39000 | 48000 | 0.1873 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 140 | Drexel University | 39100 | 107600 | 0.6364 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 141 | University of Denver | 39300 | 84100 | 0.5329 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 142 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 143 | Endicott College | 40400 | 94900 | 0.5742 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 143 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 145 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 146 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40700 | 69100 | 0.4109 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 147 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 41000 | 64200 | 0.3613 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 148 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57400 | 0.2823 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 149 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 53900 | 0.2076 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 150 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 151 | Kansas State University | 43700 | 47900 | 0.0879 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 151 | St. John's University-New York | 43700 | 82800 | 0.4724 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 153 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 154 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 62000 | 0.2376 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 155 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 156 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 67900 | 0.2824 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 157 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 158 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 159 | Lynn University | 51800 | 71600 | 0.2765 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 161 | The University of Alabama | 53800 | 66500 | 0.191 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 162 | University of San Francisco | 54000 | 87300 | 0.3816 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 163 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 63400 | 0.1214 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63500 | 0.0787 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 65100 | 65100 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 167 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 76400 | 0.136 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 168 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 169 | 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.