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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in District of Columbia.
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 District of Columbia.
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 | 7800 | 47200 | 0.8352 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8200 | 27100 | 0.6964 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 9200 | 36500 | 0.7482 | 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 | 10900 | 36600 | 0.7018 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 11200 | 91600 | 0.878 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 11900 | 44000 | 0.7291 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic University | 12500 | 25800 | 0.5162 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 12800 | 21500 | 0.4041 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 10 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 54500 | 0.7596 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 11 | University of North Alabama | 13100 | 30800 | 0.5739 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 11 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13100 | 39600 | 0.6693 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 14 | Youngstown State University | 13400 | 26800 | 0.4996 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 15 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 15 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 17 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13700 | 22500 | 0.3907 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 13700 | 40700 | 0.6641 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13700 | 19400 | 0.2939 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 20 | Arkansas Tech University | 13900 | 35900 | 0.6121 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 20 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13900 | 25000 | 0.4455 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 20 | University of South Florida | 13900 | 17100 | 0.187 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14000 | 28000 | 0.4997 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 24 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14400 | 28200 | 0.4913 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 25 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 25 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6129 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 27 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30700 | 0.5197 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 28 | University of North Texas | 14800 | 25700 | 0.4247 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 29 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 30 | Colorado Mesa University | 15400 | 24800 | 0.3799 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 30 | Livingstone College | 15400 | 38100 | 0.5957 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 32 | Central Washington University | 15500 | 27900 | 0.4451 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 33 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15800 | 42600 | 0.6294 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 34 | Eastern Illinois University | 16000 | 27500 | 0.4182 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 34 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16000 | 86700 | 0.8157 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 36 | Appalachian State University | 16300 | 19500 | 0.1643 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 37 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 38 | Eastern Michigan University | 16500 | 32000 | 0.4826 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 38 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 16500 | 30100 | 0.4524 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 40 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 41 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 41 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17000 | 24300 | 0.3006 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 43 | Central Connecticut State University | 17100 | 34000 | 0.4968 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 43 | Husson University | 17100 | 48100 | 0.6438 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 45 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17200 | 34000 | 0.4937 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 45 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 35200 | 0.5116 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 47 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3401 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 48 | Georgia State University | 17400 | 26000 | 0.331 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 49 | California State University-East Bay | 17700 | 45100 | 0.6078 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 49 | Virginia State University | 17700 | 29500 | 0.3996 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 51 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17800 | 48000 | 0.6287 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 51 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 53 | Saint Leo University | 18000 | 50000 | 0.6398 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 54 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18100 | 41200 | 0.5613 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 54 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 46600 | 0.6122 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 56 | Bay Path University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6713 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 57 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18300 | 28200 | 0.3506 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 58 | Madonna University | 18600 | 58300 | 0.6813 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 58 | Northern Michigan University | 18600 | 33100 | 0.4381 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 60 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 61 | Eastern Kentucky University | 18900 | 34400 | 0.45 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 61 | Stockton University | 18900 | 44500 | 0.5756 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 63 | North Carolina Central University | 19000 | 40000 | 0.5248 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 64 | Salem State University | 19200 | 35100 | 0.4528 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 65 | College of Coastal Georgia | 19400 | 42100 | 0.5386 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 66 | San Diego State University | 19500 | 28900 | 0.3253 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 67 | San Jose State University | 19700 | 33600 | 0.4134 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 68 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 68 | University of New Orleans | 20000 | 30200 | 0.3376 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 70 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20300 | 40900 | 0.5042 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 72 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20400 | 46300 | 0.5592 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 73 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20500 | 31000 | 0.3391 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 73 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 38200 | 0.4632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 75 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 76 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 77 | Bradley University | 21300 | 50800 | 0.5806 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 77 | Kennesaw State University | 21300 | 27200 | 0.217 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 79 | Montana State University | 21500 | 27100 | 0.2064 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 81 | Belhaven University | 22100 | 43300 | 0.4911 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 82 | Cleary University | 22200 | 60900 | 0.636 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 83 | Keystone College | 22400 | 48800 | 0.5412 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 83 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22400 | 59600 | 0.6242 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 85 | Columbia College | 22500 | 39700 | 0.4338 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 86 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32500 | 0.3046 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 86 | San Francisco State University | 22600 | 55400 | 0.5921 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 88 | University of the District of Columbia | 22800 | 35300 | 0.3545 | 3,297 | 0 | 0.8384 | |
| 89 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 89 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 91 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 91 | The University of Alabama | 23300 | 31000 | 0.2482 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 93 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 94 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23700 | 26300 | 0.099 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 95 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 96 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4486 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 97 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24300 | 26500 | 0.083 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 98 | Temple University | 24700 | 36400 | 0.3217 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 99 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 100 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 101 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 102 | Flagler College | 26000 | 61100 | 0.5743 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 102 | Lipscomb University | 26000 | 57800 | 0.5496 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 104 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26200 | 79400 | 0.6702 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 105 | Ashland University | 26400 | 56600 | 0.534 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 105 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 107 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 108 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 109 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28000 | 50700 | 0.448 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 110 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 111 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 111 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28200 | 41800 | 0.3246 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 111 | Mitchell College | 28200 | 75200 | 0.6253 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 114 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 115 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 116 | Southeastern University | 29700 | 60500 | 0.5088 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 117 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 117 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 119 | Framingham State University | 29900 | 38100 | 0.2152 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 120 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 121 | Culinary Institute of America | 30200 | 74600 | 0.5948 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 122 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 123 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 124 | New Jersey City University | 31600 | 39800 | 0.2062 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 125 | Liberty University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.2777 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 126 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 126 | St. John's University-New York | 32500 | 78000 | 0.583 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 128 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 128 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32800 | 52800 | 0.3789 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 130 | Wilkes University | 33300 | 61900 | 0.4621 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 131 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 132 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35600 | 66700 | 0.4664 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 132 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35600 | 42800 | 0.1683 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 134 | Meredith College | 36100 | 64200 | 0.4378 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 135 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 136 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 137 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 138 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36800 | 64400 | 0.4289 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 139 | Lasell University | 37100 | 48500 | 0.2349 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 140 | California State University-Long Beach | 37300 | 38600 | 0.0337 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 142 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 142 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 144 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40100 | 92400 | 0.5659 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 145 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 146 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 146 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 148 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 149 | Endicott College | 41500 | 64200 | 0.3535 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 150 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 151 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 152 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 153 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 154 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 155 | High Point University | 45700 | 72900 | 0.373 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 156 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 157 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 48800 | 67100 | 0.2727 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 160 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.136 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 161 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 162 | University of San Francisco | 53500 | 84800 | 0.369 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 163 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 164 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 71900 | 0.2238 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 167 | 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.