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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | 8000 | 47200 | 0.8309 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8300 | 43500 | 0.8099 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 9400 | 36500 | 0.7427 | 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 | 11100 | 27400 | 0.5946 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 11400 | 91600 | 0.8759 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 12100 | 44000 | 0.7245 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 9 | Florida Atlantic University | 12800 | 25800 | 0.5045 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 9 | University of Central Florida | 12800 | 25300 | 0.4935 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 11 | West Virginia University | 12900 | 57700 | 0.7763 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 12 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13100 | 39600 | 0.6693 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 13100 | 21500 | 0.3902 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 14 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 14 | University of North Alabama | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5707 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 16 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13400 | 20300 | 0.3391 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 17 | Youngstown State University | 13500 | 26800 | 0.4958 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 18 | Fort Hays State University | 13900 | 40700 | 0.6592 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 19 | Arkansas Tech University | 14100 | 35900 | 0.6065 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 20 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 20 | Framingham State University | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5357 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 22 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14600 | 28200 | 0.4822 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14600 | 28000 | 0.4782 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 24 | Central Michigan University | 14700 | 37400 | 0.6075 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 25 | Northern Illinois University | 15000 | 30700 | 0.5106 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 26 | University of North Texas | 15100 | 25700 | 0.413 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 27 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 28 | Livingstone College | 15400 | 38100 | 0.5957 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 28 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15400 | 45200 | 0.6587 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 30 | Colorado Mesa University | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3732 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 31 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 32 | Central Washington University | 15700 | 27900 | 0.438 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 33 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 34 | University of South Alabama | 16300 | 22400 | 0.2728 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 35 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 35 | Eastern Illinois University | 16400 | 27500 | 0.4044 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 37 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16500 | 86700 | 0.81 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 37 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16500 | 42600 | 0.6129 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 39 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 32000 | 0.4763 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 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 | |
| 42 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17400 | 34000 | 0.4878 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 42 | Husson University | 17400 | 48100 | 0.6376 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 44 | Georgia State University | 17500 | 45500 | 0.6148 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 44 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17500 | 44900 | 0.6098 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 46 | California State University-East Bay | 18000 | 45100 | 0.6012 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 47 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 46600 | 0.6122 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 48 | Bay Path University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6713 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 48 | Saint Leo University | 18200 | 50000 | 0.6358 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 50 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18300 | 41200 | 0.5565 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 50 | Salem State University | 18300 | 28500 | 0.3578 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 52 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18500 | 28200 | 0.3435 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 53 | Stockton University | 18600 | 32100 | 0.4203 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 54 | Madonna University | 18700 | 58300 | 0.6796 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 54 | North Carolina Central University | 18700 | 27600 | 0.3222 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 56 | Northern Michigan University | 18800 | 33100 | 0.4321 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 56 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 58 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19200 | 34400 | 0.4413 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 59 | San Diego State University | 19700 | 28900 | 0.3184 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 60 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 61 | Central Connecticut State University | 20100 | 29500 | 0.3185 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 61 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 63 | University of New Orleans | 20200 | 30200 | 0.331 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 64 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20500 | 46300 | 0.5571 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 65 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 31000 | 0.3359 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 66 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20800 | 32800 | 0.3664 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 67 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 68 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 27200 | 0.2096 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 69 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 69 | Montana State University | 21600 | 27100 | 0.2027 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 71 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 72 | Belhaven University | 22100 | 43300 | 0.4911 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 72 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1243 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 74 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22200 | 59600 | 0.6275 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 75 | Cleary University | 22300 | 60900 | 0.6343 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 75 | San Jose State University | 22300 | 41100 | 0.4575 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 77 | Keystone College | 22400 | 48800 | 0.5412 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 78 | Columbia College | 22700 | 39700 | 0.4287 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 79 | San Francisco State University | 22800 | 55400 | 0.5885 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 80 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 81 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 82 | Saint Cloud State University | 23400 | 26300 | 0.1097 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 82 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 31000 | 0.245 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 84 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 85 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 86 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 87 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24400 | 26500 | 0.0792 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 88 | Temple University | 25000 | 36400 | 0.3134 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 89 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 90 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 91 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 92 | Lipscomb University | 26200 | 57800 | 0.5473 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 93 | Flagler College | 26300 | 61100 | 0.5694 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 94 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 95 | Ashland University | 26500 | 56600 | 0.5322 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 95 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26500 | 79400 | 0.6664 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 97 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26600 | 42100 | 0.3678 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 98 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 99 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 100 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 101 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 102 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28300 | 50700 | 0.4421 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 103 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28400 | 41800 | 0.3194 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 104 | Mitchell College | 28600 | 75200 | 0.62 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 105 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 107 | Kansas State University | 29300 | 41600 | 0.2943 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 108 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29400 | 38500 | 0.2365 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 109 | Montclair State University | 29700 | 36300 | 0.1819 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 110 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 110 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 112 | Southeastern University | 29900 | 60500 | 0.5055 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 113 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 114 | Culinary Institute of America | 30500 | 74600 | 0.5908 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 114 | Meredith College | 30500 | 64200 | 0.5251 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 116 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 117 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 118 | Mount Mercy University | 31600 | 61200 | 0.4843 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 118 | New Jersey City University | 31600 | 39800 | 0.2062 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 120 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 121 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 122 | St. John's University-New York | 32600 | 78000 | 0.5817 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 123 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 124 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 125 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 126 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0701 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 126 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 128 | Virginia State University | 35200 | 42200 | 0.166 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 129 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35800 | 66700 | 0.4634 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 130 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35900 | 42800 | 0.1613 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 131 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 132 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 133 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 134 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36900 | 64400 | 0.4273 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 135 | Lasell University | 37000 | 48500 | 0.2369 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 136 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 137 | California State University-Long Beach | 37500 | 38600 | 0.0285 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 138 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66500 | 0.4343 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 139 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 141 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 142 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40200 | 92400 | 0.5648 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 143 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 144 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 145 | Endicott College | 41300 | 64200 | 0.3566 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 146 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 147 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 148 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 149 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 150 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 150 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 152 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 153 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 154 | High Point University | 45600 | 72900 | 0.3744 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 155 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 156 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 157 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 61300 | 0.2208 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 159 | DePaul University | 48900 | 67100 | 0.2712 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 159 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1365 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 161 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 162 | University of San Francisco | 53700 | 84800 | 0.3666 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 164 | Dallas Baptist University | 55900 | 71900 | 0.2224 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 165 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61300 | 64200 | 0.0452 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 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.