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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 | 6600 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | Southern Utah University | 10300 | 22200 | 0.5371 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 3 | Florida Atlantic University | 12000 | 25800 | 0.5356 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 4 | University of West Florida | 12100 | 21500 | 0.4366 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 5 | Boston University | 12600 | 92800 | 0.8644 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 5 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 7 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13000 | 22800 | 0.4292 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 8 | University of South Florida | 13100 | 17100 | 0.2337 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 9 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 924 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 10 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 11 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 34400 | 0.5844 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5268 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 13 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 29600 | 0.5041 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 15 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14800 | 23400 | 0.3671 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 16 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15000 | 22500 | 0.333 | 14,463 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 17 | Troy University | 15500 | 26700 | 0.4194 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 18 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 19 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 19 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 31000 | 0.4932 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 21 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.542 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 22 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16500 | 28200 | 0.4144 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 24 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 25 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 26 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 27 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23200 | 0.2543 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 28 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 28 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17600 | 27400 | 0.3575 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 30 | Central Connecticut State University | 17800 | 34000 | 0.476 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 31 | Youngstown State University | 18400 | 34000 | 0.4589 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 32 | University of Mississippi | 18600 | 45000 | 0.5871 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 33 | Framingham State University | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3904 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 34 | Cleary University | 19000 | 56600 | 0.664 | 769 | 1060 | 0.6754 | |
| 35 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 26700 | 0.2776 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 35 | University of New Orleans | 19300 | 27200 | 0.2904 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 37 | University of South Alabama | 19400 | 22400 | 0.1342 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 38 | Madonna University | 19500 | 49200 | 0.604 | 1,828 | 980 | 0.6339 | |
| 39 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19600 | 30600 | 0.3602 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 39 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19600 | 30400 | 0.3551 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.8901 | |
| 41 | Columbia College | 19900 | 35800 | 0.4442 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 41 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5871 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 43 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 44 | Bay Path University | 20100 | 55400 | 0.637 | 1,177 | 1110 | 0.852 | |
| 45 | Eastern Illinois University | 20200 | 28100 | 0.2827 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 45 | Georgia State University | 20200 | 26000 | 0.2232 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 45 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 45 | San Diego State University | 20200 | 28900 | 0.3011 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 45 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 29400 | 0.3124 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 50 | Bellevue University | 20300 | 36400 | 0.4434 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 51 | Husson University | 20700 | 42900 | 0.5179 | 2,763 | 1174 | 0.8095 | |
| 52 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 53 | Washington State University | 21200 | 36200 | 0.4131 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 54 | Northern Michigan University | 21400 | 33100 | 0.3535 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 55 | Belhaven University | 21600 | 43300 | 0.5018 | 1,614 | 1105 | 0.4975 | |
| 56 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1249 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 57 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 58 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 58 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 60 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3737 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 60 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 60 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3719 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 60 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1029 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 64 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 65 | Central Washington University | 23500 | 27900 | 0.158 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 65 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 67 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 67 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23700 | 24900 | 0.0481 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 69 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23900 | 67400 | 0.6458 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 70 | Stockton University | 24200 | 32100 | 0.246 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 71 | Bradley University | 24300 | 50800 | 0.5216 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 72 | Saint Leo University | 25500 | 50000 | 0.4898 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 73 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25600 | 38400 | 0.3337 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 73 | Northern Arizona University | 25600 | 43200 | 0.4082 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 75 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25800 | 39700 | 0.3501 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 76 | Fort Hays State University | 25900 | 36100 | 0.2836 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 76 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 76 | Western Kentucky University | 25900 | 41800 | 0.3803 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 79 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 26000 | 34900 | 0.2549 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 80 | Salem State University | 26100 | 43200 | 0.3961 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 81 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 82 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 83 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26600 | 36000 | 0.2612 | 3,468 | 1005 | 0.9813 | |
| 83 | Flagler College | 26600 | 61200 | 0.5652 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 85 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 86 | Keystone College | 26900 | 36000 | 0.2528 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 41500 | 0.3516 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 88 | California State University-Northridge | 27200 | 36500 | 0.2559 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 89 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 90 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27800 | 36700 | 0.2427 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 90 | University of North Alabama | 27800 | 37300 | 0.2547 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 90 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27800 | 30000 | 0.0717 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 94 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27900 | 32800 | 0.148 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 95 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28300 | 50700 | 0.4424 | 926 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 96 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28400 | 69300 | 0.59 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 96 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28400 | 41800 | 0.3196 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 98 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 99 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2124 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 100 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0691 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 100 | University of North Texas | 29000 | 37400 | 0.2244 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 102 | California State University-East Bay | 29400 | 45100 | 0.3483 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 103 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29500 | 34000 | 0.1322 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 104 | Montana State University | 29600 | 31900 | 0.072 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 105 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 106 | North Carolina Central University | 30400 | 40000 | 0.2399 | 6,595 | 1060 | 0.8696 | |
| 107 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30500 | 39200 | 0.2222 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 107 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 109 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30900 | 77600 | 0.6016 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 109 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 111 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 112 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3275 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 113 | Mount Mercy University | 31500 | 61200 | 0.4845 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 114 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 114 | Meredith College | 32400 | 64200 | 0.4955 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 116 | Lipscomb University | 32500 | 57800 | 0.4372 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 116 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 118 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3115 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 119 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 120 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 121 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 122 | Colorado Mesa University | 33900 | 40000 | 0.1511 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 123 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34000 | 41000 | 0.1701 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 124 | Southeastern University | 34500 | 60500 | 0.4295 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 125 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34700 | 44300 | 0.2166 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 126 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 127 | Culinary Institute of America | 35100 | 69900 | 0.4981 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.9115 | |
| 128 | California Lutheran University | 35200 | 70000 | 0.4973 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 129 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35500 | 64400 | 0.4491 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 130 | New Jersey City University | 35600 | 39800 | 0.1056 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 130 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 132 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35700 | 66100 | 0.4601 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 133 | Virginia State University | 36800 | 42200 | 0.1281 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 134 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 135 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66300 | 0.433 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 136 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 37900 | 38500 | 0.0156 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 137 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38500 | 38700 | 0.0052 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 138 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 139 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 140 | Endicott College | 40300 | 64200 | 0.3722 | 3,194 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 140 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 142 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3866 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 143 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 144 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.0823 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 145 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 146 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 147 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 148 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 56200 | 0.2421 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 150 | Campbell University | 44100 | 68700 | 0.3586 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 151 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 152 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 152 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 154 | High Point University | 45400 | 72900 | 0.3771 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 155 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 156 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 61300 | 0.2089 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 157 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 157 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 159 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1538 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 161 | Lynn University | 51600 | 66000 | 0.2181 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 62800 | 0.1449 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 163 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 84800 | 0.3655 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 164 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 55800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 165 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 166 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 167 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.