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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Louisiana.
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 Louisiana.
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 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8700 | 43500 | 0.8007 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 9700 | 36500 | 0.7337 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 3 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 36100 | 0.7175 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 4 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 11200 | 18400 | 0.392 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11300 | 36600 | 0.6909 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 11500 | 91600 | 0.8748 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 12300 | 44000 | 0.72 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 8 | Saint Peter's University | 12900 | 67300 | 0.8084 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 9 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13000 | 39600 | 0.6718 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 10 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 13200 | 42100 | 0.686 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 13 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 13 | University of North Alabama | 13400 | 30800 | 0.5642 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 13 | University of West Florida | 13400 | 21500 | 0.3763 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 16 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 13500 | 31600 | 0.5729 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 17 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4786 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 18 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13700 | 23200 | 0.4094 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 18 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 20 | Fort Hays State University | 14000 | 40700 | 0.6559 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 20 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 37000 | 0.6214 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 22 | Arkansas Tech University | 14200 | 35900 | 0.6038 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 23 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14300 | 49300 | 0.7097 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 23 | Framingham State University | 14300 | 31000 | 0.5389 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 25 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 26 | Northern Illinois University | 14600 | 30700 | 0.5247 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 27 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14900 | 33100 | 0.5496 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 27 | Central Michigan University | 14900 | 37400 | 0.6022 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 27 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14900 | 28200 | 0.4722 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 30 | University of Georgia | 15000 | 26600 | 0.4343 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 31 | Florida International University | 15100 | 23700 | 0.3621 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 32 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15200 | 28000 | 0.4568 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 32 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 34 | Livingstone College | 15400 | 38100 | 0.5957 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 35 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15600 | 45200 | 0.6543 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 36 | Colorado Mesa University | 15700 | 24800 | 0.3653 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 37 | Ball State University | 15900 | 22400 | 0.2906 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 37 | Central Washington University | 15900 | 27900 | 0.4308 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 39 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 39 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16400 | 45300 | 0.6385 | 13,206 | 1125 | 0.9387 | |
| 41 | Delaware State University | 16500 | 46500 | 0.6453 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 42 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16700 | 23100 | 0.277 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 43 | Eastern Illinois University | 16800 | 27500 | 0.3883 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 43 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16800 | 42600 | 0.6059 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 43 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 46 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 47 | Eastern Michigan University | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4659 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 47 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 17000 | 76300 | 0.7775 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 47 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17000 | 33300 | 0.4895 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 50 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 51 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17600 | 34000 | 0.482 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 51 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17600 | 44900 | 0.6075 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 51 | Western Kentucky University | 17600 | 27000 | 0.3488 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 54 | Georgia State University | 17700 | 26000 | 0.3194 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 55 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 35200 | 0.4917 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 56 | Virginia State University | 18000 | 29500 | 0.3895 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 57 | California State University-East Bay | 18200 | 45100 | 0.5967 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 57 | Husson University | 18200 | 48100 | 0.621 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 59 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18500 | 41200 | 0.5516 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 59 | Saint Leo University | 18500 | 50000 | 0.6298 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 59 | Salem State University | 18500 | 28500 | 0.3508 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 59 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18500 | 42300 | 0.5623 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 63 | Madonna University | 18700 | 58300 | 0.6796 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 63 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3073 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 65 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18800 | 28200 | 0.3329 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 66 | North Carolina Central University | 19000 | 27600 | 0.3114 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 67 | Northern Michigan University | 19100 | 33100 | 0.423 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 68 | College of Coastal Georgia | 19700 | 42100 | 0.5315 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 69 | Stockton University | 19800 | 44500 | 0.5554 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 70 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 71 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1755 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 71 | Piedmont University | 20000 | 47200 | 0.5763 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 73 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20200 | 46300 | 0.5635 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 73 | University of New Orleans | 20200 | 29300 | 0.3105 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 73 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 76 | Central Connecticut State University | 20300 | 29500 | 0.3117 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 77 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 78 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 79 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21000 | 31000 | 0.324 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 79 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21000 | 32800 | 0.3592 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 79 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 38200 | 0.4503 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 82 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 21100 | 50000 | 0.5777 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 83 | Kennesaw State University | 21600 | 26600 | 0.1881 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21800 | 47300 | 0.539 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 84 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21800 | 25400 | 0.1427 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 86 | New York University | 21900 | 91800 | 0.7612 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 87 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 88 | Cleary University | 22400 | 60900 | 0.6327 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 88 | Keystone College | 22400 | 42900 | 0.4776 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 88 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22400 | 53100 | 0.5784 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 91 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 92 | San Jose State University | 22600 | 41100 | 0.4502 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 93 | Columbia College | 22900 | 39700 | 0.4237 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 94 | Northern Arizona University | 23000 | 32000 | 0.2815 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 94 | San Francisco State University | 23000 | 55400 | 0.5848 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 96 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 97 | Montana State University | 23400 | 31500 | 0.2572 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 98 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3403 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 99 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 100 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 101 | Flagler College | 24800 | 61100 | 0.5939 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 102 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 103 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 104 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 105 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 106 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 107 | Lipscomb University | 26300 | 57800 | 0.5451 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 108 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26800 | 79400 | 0.6626 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 109 | York College of Pennsylvania | 27300 | 45800 | 0.4043 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 110 | Bellevue University | 28300 | 32400 | 0.1267 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 111 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 112 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28600 | 50700 | 0.4356 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 113 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 113 | Mitchell College | 28900 | 75200 | 0.616 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 115 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 116 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3065 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 117 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29500 | 38500 | 0.2339 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 118 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 119 | Belmont University | 30200 | 67800 | 0.554 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 120 | Southeastern University | 30600 | 60500 | 0.4939 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 121 | Culinary Institute of America | 30700 | 74600 | 0.5881 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 121 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78100 | 0.6069 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 123 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3287 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 124 | The University of Alabama | 31100 | 55300 | 0.4379 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 125 | New Jersey City University | 31500 | 39800 | 0.2087 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 126 | Lasell University | 31900 | 48500 | 0.342 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 32000 | 60900 | 0.4748 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 128 | St. John's University-New York | 32700 | 78000 | 0.5804 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 129 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3119 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 130 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 131 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 132 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2932 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 133 | San Diego State University | 34400 | 36100 | 0.0471 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 134 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 34900 | 37600 | 0.0719 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 136 | Meredith College | 35900 | 64200 | 0.4409 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 137 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36100 | 66700 | 0.4589 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 138 | University of Denver | 36300 | 76800 | 0.527 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 139 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3092 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 140 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36800 | 64400 | 0.4289 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 141 | California State University-Long Beach | 37700 | 38600 | 0.0233 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 142 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 143 | California Lutheran University | 38500 | 72800 | 0.4713 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 143 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 145 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 146 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 147 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39700 | 57000 | 0.3033 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 148 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.387 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 148 | Temple University | 40400 | 55300 | 0.2697 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 150 | Endicott College | 40500 | 64200 | 0.3691 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 151 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0835 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 152 | Saint Joseph's University | 40800 | 92400 | 0.5583 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 153 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 154 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2773 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 155 | Campbell University | 41600 | 65100 | 0.3611 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 156 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 157 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 158 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 159 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 160 | Mercyhurst University | 43700 | 66400 | 0.342 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 161 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 162 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 163 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 164 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 165 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 166 | Lynn University | 51400 | 66000 | 0.2212 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 167 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 84800 | 0.3643 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 168 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 71900 | 0.221 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 169 | 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.