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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Florida.
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 Florida.
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 | St Petersburg College | 5700 | 16000 | 0.6419 | 24,594 | 1015 | 1 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 8200 | 47200 | 0.8267 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8600 | 43500 | 0.803 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 4 | California State University-Northridge | 9800 | 22400 | 0.5604 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 5 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10400 | 22900 | 0.5468 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11300 | 27400 | 0.5873 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 11500 | 91600 | 0.8748 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 12300 | 44000 | 0.72 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 10 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 11 | Miami Dade College | 13100 | 31700 | 0.5859 | 58,941 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13200 | 39600 | 0.6667 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 13 | West Virginia University | 13300 | 57700 | 0.7693 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 14 | University of North Alabama | 13400 | 30800 | 0.5642 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 15 | University of West Florida | 13600 | 21700 | 0.3732 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 16 | Florida Atlantic University | 13700 | 25800 | 0.4699 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 16 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13700 | 22500 | 0.3907 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 16 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 19 | Eastern Illinois University | 13800 | 24300 | 0.431 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 20 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14100 | 19400 | 0.2733 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 14200 | 35900 | 0.6038 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 21 | Fort Hays State University | 14200 | 40700 | 0.6518 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 23 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 23 | Framingham State University | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5357 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 25 | Central Michigan University | 14900 | 37400 | 0.6022 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 25 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14900 | 28200 | 0.4724 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 27 | University of Georgia | 15000 | 26600 | 0.4344 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 28 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4604 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 29 | Troy University | 15200 | 32600 | 0.5335 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 30 | Northern Illinois University | 15300 | 30700 | 0.5006 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 31 | Livingstone College | 15400 | 38100 | 0.5957 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 32 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15600 | 45200 | 0.6543 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 33 | Colorado Mesa University | 15700 | 40000 | 0.6073 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 34 | Central Washington University | 15900 | 27900 | 0.4308 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 34 | Florida State University | 15900 | 23100 | 0.3101 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 36 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 42600 | 0.62 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 37 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 38 | University of South Alabama | 16700 | 22400 | 0.2549 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 39 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 32000 | 0.4701 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 40 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 42 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 17000 | 86700 | 0.8042 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 43 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17200 | 0.0047 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 44 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17600 | 34000 | 0.482 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 44 | Husson University | 17600 | 48100 | 0.6335 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 44 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17600 | 44900 | 0.6075 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 44 | Western Kentucky University | 17600 | 27000 | 0.3488 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 48 | Georgia State University | 17700 | 26000 | 0.3194 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 49 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17900 | 48000 | 0.6266 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 50 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 46600 | 0.6122 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 51 | Bay Path University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6713 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 52 | Central Connecticut State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4615 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 53 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18500 | 41200 | 0.5516 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 53 | Saint Leo University | 18500 | 50100 | 0.6304 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 55 | Madonna University | 18700 | 58300 | 0.6796 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 56 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18800 | 28200 | 0.3329 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 57 | California State University-East Bay | 19000 | 30100 | 0.3693 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 58 | Northern Michigan University | 19100 | 33100 | 0.423 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 59 | North Carolina Central University | 19400 | 40000 | 0.5148 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 60 | College of Coastal Georgia | 19700 | 42100 | 0.5315 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 60 | Salem State University | 19700 | 35100 | 0.4385 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 62 | Stockton University | 19800 | 44500 | 0.5554 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 62 | University of Mississippi | 19800 | 27000 | 0.2666 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 64 | San Diego State University | 19900 | 28900 | 0.3115 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 65 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 66 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20300 | 40900 | 0.5042 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 68 | University of New Orleans | 20400 | 30200 | 0.3244 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 70 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20600 | 46300 | 0.5549 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 71 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21000 | 32800 | 0.3603 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 71 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 38200 | 0.4501 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 73 | Kennesaw State University | 21600 | 26600 | 0.1881 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 73 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21600 | 42700 | 0.4943 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 76 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 77 | Belhaven University | 22100 | 43300 | 0.4911 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 78 | Cleary University | 22400 | 60900 | 0.6327 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 78 | Keystone College | 22400 | 48800 | 0.5412 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 78 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22400 | 59600 | 0.6242 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 81 | San Jose State University | 22600 | 41100 | 0.4502 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 82 | Columbia College | 22900 | 39700 | 0.4237 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 83 | San Francisco State University | 23000 | 55400 | 0.5848 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 84 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 84 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 84 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 87 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 88 | Montana State University | 23400 | 31500 | 0.2572 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 89 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 90 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23800 | 0.0005 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 91 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3394 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 92 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 93 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.449 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 94 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 95 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 96 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 97 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 98 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 99 | Lipscomb University | 26300 | 57800 | 0.5448 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 100 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 101 | Ashland University | 26600 | 56600 | 0.5305 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 102 | Flagler College | 26700 | 61200 | 0.5637 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 103 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26800 | 79400 | 0.6626 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 104 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 105 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 105 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 41500 | 0.3299 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 107 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 108 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 109 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 110 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28600 | 50700 | 0.4362 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 111 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28700 | 41800 | 0.3133 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 112 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 112 | Mitchell College | 28900 | 75200 | 0.616 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 114 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 115 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29500 | 38500 | 0.2339 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 116 | Kansas State University | 29700 | 41600 | 0.2862 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 116 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 53600 | 0.4457 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 118 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 119 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 119 | Southeastern University | 30000 | 60600 | 0.5044 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 121 | Culinary Institute of America | 30700 | 74600 | 0.5881 | 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 | |
| 123 | The University of Alabama | 31100 | 55400 | 0.4389 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 125 | New Jersey City University | 31600 | 39800 | 0.2062 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 126 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 127 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 128 | St. John's University-New York | 32700 | 78000 | 0.5804 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 129 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 130 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 131 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 132 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0701 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 133 | Virginia State University | 35100 | 42200 | 0.1684 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 135 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 135 | Webber International University | 35500 | 44400 | 0.2006 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 137 | Meredith College | 36000 | 64200 | 0.4394 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 138 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36100 | 66700 | 0.4589 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 139 | University of Denver | 36300 | 76800 | 0.527 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 140 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 141 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36800 | 64400 | 0.4289 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 142 | Lasell University | 36900 | 48500 | 0.239 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 143 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 144 | California State University-Long Beach | 37700 | 38600 | 0.0233 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 145 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66500 | 0.4283 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 146 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 146 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 148 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40400 | 92400 | 0.5627 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 149 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 149 | Temple University | 40500 | 55300 | 0.2679 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 151 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 152 | Endicott College | 41200 | 64200 | 0.3582 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 153 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 154 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 155 | Mercyhurst University | 41900 | 66400 | 0.3691 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 156 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 157 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 157 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 159 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 160 | High Point University | 45500 | 72900 | 0.3758 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 161 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 162 | Lynn University | 48100 | 65100 | 0.2614 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 163 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 164 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 165 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 166 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 84800 | 0.3643 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 167 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 71900 | 0.221 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 168 | 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.