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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 | 8100 | 47200 | 0.8288 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8600 | 27100 | 0.6816 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 9700 | 22400 | 0.5649 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10200 | 22900 | 0.5556 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11200 | 27400 | 0.5909 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 11400 | 91600 | 0.8759 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 12600 | 44000 | 0.7132 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 9 | Florida Atlantic University | 13000 | 25800 | 0.4968 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 11 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13200 | 39600 | 0.6667 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 13 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 13 | University of North Alabama | 13300 | 30800 | 0.5674 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 15 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 15 | Youngstown State University | 13600 | 26800 | 0.4921 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 13700 | 40400 | 0.6613 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 18 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14000 | 19400 | 0.2784 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 19 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14100 | 22500 | 0.3729 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 19 | University of West Florida | 14100 | 39000 | 0.6379 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 35900 | 0.601 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 22 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 22 | Framingham State University | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5357 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 22 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 25 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14700 | 28200 | 0.4773 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 26 | Central Michigan University | 14800 | 37400 | 0.6048 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 26 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14800 | 28000 | 0.4711 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 28 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14900 | 22600 | 0.3403 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 28 | University of Georgia | 14900 | 26600 | 0.438 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 30 | Northern Illinois University | 15200 | 30700 | 0.5057 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 30 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 32 | University of North Texas | 15300 | 25700 | 0.4052 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 33 | Livingstone College | 15400 | 38100 | 0.5957 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 34 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15500 | 45200 | 0.6565 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 35 | Colorado Mesa University | 15600 | 24800 | 0.3693 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 36 | Ball State University | 15800 | 22400 | 0.2951 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 36 | Central Washington University | 15800 | 22700 | 0.3036 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 38 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 39 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 40 | University of South Alabama | 16500 | 22400 | 0.2639 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 41 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16600 | 31600 | 0.4752 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 41 | Eastern Illinois University | 16600 | 27500 | 0.3974 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 41 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16600 | 42600 | 0.6106 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 41 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16600 | 23100 | 0.2813 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 45 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16700 | 86700 | 0.8077 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 46 | Eastern Michigan University | 16800 | 32000 | 0.4732 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 46 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 48 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 49 | Georgia State University | 17500 | 45500 | 0.6148 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 49 | Husson University | 17500 | 48100 | 0.6355 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 49 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17500 | 44900 | 0.6098 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 52 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17900 | 48000 | 0.6266 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 53 | California State University-East Bay | 18100 | 45100 | 0.5989 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 53 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 46600 | 0.6122 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 55 | Bay Path University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6713 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 56 | Saint Leo University | 18400 | 50000 | 0.6318 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 56 | Salem State University | 18400 | 28500 | 0.3543 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 58 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18600 | 28200 | 0.34 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 59 | Madonna University | 18700 | 58300 | 0.6796 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 60 | Northern Michigan University | 19000 | 33100 | 0.426 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 61 | North Carolina Central University | 19300 | 40000 | 0.5173 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 62 | College of Coastal Georgia | 19600 | 42100 | 0.5339 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 62 | Stockton University | 19600 | 44500 | 0.5599 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 64 | University of Mississippi | 19700 | 27000 | 0.2703 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 65 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 65 | San Jose State University | 20000 | 33600 | 0.4044 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 67 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 67 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 46300 | 0.5657 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 69 | Central Connecticut State University | 20200 | 29500 | 0.3151 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 69 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20300 | 40900 | 0.5042 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 71 | University of New Orleans | 20300 | 30200 | 0.3277 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 73 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20900 | 31100 | 0.3262 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 74 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 27200 | 0.2096 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 74 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 76 | Montana State University | 21700 | 27100 | 0.199 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 77 | Bradley University | 21800 | 50800 | 0.5708 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 79 | Belhaven University | 22100 | 43300 | 0.4911 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 79 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1243 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 81 | Cleary University | 22400 | 60900 | 0.6327 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 81 | Keystone College | 22400 | 48800 | 0.5412 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 83 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32500 | 0.3046 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 84 | Columbia College | 22800 | 39700 | 0.4262 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 84 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22800 | 59600 | 0.6175 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 86 | San Francisco State University | 22900 | 55400 | 0.5867 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 87 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 87 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 89 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 90 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 91 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 92 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4489 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 92 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 94 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 95 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 96 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 97 | Lipscomb University | 26200 | 57800 | 0.5461 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 98 | Ashland University | 26500 | 56600 | 0.5322 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 98 | Flagler College | 26500 | 61100 | 0.5661 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 100 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26600 | 79400 | 0.6652 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 101 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 102 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 103 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 103 | Kansas State University | 28200 | 41600 | 0.3227 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 105 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28500 | 41800 | 0.3164 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 105 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28500 | 50700 | 0.4382 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 107 | Mitchell College | 28800 | 75200 | 0.6173 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 108 | Wichita State University | 29000 | 40600 | 0.2863 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29400 | 38500 | 0.2365 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 111 | Montclair State University | 29800 | 36300 | 0.1792 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 111 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 111 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 114 | Southeastern University | 29900 | 60500 | 0.5055 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 115 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 116 | Meredith College | 30500 | 64200 | 0.5251 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 117 | Culinary Institute of America | 30600 | 74600 | 0.5895 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 118 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 119 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 120 | New Jersey City University | 31600 | 39800 | 0.2062 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 121 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 122 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 123 | St. John's University-New York | 32700 | 78000 | 0.5804 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 124 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 125 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 126 | Wilkes University | 33800 | 61900 | 0.454 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 127 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0701 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 127 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 129 | San Diego State University | 35100 | 36100 | 0.0277 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 130 | Virginia State University | 35200 | 42200 | 0.166 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 131 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35300 | 64400 | 0.4522 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 132 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 133 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36000 | 66700 | 0.4604 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 134 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 135 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 136 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 137 | Lasell University | 37000 | 48500 | 0.2369 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 138 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 140 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 140 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 142 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40300 | 92400 | 0.5637 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 143 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 143 | Temple University | 40500 | 55300 | 0.2679 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 145 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 145 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 147 | Endicott College | 41300 | 64200 | 0.3566 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 148 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 149 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 150 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 151 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 151 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 153 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 154 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 155 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 156 | High Point University | 45600 | 72900 | 0.3744 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 157 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 159 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1368 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 161 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 162 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 84800 | 0.3655 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 163 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 71900 | 0.221 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 164 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 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.