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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 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 56000 | 0.8817 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 8300 | 65100 | 0.8726 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9200 | 62400 | 0.8519 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10300 | 24500 | 0.5787 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 22200 | 0.528 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | Western Kentucky University | 10700 | 30200 | 0.6469 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | 12000 | 25400 | 0.5277 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12200 | 22900 | 0.4681 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 9 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12600 | 18400 | 0.3159 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 12600 | 22400 | 0.4374 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 11 | Florida Atlantic University | 13000 | 25800 | 0.497 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 13 | Miami Dade College | 13100 | 31700 | 0.5859 | 62,319 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 15 | San Francisco State University | 13400 | 47700 | 0.7193 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 16 | Western Carolina University | 13800 | 16500 | 0.1636 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 17 | St Petersburg College | 13900 | 23900 | 0.4191 | 25,245 | 1020 | 1 | |
| 18 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 27200 | 0.4846 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 19 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5715 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 32500 | 0.5481 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 22 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14800 | 55300 | 0.7319 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 23 | Colorado Mesa University | 15000 | 66200 | 0.7732 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 23 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 28600 | 0.4762 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 25 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15100 | 23400 | 0.3543 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 25 | Troy University | 15100 | 39100 | 0.6135 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 27 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15300 | 40000 | 0.6179 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 28 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15500 | 25700 | 0.3969 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 28 | University of South Florida | 15500 | 16400 | 0.0537 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 30 | Central Michigan University | 15600 | 38700 | 0.5967 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 31 | Northern Michigan University | 15700 | 35600 | 0.559 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 32 | Florida State University | 15900 | 23100 | 0.3137 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 33 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 16000 | 25000 | 0.3601 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4471 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 34 | University of North Texas | 16200 | 26100 | 0.379 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 36 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16300 | 62800 | 0.7401 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 36 | Northern Illinois University | 16300 | 30400 | 0.4642 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 38 | Appalachian State University | 16500 | 22800 | 0.2766 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 39 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 33300 | 0.4926 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 39 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 41 | Delaware State University | 17200 | 43000 | 0.6004 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 41 | Kansas State University | 17200 | 26400 | 0.3485 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 43 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4836 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 44 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17600 | 23200 | 0.2414 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 45 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3502 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 46 | College of Coastal Georgia | 17900 | 36000 | 0.503 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 46 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 46800 | 0.6172 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 46 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 49 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 49 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 61500 | 0.702 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 49 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 40600 | 0.5487 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 52 | Columbia College | 18500 | 60700 | 0.6947 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 53 | North Carolina Central University | 18800 | 27600 | 0.3186 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 53 | San Diego State University | 18800 | 28900 | 0.3496 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 55 | Central Washington University | 19000 | 22700 | 0.1628 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 57 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 26700 | 0.2701 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 57 | Husson University | 19500 | 48100 | 0.594 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 59 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 20000 | 32300 | 0.3811 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 60 | Salem State University | 20100 | 39400 | 0.4903 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 60 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 62 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 62 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 28400 | 0.2812 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 64 | Eastern Illinois University | 20600 | 28100 | 0.2663 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 64 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20600 | 48300 | 0.5736 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 66 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20800 | 25500 | 0.1844 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 67 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 30200 | 0.3079 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21000 | 48000 | 0.5625 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 68 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21200 | 48100 | 0.559 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 70 | University of New Orleans | 21200 | 29700 | 0.2862 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 72 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 73 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 74 | Grand Canyon University | 22000 | 48300 | 0.5445 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 75 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 76 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 76 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 78 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 79 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 80 | Lewis University | 23200 | 59400 | 0.6097 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 81 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23400 | 41000 | 0.4294 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 81 | University of North Alabama | 23400 | 37300 | 0.3727 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 83 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23700 | 32900 | 0.2792 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 84 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 85 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 48800 | 0.5113 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 86 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24300 | 90700 | 0.7321 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 86 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24300 | 30400 | 0.2007 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 88 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24600 | 36300 | 0.3219 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 89 | Stockton University | 24700 | 32100 | 0.2304 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 90 | Keystone College | 24800 | 50500 | 0.5094 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 91 | Meredith College | 24900 | 67400 | 0.6304 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 91 | Montana State University | 24900 | 73500 | 0.6614 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 93 | Saint Leo University | 25700 | 50100 | 0.4867 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 94 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 94 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 96 | Georgia State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 97 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 98 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 26900 | 39800 | 0.3239 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 99 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 99 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 101 | Central Connecticut State University | 28100 | 29500 | 0.0474 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 72700 | 0.6079 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 103 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 104 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28700 | 50700 | 0.4353 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 105 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28900 | 69000 | 0.581 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 105 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 107 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 108 | Flagler College | 29100 | 60800 | 0.5214 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 109 | Morgan State University | 29300 | 41800 | 0.299 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 110 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29600 | 77600 | 0.6184 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 111 | Saint Xavier University | 30300 | 57200 | 0.4706 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 112 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 113 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39400 | 0.2209 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 114 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78200 | 0.6058 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 114 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30800 | 38500 | 0.2001 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 116 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 117 | Lasell University | 31400 | 60000 | 0.4764 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 118 | Warner University | 31500 | 41000 | 0.2317 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 119 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43200 | 0.2524 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 120 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 121 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32500 | 44100 | 0.2632 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 122 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 123 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 124 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44700 | 0.2595 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 125 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 33300 | 48400 | 0.3121 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 126 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 127 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 128 | Southeastern University | 34800 | 56300 | 0.3813 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 129 | Culinary Institute of America | 35200 | 69900 | 0.4967 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 130 | Webber International University | 35300 | 44400 | 0.2041 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 131 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 131 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 133 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 134 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35700 | 64200 | 0.4438 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 135 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60000 | 0.4036 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 135 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 137 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 138 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 139 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 140 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 37200 | 38800 | 0.0412 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 141 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 142 | Framingham State University | 38700 | 48000 | 0.1936 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 143 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 39000 | 60200 | 0.3528 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 143 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 145 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39200 | 66100 | 0.4071 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 146 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 147 | Drexel University | 40100 | 107600 | 0.6271 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 148 | Endicott College | 40200 | 94900 | 0.5763 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 149 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 149 | University of Mississippi | 40400 | 60300 | 0.3299 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 151 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40700 | 69100 | 0.4109 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 152 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57400 | 0.2823 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 153 | Virginia State University | 41400 | 42800 | 0.0327 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 154 | Montclair State University | 42400 | 47000 | 0.0979 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 155 | St. John's University-New York | 43300 | 82800 | 0.4772 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 156 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 157 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 158 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 159 | University of Delaware | 48100 | 62000 | 0.2245 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 160 | Lynn University | 48500 | 67900 | 0.286 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 161 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 67900 | 0.2808 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 162 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 163 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 164 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 165 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 66500 | 0.1925 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 166 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 87300 | 0.3827 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 167 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 169 | Mercyhurst University | 65900 | 76400 | 0.1374 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 170 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 171 | Auburn University | 75200 | 85500 | 0.1204 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.