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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Kansas.
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 Kansas.
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 | 8200 | 65100 | 0.8742 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9500 | 62400 | 0.8471 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 10400 | 22200 | 0.5325 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 5 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10400 | 24500 | 0.5746 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 7 | Western Kentucky University | 10500 | 30200 | 0.6514 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 9 | Northern Arizona University | 12300 | 35800 | 0.6566 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 10 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12600 | 18400 | 0.3159 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 11 | Fort Hays State University | 12800 | 19900 | 0.3561 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 12 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 12 | University of South Florida | 13000 | 16300 | 0.202 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 14 | Eastern Illinois University | 13100 | 24300 | 0.4614 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 15 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 15 | San Francisco State University | 13300 | 47700 | 0.7214 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 17 | Western Carolina University | 13700 | 16500 | 0.1696 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 18 | University of North Alabama | 13800 | 28200 | 0.5109 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 19 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan University | 14400 | 33900 | 0.5745 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 32500 | 0.5512 | 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 | 0.7741 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 23 | Troy University | 15000 | 39100 | 0.616 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 25 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15200 | 40000 | 0.62 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 26 | Central Michigan University | 15500 | 38700 | 0.5993 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 26 | Northern Michigan University | 15500 | 35600 | 0.5647 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 28 | Ball State University | 16000 | 22400 | 0.2861 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 28 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16000 | 28400 | 0.4366 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 28 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16000 | 29300 | 0.4539 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 31 | University of North Texas | 16100 | 26100 | 0.3829 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 32 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16200 | 62800 | 0.7417 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 32 | Northern Illinois University | 16200 | 30400 | 0.4689 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 34 | Appalachian State University | 16300 | 22800 | 0.2854 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 35 | California State University-Long Beach | 16800 | 33300 | 0.4956 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 36 | University of Kansas | 17000 | 34900 | 0.5122 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 37 | Delaware State University | 17300 | 43000 | 0.598 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 38 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17400 | 33900 | 0.4866 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 39 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17700 | 27400 | 0.3538 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 40 | Kansas State University | 17800 | 26400 | 0.3246 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 40 | University of Kentucky | 17800 | 46800 | 0.6205 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 42 | James Madison University | 17900 | 28900 | 0.3811 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 42 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 44 | University of South Alabama | 18100 | 40600 | 0.5536 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 45 | Kennesaw State University | 18200 | 61500 | 0.7036 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 46 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | Columbia College | 18500 | 60700 | 0.6947 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 48 | San Diego State University | 18700 | 28900 | 0.353 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 49 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 41100 | 0.5403 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 50 | Husson University | 19400 | 48100 | 0.5961 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 51 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19600 | 30400 | 0.3551 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 52 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 53 | Salem State University | 20000 | 39400 | 0.4928 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 54 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20700 | 48300 | 0.5715 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 54 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20700 | 25500 | 0.1883 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 56 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 57 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 30200 | 0.3079 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21000 | 48100 | 0.5632 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21000 | 48000 | 0.5625 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 60 | University of New Orleans | 21100 | 29700 | 0.2895 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 60 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 62 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 63 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 64 | Grand Canyon University | 21900 | 48300 | 0.5466 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 64 | South Dakota State University | 21900 | 25200 | 0.1305 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 66 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 67 | Montclair State University | 22300 | 36800 | 0.3943 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 68 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32200 | 0.3047 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 68 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 70 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 71 | The University of Alabama | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3804 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 72 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 73 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 74 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 75 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 76 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23600 | 31100 | 0.2411 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 77 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 78 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24100 | 90700 | 0.7343 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 79 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24300 | 30400 | 0.2007 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 80 | Stockton University | 24500 | 32100 | 0.2366 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 81 | Keystone College | 24700 | 50500 | 0.5114 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 82 | Montana State University | 24800 | 73500 | 0.6628 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 83 | Meredith College | 24900 | 67400 | 0.6304 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 84 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25100 | 38400 | 0.3467 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 84 | Temple University | 25100 | 36100 | 0.3049 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 86 | Saint Leo University | 25600 | 50000 | 0.4878 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 87 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 87 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 87 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 90 | University of West Florida | 26300 | 37400 | 0.2964 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 91 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 26600 | 40700 | 0.3463 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 92 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 36000 | 0.2584 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 93 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 26800 | 39800 | 0.3264 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 94 | West Virginia University | 27500 | 51100 | 0.4621 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 95 | Central Washington University | 27700 | 27900 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 95 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 97 | Central Connecticut State University | 28000 | 29500 | 0.0508 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 98 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 72700 | 0.6079 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 98 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28500 | 50700 | 0.4393 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 100 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28600 | 69000 | 0.5853 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 101 | Flagler College | 28900 | 60700 | 0.5238 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 102 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 103 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 29100 | 36200 | 0.1964 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 104 | Morgan State University | 29200 | 41800 | 0.3014 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 105 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29500 | 77600 | 0.6197 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 106 | Saint Xavier University | 30100 | 57200 | 0.474 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 107 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 108 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39400 | 0.2234 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 108 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78200 | 0.6084 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30700 | 38500 | 0.2027 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 111 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 112 | North Carolina Central University | 31400 | 40000 | 0.2149 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 113 | Lasell University | 31500 | 60000 | 0.4747 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 114 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32100 | 39900 | 0.1956 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 115 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43200 | 0.2524 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 116 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 116 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32400 | 44100 | 0.2654 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 118 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 119 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 120 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 33300 | 48400 | 0.3121 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 121 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 122 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 123 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 124 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 125 | Southern Connecticut State University | 34500 | 52900 | 0.348 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 126 | Georgia State University | 34900 | 45700 | 0.2362 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 127 | Culinary Institute of America | 35100 | 69900 | 0.4981 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 128 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 128 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 130 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 131 | Bradley University | 35700 | 60000 | 0.4053 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 133 | Auburn University | 36400 | 85500 | 0.5741 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 134 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 135 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 136 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 37000 | 38800 | 0.0464 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 137 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 138 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 37200 | 69100 | 0.4615 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 139 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37700 | 66600 | 0.4337 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 140 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38700 | 60200 | 0.3564 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 141 | Framingham State University | 38800 | 48000 | 0.1915 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 142 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 66100 | 0.4086 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 142 | University of Denver | 39100 | 84100 | 0.5352 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 144 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 145 | Drexel University | 39900 | 107600 | 0.629 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 146 | Endicott College | 40300 | 94900 | 0.5753 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 146 | University of Mississippi | 40300 | 60300 | 0.3316 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 148 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 149 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 150 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 41000 | 64200 | 0.3613 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 151 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57400 | 0.2823 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 152 | Virginia State University | 41500 | 42800 | 0.0304 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 153 | Middle Tennessee State University | 42100 | 46500 | 0.0947 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 154 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 57200 | 0.2587 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 155 | St. John's University-New York | 43400 | 82800 | 0.476 | 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 | Florida Atlantic University | 44900 | 44900 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 158 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 160 | University of Delaware | 47900 | 62000 | 0.2269 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 161 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 162 | University of San Francisco | 48700 | 87300 | 0.4423 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 163 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 67900 | 0.2812 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 164 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 165 | Lynn University | 51700 | 71600 | 0.2779 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 166 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 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 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.