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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 | 7700 | 47200 | 0.8373 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 7900 | 27100 | 0.7074 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 8900 | 36500 | 0.7564 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 27400 | 0.6092 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 11100 | 91600 | 0.8791 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 12200 | 44000 | 0.7223 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | 12200 | 25300 | 0.5172 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 54500 | 0.7706 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 11 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 12 | University of North Alabama | 12900 | 30800 | 0.5804 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 13 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13000 | 23200 | 0.4396 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 13 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13000 | 39600 | 0.6718 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 15 | Youngstown State University | 13200 | 26800 | 0.507 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 16 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 17 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13500 | 22500 | 0.3996 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 13500 | 40700 | 0.669 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13500 | 28000 | 0.5175 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 17 | University of West Florida | 13500 | 39000 | 0.6533 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 21 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 21 | University of South Florida | 13600 | 17100 | 0.2045 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 23 | Arkansas Tech University | 13900 | 35900 | 0.6121 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 23 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13900 | 25000 | 0.4455 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 25 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14100 | 28200 | 0.501 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 26 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37400 | 0.6155 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 26 | Framingham State University | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5357 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 28 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 28 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30700 | 0.5293 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 28 | University of Georgia | 14500 | 26600 | 0.4537 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 31 | Ball State University | 15100 | 22400 | 0.3264 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 31 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 33 | Colorado Mesa University | 15200 | 40000 | 0.6205 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 34 | Central Washington University | 15300 | 22700 | 0.3256 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 34 | Livingstone College | 15300 | 38100 | 0.5983 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 34 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 37 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 38 | California State University-Long Beach | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3993 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 38 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15500 | 86700 | 0.8215 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 40 | Eastern Illinois University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4337 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 41 | University of South Alabama | 15700 | 22400 | 0.2997 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 42 | Appalachian State University | 16100 | 19500 | 0.1746 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 42 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16100 | 31600 | 0.4911 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 42 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 42600 | 0.6223 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 45 | Eastern Michigan University | 16200 | 32000 | 0.492 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 46 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 16300 | 30100 | 0.4591 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 46 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16300 | 23100 | 0.2943 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 48 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 49 | Husson University | 16800 | 48100 | 0.6501 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 50 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 51 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17000 | 26300 | 0.3515 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 52 | Georgia State University | 17200 | 45500 | 0.6214 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 53 | California State University-East Bay | 17400 | 45100 | 0.6145 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 54 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3538 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 55 | Stockton University | 17700 | 32100 | 0.4484 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 56 | Saint Leo University | 17800 | 50000 | 0.6438 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 56 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 58 | Salem State University | 17900 | 28500 | 0.3719 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 58 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 17900 | 46600 | 0.6165 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 60 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18000 | 28200 | 0.3613 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 61 | Bay Path University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6713 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 62 | North Carolina Central University | 18300 | 27600 | 0.3367 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 62 | Northern Michigan University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4472 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 64 | Madonna University | 18500 | 58300 | 0.683 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 65 | Eastern Kentucky University | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4587 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 66 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 67 | Central Connecticut State University | 19300 | 29500 | 0.3456 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 67 | College of Coastal Georgia | 19300 | 42100 | 0.541 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 69 | University of New Orleans | 19700 | 30200 | 0.3476 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 70 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 71 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20300 | 46300 | 0.5614 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 72 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 73 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 74 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 27200 | 0.2207 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 75 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21200 | 42700 | 0.5036 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 77 | Southern Connecticut State University | 21600 | 59600 | 0.6376 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 21900 | 41100 | 0.4673 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 80 | Belhaven University | 22100 | 43300 | 0.4911 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 80 | Cleary University | 22100 | 60900 | 0.6376 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 82 | Columbia College | 22200 | 39700 | 0.4413 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 83 | Keystone College | 22300 | 48800 | 0.5433 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 83 | San Francisco State University | 22300 | 55400 | 0.5975 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 85 | Montana State University | 22900 | 31500 | 0.2731 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 86 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 86 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 88 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 89 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 90 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 91 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 92 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3383 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 93 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4485 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 94 | Temple University | 24500 | 36400 | 0.3272 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 95 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 96 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 97 | Flagler College | 25600 | 61100 | 0.5808 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 98 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 25900 | 79400 | 0.674 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 98 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 98 | Lipscomb University | 25900 | 57800 | 0.5519 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 101 | Ashland University | 26400 | 56600 | 0.534 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 41500 | 0.3612 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 103 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 75200 | 0.6321 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 103 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27700 | 50700 | 0.4539 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 105 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 106 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3298 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 107 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 107 | California Lutheran University | 28200 | 70000 | 0.5974 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 109 | Kansas State University | 28700 | 41600 | 0.3085 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 110 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 111 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 28900 | 38500 | 0.2495 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 112 | Montclair State University | 29100 | 36300 | 0.1985 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 113 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 33900 | 0.1328 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 114 | Southeastern University | 29600 | 60500 | 0.5105 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 115 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 115 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 117 | Culinary Institute of America | 29900 | 74600 | 0.5989 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 118 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 119 | University of North Texas | 30100 | 37400 | 0.1951 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 120 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 121 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 122 | New Jersey City University | 31400 | 39800 | 0.2113 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 123 | Liberty University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.2777 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 124 | St. John's University-New York | 32400 | 78000 | 0.5842 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 125 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 125 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 52800 | 0.3846 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 127 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 128 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4661 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 129 | Virginia State University | 34900 | 42200 | 0.1731 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 130 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35300 | 42800 | 0.1754 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 131 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 66700 | 0.4694 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 131 | San Diego State University | 35400 | 36100 | 0.0194 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 133 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 134 | Meredith College | 36200 | 64200 | 0.4363 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 135 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 135 | University of Denver | 36500 | 76800 | 0.5244 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 137 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36600 | 64400 | 0.432 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 138 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66500 | 0.4448 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 139 | Lasell University | 37200 | 48500 | 0.2328 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 140 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 142 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 143 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40000 | 92400 | 0.567 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 144 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 145 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 146 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 147 | Endicott College | 41600 | 64200 | 0.352 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 148 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 149 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 150 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 52600 | 0.1862 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 151 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 152 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 153 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 154 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 155 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 156 | High Point University | 45900 | 72900 | 0.3703 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 157 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 159 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 50700 | 53700 | 0.0558 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 160 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 161 | University of San Francisco | 53300 | 84800 | 0.3714 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 162 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 71900 | 0.2252 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 163 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 164 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61400 | 64200 | 0.0436 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 166 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.