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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 8100 | 22000 | 0.631 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9300 | 30100 | 0.692 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10800 | 27300 | 0.6054 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 4 | Southern Utah University | 10800 | 51400 | 0.7898 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10900 | 27400 | 0.6019 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 7 | Eastern Illinois University | 11700 | 24700 | 0.5248 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 8 | University of West Florida | 11800 | 22200 | 0.468 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12200 | 29300 | 0.5836 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 10 | Central Connecticut State University | 12600 | 37200 | 0.6611 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 12 | Bay Path University | 12800 | 54600 | 0.7656 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12900 | 40500 | 0.6814 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12900 | 19400 | 0.3351 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 15 | Livingstone College | 13100 | 43100 | 0.6963 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 16 | Youngstown State University | 14000 | 28400 | 0.5069 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 17 | Boston University | 14100 | 91900 | 0.847 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 17 | Eastern Michigan University | 14100 | 33900 | 0.5855 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 17 | Salem State University | 14100 | 38300 | 0.6315 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 17 | San Francisco State University | 14100 | 47700 | 0.7046 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 21 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14200 | 29600 | 0.521 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 22 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 31400 | 0.5406 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 23 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14500 | 30100 | 0.5189 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 14600 | 34700 | 0.5792 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 24 | University of North Alabama | 14600 | 37300 | 0.6087 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 24 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 73100 | 0.8 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 27 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 50100 | 0.7063 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 28 | Colorado Mesa University | 14800 | 66200 | 0.777 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 28 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14800 | 22500 | 0.3419 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 30 | Northern Michigan University | 15000 | 33100 | 0.5469 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 30 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15000 | 23400 | 0.3585 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 32 | Central Michigan University | 15300 | 38700 | 0.6045 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 33 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23000 | 0.322 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 34 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15700 | 90700 | 0.8269 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 35 | Appalachian State University | 15900 | 26000 | 0.3886 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 36 | Morgan State University | 16500 | 30700 | 0.4621 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 37 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16800 | 26300 | 0.3603 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 38 | North Carolina Central University | 17000 | 37500 | 0.5471 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 39 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17100 | 33900 | 0.4954 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 39 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17100 | 29000 | 0.4106 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 41 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 42 | James Madison University | 17400 | 28900 | 0.3978 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 42 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17400 | 44100 | 0.6057 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 44 | Virginia State University | 17500 | 34900 | 0.4979 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 45 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 46 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 47 | Georgia State University | 18000 | 26000 | 0.3079 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 47 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 27400 | 0.3428 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 49 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 18100 | 18400 | 0.0163 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 49 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 51 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5532 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 51 | Central Washington University | 18300 | 22700 | 0.1936 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 51 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 54 | San Diego State University | 18400 | 28900 | 0.3634 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 54 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18400 | 43500 | 0.5767 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 56 | Western Carolina University | 18800 | 20500 | 0.083 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 57 | Husson University | 19000 | 48100 | 0.6044 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 58 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 30600 | 0.3691 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 59 | Stockton University | 19600 | 32100 | 0.3892 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 60 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19900 | 55300 | 0.6399 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 61 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 57800 | 0.652 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 62 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20300 | 26100 | 0.2219 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20500 | 38100 | 0.4619 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 63 | Saint Leo University | 20500 | 50000 | 0.5898 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 63 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 66 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 67 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20700 | 51600 | 0.5987 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 67 | Ferris State University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3328 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 67 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20700 | 48300 | 0.5715 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 70 | University of New Orleans | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3062 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 71 | Davis & Elkins College | 21300 | 51200 | 0.5838 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 72 | Grand Canyon University | 21600 | 34000 | 0.3642 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 73 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 74 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 75 | Meredith College | 22500 | 67400 | 0.666 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 75 | The University of Alabama | 22500 | 33400 | 0.3262 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 77 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 78 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 79 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 80 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23100 | 89100 | 0.7406 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 80 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 26700 | 0.1336 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 82 | Lackawanna College | 23600 | 52100 | 0.5473 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 83 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 83 | University of North Texas | 23700 | 37400 | 0.3661 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 85 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47000 | 0.4927 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 86 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38600 | 0.3769 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 87 | Keystone College | 24400 | 50500 | 0.5173 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 87 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 89 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 89 | University of South Florida | 24500 | 36500 | 0.3284 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 91 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 24600 | 37700 | 0.3473 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 91 | Fort Hays State University | 24600 | 28500 | 0.139 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 93 | Temple University | 24700 | 36100 | 0.316 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 94 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 95 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25300 | 39400 | 0.358 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 96 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 97 | Lasell University | 25600 | 47500 | 0.4611 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 97 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25600 | 28600 | 0.107 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 99 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 40600 | 0.3546 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 101 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1812 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 102 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 102 | New Jersey City University | 26500 | 39800 | 0.3345 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 104 | California State University-Long Beach | 27200 | 38800 | 0.2989 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 105 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 106 | Delaware State University | 27500 | 62600 | 0.5606 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 107 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 108 | Flagler College | 28000 | 61900 | 0.5472 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 108 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28000 | 50700 | 0.4486 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 110 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28300 | 69700 | 0.5936 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 111 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 112 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 113 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29200 | 112100 | 0.7394 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 114 | Saint Xavier University | 29600 | 58200 | 0.4911 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 115 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30000 | 78300 | 0.6169 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 117 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30200 | 38500 | 0.2157 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 118 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 119 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 119 | Western Kentucky University | 30800 | 42800 | 0.2807 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 121 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 121 | Warner University | 30900 | 41000 | 0.2455 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 123 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 124 | Wilkes University | 32200 | 61900 | 0.4793 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 125 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 126 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 127 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32500 | 35000 | 0.0732 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 129 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3145 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 130 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5412 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 131 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 132 | St. John's University-New York | 34000 | 83800 | 0.5946 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 133 | Culinary Institute of America | 34600 | 91000 | 0.6198 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 134 | Southern Connecticut State University | 34800 | 42000 | 0.1715 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 135 | Bradley University | 35300 | 60300 | 0.4147 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 135 | Framingham State University | 35300 | 38100 | 0.0735 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 135 | Mount Mercy University | 35300 | 61200 | 0.4237 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 138 | University of South Alabama | 35900 | 40200 | 0.1071 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 139 | Endicott College | 36600 | 60500 | 0.395 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 139 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 36600 | 37600 | 0.0266 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 141 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66700 | 0.4409 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 142 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38900 | 69800 | 0.4429 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 143 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 144 | Drexel University | 39500 | 86400 | 0.5431 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 145 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 146 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 39700 | 64500 | 0.3848 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 147 | University of Mississippi | 40000 | 45200 | 0.115 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 148 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40300 | 66000 | 0.3892 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 148 | Webber International University | 40300 | 44400 | 0.0917 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 150 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40500 | 53600 | 0.2445 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 151 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 152 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 153 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 154 | Campbell University | 43700 | 68700 | 0.3646 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 155 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0919 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 156 | Montclair State University | 44500 | 47000 | 0.0532 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 157 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 158 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 62400 | 0.2385 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 159 | University of Kentucky | 48300 | 59900 | 0.1938 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 160 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3026 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 161 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 162 | College of Charleston | 49800 | 62300 | 0.2005 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 163 | Lynn University | 51500 | 71600 | 0.2807 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 164 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 165 | University of San Francisco | 54700 | 87200 | 0.3727 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 166 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 84300 | 0.3393 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 167 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 168 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 169 | Mercyhurst University | 61200 | 68000 | 0.1 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 170 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.