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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Kentucky.
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 Kentucky.
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 | 36600 | 0.6964 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 11400 | 91600 | 0.8759 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 12500 | 44000 | 0.7155 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 12900 | 57700 | 0.7763 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 10 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13100 | 39600 | 0.6693 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 11 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | University of North Alabama | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5707 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 13 | Eastern Illinois University | 13400 | 24300 | 0.4483 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 13 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13400 | 20300 | 0.3391 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 15 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13500 | 23200 | 0.418 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 15 | Youngstown State University | 13500 | 26800 | 0.4958 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 13900 | 40700 | 0.6592 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 18 | University of West Florida | 14000 | 21500 | 0.3484 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 19 | Arkansas Tech University | 14100 | 35900 | 0.6065 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 20 | University of South Florida | 14200 | 17100 | 0.1695 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 21 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 21 | Framingham State University | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5357 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14500 | 28000 | 0.4818 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 24 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14600 | 28200 | 0.4822 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 25 | Central Michigan University | 14700 | 37400 | 0.6075 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 26 | University of Georgia | 14900 | 26600 | 0.4416 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 27 | Northern Illinois University | 15000 | 30700 | 0.5106 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 29 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 30 | Livingstone College | 15400 | 38100 | 0.5957 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 31 | Colorado Mesa University | 15500 | 40000 | 0.6121 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 32 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 33 | Central Washington University | 15700 | 27900 | 0.438 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 34 | University of South Alabama | 16300 | 22400 | 0.2728 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 35 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16500 | 86700 | 0.81 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 35 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16500 | 42600 | 0.6129 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 37 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 32000 | 0.4763 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 37 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 16700 | 30100 | 0.4457 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 39 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 40 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17200 | 24300 | 0.2923 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 41 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17400 | 34000 | 0.4878 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 41 | Husson University | 17400 | 48100 | 0.6376 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 43 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3522 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 44 | Georgia State University | 17600 | 26000 | 0.3233 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 45 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 26700 | 0.3338 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 45 | Virginia State University | 17800 | 29500 | 0.3963 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 47 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17900 | 44900 | 0.6009 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 48 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 46600 | 0.6122 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 49 | Bay Path University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6713 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 49 | Saint Leo University | 18200 | 50000 | 0.6358 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 51 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18300 | 41200 | 0.5565 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 52 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18500 | 28200 | 0.3435 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 53 | Madonna University | 18700 | 58300 | 0.6796 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 54 | California State University-East Bay | 18800 | 30100 | 0.3759 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 54 | Northern Michigan University | 18800 | 33100 | 0.4321 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 54 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 27000 | 0.3036 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 57 | North Carolina Central University | 19200 | 40000 | 0.5198 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 58 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19300 | 34400 | 0.4384 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 58 | Stockton University | 19300 | 44500 | 0.5666 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 60 | Salem State University | 19400 | 35100 | 0.4471 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 61 | College of Coastal Georgia | 19600 | 42100 | 0.5339 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 62 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 63 | Central Connecticut State University | 20100 | 29500 | 0.3185 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 63 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 65 | University of New Orleans | 20200 | 30200 | 0.331 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 66 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20500 | 46300 | 0.5571 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 68 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 31000 | 0.3359 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 69 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 69 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20800 | 32800 | 0.3664 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 71 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 26600 | 0.1919 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 72 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 72 | Montana State University | 21600 | 27100 | 0.2027 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 74 | Belhaven University | 22100 | 43300 | 0.4911 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 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 | |
| 78 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22700 | 59600 | 0.6191 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 80 | San Francisco State University | 22800 | 55400 | 0.5885 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 81 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 81 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 81 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 84 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 85 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 31000 | 0.245 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 86 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 87 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 87 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23600 | 45800 | 0.4851 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 89 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 90 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23900 | 26300 | 0.0914 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 91 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 92 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 93 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 94 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 95 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 96 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 97 | Lipscomb University | 26200 | 57800 | 0.5473 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 98 | Flagler College | 26300 | 61100 | 0.5694 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 99 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 100 | Ashland University | 26500 | 56600 | 0.5322 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 100 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26500 | 79400 | 0.6664 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 102 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 103 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 104 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 105 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 106 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28300 | 50700 | 0.4421 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 107 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28400 | 41800 | 0.3194 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 108 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 109 | Mitchell College | 28600 | 75200 | 0.62 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 110 | Kansas State University | 29300 | 41600 | 0.2943 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 111 | Northern Kentucky University | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0748 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 112 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 113 | Southeastern University | 29900 | 60500 | 0.5055 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 114 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 115 | Culinary Institute of America | 30500 | 74600 | 0.5908 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 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 | |
| 117 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1392 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 119 | 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 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.062 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 122 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 122 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 124 | St. John's University-New York | 32600 | 78000 | 0.5817 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 125 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 126 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 127 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 128 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0701 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 129 | San Diego State University | 35200 | 36100 | 0.0249 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 130 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 131 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35800 | 66700 | 0.4634 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 132 | Meredith College | 36100 | 64200 | 0.4378 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 133 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 133 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 135 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36900 | 64400 | 0.4273 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 136 | Lasell University | 37000 | 48500 | 0.2369 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 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 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 140 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 141 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40200 | 92400 | 0.5648 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 142 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 143 | Temple University | 40600 | 55300 | 0.266 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 144 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 144 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 146 | Endicott College | 41300 | 64200 | 0.3566 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 147 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 148 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 149 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 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 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 155 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 156 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 157 | High Point University | 45600 | 72900 | 0.3744 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 158 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 159 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 48900 | 67100 | 0.2712 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 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.