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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Hawaii.
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 Hawaii.
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 | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 8300 | 22000 | 0.6219 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9100 | 45100 | 0.7986 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 3 | Florida Atlantic University | 9100 | 26900 | 0.6629 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 5 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31700 | 0.6853 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10900 | 51400 | 0.7879 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11000 | 27300 | 0.5981 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 36600 | 0.6991 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 9 | Eastern Illinois University | 11900 | 24700 | 0.5167 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 10 | Boston University | 12300 | 93200 | 0.868 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12600 | 29300 | 0.57 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 11 | University of West Florida | 12600 | 50500 | 0.7512 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 13 | Livingstone College | 13100 | 43100 | 0.6963 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 27100 | 0.5085 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 15 | Central Connecticut State University | 13600 | 34200 | 0.6021 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 15 | Western Carolina University | 13600 | 16500 | 0.1757 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 17 | University of North Alabama | 13700 | 28200 | 0.5145 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 18 | San Francisco State University | 14200 | 47700 | 0.7025 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 18 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 20 | Salem State University | 14300 | 38300 | 0.6262 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 20 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14300 | 29600 | 0.5176 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 14400 | 33900 | 0.5767 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 22 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 24 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 31400 | 0.5374 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 25 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14600 | 20300 | 0.2801 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 26 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14700 | 30100 | 0.5123 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 27 | Troy University | 14800 | 34700 | 0.5735 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 28 | Colorado Mesa University | 15000 | 66200 | 0.7731 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 28 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 50100 | 0.7003 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 28 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15000 | 54400 | 0.7248 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 31 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15100 | 31600 | 0.5228 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 33 | Northern Michigan University | 15300 | 33100 | 0.5378 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 34 | Central Michigan University | 15400 | 38700 | 0.6019 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 35 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15900 | 28500 | 0.4427 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 36 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16100 | 90700 | 0.8225 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 37 | Appalachian State University | 16200 | 26000 | 0.3771 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 38 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16700 | 41200 | 0.5953 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 38 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16700 | 27800 | 0.3986 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 40 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 16800 | 24300 | 0.3088 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 41 | North Carolina Central University | 17200 | 37500 | 0.5418 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 42 | College of Charleston | 17300 | 33900 | 0.4902 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 43 | Virginia State University | 17500 | 34900 | 0.4979 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 44 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 44 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17600 | 44100 | 0.6012 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 44 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17600 | 33300 | 0.4715 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 47 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5763 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 47 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 49 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 18100 | 18400 | 0.0163 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 49 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 27400 | 0.3391 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 51 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18200 | 25200 | 0.2774 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 52 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5532 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 52 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 52 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | Central Washington University | 18500 | 22700 | 0.1848 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 56 | Delaware State University | 18800 | 62600 | 0.6996 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 57 | Husson University | 19200 | 48100 | 0.6002 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 58 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 55300 | 0.6363 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 59 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 60 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20500 | 26100 | 0.2142 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 61 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 61 | Stockton University | 20600 | 45800 | 0.5504 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 63 | Ferris State University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3328 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 63 | Saint Leo University | 20700 | 50000 | 0.5858 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 63 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20700 | 48300 | 0.5715 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 66 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20900 | 51600 | 0.5948 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20900 | 38100 | 0.4514 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 68 | University of New Orleans | 21000 | 30000 | 0.2996 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 69 | Davis & Elkins College | 21300 | 51200 | 0.5838 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25900 | 0.1598 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 71 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 71 | Grand Canyon University | 21800 | 34000 | 0.3583 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 73 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4403 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 74 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 75 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 76 | Meredith College | 22500 | 67400 | 0.666 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 77 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 78 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 79 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 80 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 26700 | 0.1336 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 81 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23500 | 89100 | 0.7361 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 81 | Lackawanna College | 23500 | 52100 | 0.5492 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 83 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 84 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 37100 | 0.3575 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 85 | University of North Texas | 24000 | 37400 | 0.358 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 86 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 87 | Keystone College | 24600 | 50500 | 0.5134 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 88 | Montana State University | 24700 | 31600 | 0.2186 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 89 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 24800 | 37700 | 0.342 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 89 | Fort Hays State University | 24800 | 28500 | 0.132 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 89 | University of South Florida | 24800 | 36500 | 0.3202 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 92 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 93 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25500 | 39400 | 0.3529 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 93 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25500 | 32900 | 0.2268 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 95 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25600 | 28600 | 0.107 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 96 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 96 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 98 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1807 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 99 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 40600 | 0.3448 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 101 | New Jersey City University | 26700 | 39800 | 0.3295 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 102 | California State University-Long Beach | 27300 | 38800 | 0.2963 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 103 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 63900 | 0.5647 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 104 | Flagler College | 28200 | 61900 | 0.544 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 105 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28300 | 50700 | 0.4427 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 106 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28400 | 69700 | 0.5922 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 107 | Georgia State University | 29100 | 45700 | 0.363 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 108 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29400 | 112100 | 0.7376 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 109 | Saint Xavier University | 29900 | 58200 | 0.4859 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 110 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78300 | 0.6131 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 111 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 112 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 113 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 113 | Warner University | 30900 | 41000 | 0.2455 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 115 | Western Kentucky University | 31000 | 42800 | 0.276 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 116 | Lasell University | 31100 | 50800 | 0.3881 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 117 | San Diego State University | 32300 | 37100 | 0.1295 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 117 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 119 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 120 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 120 | Wilkes University | 32500 | 61900 | 0.4744 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 122 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3145 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 123 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5412 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 124 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 124 | St. John's University-New York | 33900 | 83800 | 0.5958 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 126 | Culinary Institute of America | 34800 | 91000 | 0.6176 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 127 | Southern Connecticut State University | 35100 | 42000 | 0.1643 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 128 | Bay Path University | 35200 | 57500 | 0.388 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 129 | Mount Mercy University | 35300 | 61200 | 0.4237 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 130 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60300 | 0.4114 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 130 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 133 | University of South Alabama | 36200 | 40200 | 0.0996 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 134 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 36600 | 58700 | 0.3768 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 134 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 36600 | 37600 | 0.0266 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 136 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 137 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66700 | 0.4364 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 138 | Middle Tennessee State University | 37900 | 48300 | 0.2154 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 139 | Framingham State University | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 140 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 141 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 69800 | 0.44 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 141 | University of Denver | 39100 | 84100 | 0.5352 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 143 | Endicott College | 39600 | 65400 | 0.3943 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 143 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 145 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 39700 | 64500 | 0.3848 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 146 | Drexel University | 39800 | 86400 | 0.5397 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 147 | University of Mississippi | 40200 | 45200 | 0.1106 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 148 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40300 | 66000 | 0.3892 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 148 | Webber International University | 40300 | 44400 | 0.0917 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 150 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40500 | 53600 | 0.2445 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 151 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 63300 | 0.3303 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 152 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 153 | Campbell University | 43700 | 68700 | 0.3646 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 153 | James Madison University | 43700 | 45100 | 0.031 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 155 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0921 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 156 | Montclair State University | 44500 | 47000 | 0.0532 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 157 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 158 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 62400 | 0.2344 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 159 | University of Kentucky | 48500 | 59900 | 0.1896 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 160 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3021 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 161 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 162 | Lynn University | 51500 | 71600 | 0.2807 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 163 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 164 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 165 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 58000 | 0.0741 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 166 | University of San Francisco | 54700 | 87200 | 0.3727 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 167 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 84300 | 0.3381 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 168 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 169 | Mercyhurst University | 60500 | 68000 | 0.1103 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 170 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.