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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 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | University of West Florida | 11600 | 21500 | 0.4599 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 3 | Fort Hays State University | 12600 | 22600 | 0.4438 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 4 | University of North Alabama | 12800 | 28200 | 0.5464 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 5 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12900 | 22800 | 0.4336 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 25700 | 0.4939 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 7 | Boston University | 13100 | 92800 | 0.859 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 8 | Livingstone College | 13200 | 29900 | 0.5591 | 924 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 9 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5445 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 11 | Arkansas Tech University | 14100 | 34400 | 0.5902 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 12 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 12 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14200 | 29600 | 0.521 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 14 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14300 | 23400 | 0.3884 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 15 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14500 | 22500 | 0.3552 | 14,463 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 31000 | 0.5189 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 18 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15000 | 26900 | 0.442 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 19 | Ball State University | 15200 | 22400 | 0.3219 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 20 | California State University-East Bay | 15300 | 30100 | 0.4924 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 21 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4106 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 22 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 23 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 15900 | 28200 | 0.4356 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 24 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 16000 | 25000 | 0.3601 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 25 | Eastern Michigan University | 16100 | 36100 | 0.5531 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 26 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 27 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16500 | 26300 | 0.3711 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 28 | Central Connecticut State University | 16700 | 34000 | 0.5083 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 29 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 30 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 30 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 23200 | 0.2715 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 32 | Colorado Mesa University | 17200 | 28600 | 0.398 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 33 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 34 | Framingham State University | 18400 | 31000 | 0.4066 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 35 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 45000 | 0.5849 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 36 | Cleary University | 18800 | 56600 | 0.6675 | 769 | 1060 | 0.6754 | |
| 37 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 26700 | 0.2926 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 38 | Virginia State University | 19000 | 29500 | 0.3556 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 39 | Columbia College | 19200 | 35800 | 0.4637 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 39 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19200 | 30600 | 0.3722 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 41 | Madonna University | 19300 | 49200 | 0.6081 | 1,828 | 980 | 0.6339 | |
| 42 | Eastern Illinois University | 19500 | 28100 | 0.3076 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 42 | University of New Orleans | 19500 | 30600 | 0.3633 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 44 | Youngstown State University | 19700 | 34000 | 0.4206 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 45 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5871 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 46 | Bay Path University | 20100 | 55400 | 0.637 | 1,177 | 1110 | 0.852 | |
| 47 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 47 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 39900 | 0.494 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 50 | Bellevue University | 20300 | 36400 | 0.4434 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | Husson University | 20300 | 42900 | 0.5273 | 2,763 | 1174 | 0.8095 | |
| 52 | Northern Michigan University | 20900 | 33100 | 0.3686 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 53 | Belhaven University | 21600 | 43300 | 0.5018 | 1,614 | 1105 | 0.4975 | |
| 54 | Montana State University | 22100 | 27100 | 0.1843 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 55 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22300 | 43200 | 0.4839 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 55 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22300 | 25900 | 0.1373 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 57 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 57 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 57 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 60 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 61 | Central Washington University | 22900 | 27900 | 0.1795 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 62 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23000 | 67400 | 0.6592 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 63 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3737 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 63 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1029 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 65 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 66 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 67 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 68 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 69 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24200 | 36300 | 0.3329 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.8901 | |
| 70 | Saint Leo University | 25000 | 50000 | 0.4998 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 71 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25100 | 38400 | 0.3467 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 72 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 73 | Northern Arizona University | 25600 | 43200 | 0.4084 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 73 | Salem State University | 25600 | 29000 | 0.1171 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 73 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 76 | Western Kentucky University | 25700 | 41800 | 0.3851 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 77 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 25800 | 34900 | 0.2606 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 78 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 79 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26100 | 36000 | 0.2751 | 3,468 | 1005 | 0.9813 | |
| 80 | Flagler College | 26200 | 61200 | 0.5717 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 81 | Keystone College | 26300 | 36000 | 0.2695 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 41500 | 0.366 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 83 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26500 | 36600 | 0.2758 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 83 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 85 | California State University-Northridge | 26600 | 36500 | 0.2723 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 86 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 87 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 88 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 89 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27500 | 69300 | 0.6029 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 90 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 63900 | 0.568 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 91 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27700 | 50700 | 0.4542 | 926 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 92 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.084 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 93 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.33 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 94 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 95 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 96 | Montclair State University | 28900 | 36300 | 0.204 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 97 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29000 | 34000 | 0.1469 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 98 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1354 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 99 | North Carolina Central University | 29700 | 40000 | 0.2574 | 6,595 | 1060 | 0.8696 | |
| 99 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 101 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 101 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30000 | 39200 | 0.235 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 103 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30400 | 77600 | 0.6081 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 103 | San Francisco State University | 30400 | 47700 | 0.3628 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 106 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 107 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3275 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 108 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31200 | 41200 | 0.243 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 109 | San Diego State University | 31500 | 36100 | 0.1274 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 110 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 111 | Lipscomb University | 32600 | 57800 | 0.4368 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 112 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3115 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 113 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4669 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 114 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 115 | Southeastern University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.4345 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 116 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34300 | 44300 | 0.2256 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 117 | Culinary Institute of America | 34600 | 69900 | 0.5052 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.9115 | |
| 117 | Stockton University | 34600 | 44500 | 0.2226 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 119 | California Lutheran University | 34700 | 70000 | 0.5045 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 119 | Meredith College | 34700 | 64200 | 0.4596 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 121 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 122 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 123 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35200 | 64400 | 0.4537 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 124 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35300 | 66100 | 0.4662 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 125 | New Jersey City University | 35400 | 39800 | 0.1107 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 126 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4206 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 127 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 128 | Georgia State University | 36300 | 45400 | 0.2005 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 129 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 37600 | 38500 | 0.0234 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 130 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38000 | 38700 | 0.0181 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 131 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53100 | 0.2711 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 133 | Southern Connecticut State University | 39000 | 52900 | 0.2629 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 134 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 135 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 135 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 137 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40100 | 44100 | 0.0907 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 138 | Endicott College | 40500 | 64200 | 0.3691 | 3,194 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 138 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3866 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 140 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 141 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.0823 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 142 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 143 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 144 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 53900 | 0.2058 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 145 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 146 | Campbell University | 44100 | 68700 | 0.3586 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 146 | Florida Atlantic University | 44100 | 44400 | 0.0068 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 148 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 149 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 149 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 151 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 152 | High Point University | 45600 | 72900 | 0.3744 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 153 | University of Delaware | 48000 | 61300 | 0.2171 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 154 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 154 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 156 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 157 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1531 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 158 | Lynn University | 51700 | 66000 | 0.2166 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 159 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 52300 | 53700 | 0.0261 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 160 | University of San Francisco | 53500 | 84800 | 0.369 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 161 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56800 | 0.0176 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 162 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 163 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 164 | Mercyhurst University | 60800 | 68000 | 0.1059 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 165 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 62000 | 64200 | 0.0343 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.