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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 | 6600 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10100 | 27800 | 0.6356 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 3 | University of West Florida | 11800 | 21500 | 0.4506 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 4 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12400 | 28000 | 0.5568 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 5 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13000 | 19400 | 0.33 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 5 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13000 | 22800 | 0.4292 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 25700 | 0.49 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 8 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 924 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 9 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.606 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 10 | Boston University | 14000 | 91700 | 0.8476 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 14100 | 30400 | 0.5354 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 12 | Arkansas Tech University | 14200 | 34400 | 0.5873 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 13 | Central Michigan University | 14300 | 37800 | 0.621 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 13 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14300 | 20300 | 0.2949 | 14,463 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 29600 | 0.5142 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 16 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14700 | 31600 | 0.5354 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 17 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15200 | 26900 | 0.4346 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 18 | Florida State University | 15500 | 22900 | 0.3228 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 19 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 19 | University of North Texas | 15700 | 26100 | 0.3991 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 21 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 22 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 23 | Eastern Michigan University | 16200 | 36100 | 0.5503 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 23 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16200 | 28200 | 0.425 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 25 | West Virginia University | 16400 | 40900 | 0.5987 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 26 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 27 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 28 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 29 | Central Connecticut State University | 17300 | 36000 | 0.5189 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 29 | Salem State University | 17300 | 28500 | 0.393 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 31 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 32 | North Carolina Central University | 18300 | 27600 | 0.3367 | 6,595 | 1060 | 0.8696 | |
| 33 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18800 | 31000 | 0.394 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 34 | Cleary University | 18900 | 56600 | 0.6657 | 769 | 1060 | 0.6754 | |
| 35 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19100 | 26700 | 0.2851 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 35 | University of New Orleans | 19100 | 27200 | 0.2978 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 35 | University of South Alabama | 19100 | 22400 | 0.1476 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 38 | Virginia State University | 19200 | 29500 | 0.3488 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 39 | University of Mississippi | 19300 | 27000 | 0.2851 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 40 | Madonna University | 19400 | 49200 | 0.606 | 1,828 | 980 | 0.6339 | |
| 40 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19400 | 30600 | 0.365 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 42 | Columbia College | 19600 | 35800 | 0.4525 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 43 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5871 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 43 | Eastern Illinois University | 19900 | 28100 | 0.2934 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 43 | Youngstown State University | 19900 | 34000 | 0.4147 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 46 | Bay Path University | 20000 | 54400 | 0.6327 | 1,177 | 1110 | 0.852 | |
| 46 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 48 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 29400 | 0.3158 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 49 | Bellevue University | 20300 | 36400 | 0.4434 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | Husson University | 20500 | 42900 | 0.5226 | 2,763 | 1174 | 0.8095 | |
| 50 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 52 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 53 | Northern Michigan University | 21100 | 33100 | 0.3626 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 54 | Belhaven University | 21600 | 43300 | 0.5018 | 1,614 | 1105 | 0.4975 | |
| 55 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 56 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 56 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 56 | The University of Alabama | 22600 | 31000 | 0.2708 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 59 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 60 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3737 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 60 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1029 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 62 | Central Washington University | 23200 | 27900 | 0.1687 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 63 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 64 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23400 | 67400 | 0.6533 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 65 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 66 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 23600 | 43300 | 0.4555 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 67 | Bradley University | 24100 | 50800 | 0.5255 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 68 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24400 | 36300 | 0.3274 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.8901 | |
| 69 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25300 | 38400 | 0.3415 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 69 | Saint Leo University | 25300 | 50000 | 0.4938 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 71 | Northern Arizona University | 25600 | 43200 | 0.4082 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 71 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 73 | Fort Hays State University | 25800 | 36100 | 0.2864 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 73 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 41800 | 0.3827 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 75 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 25900 | 34900 | 0.2578 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 77 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 77 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26400 | 36000 | 0.2668 | 3,468 | 1005 | 0.9813 | |
| 77 | Flagler College | 26400 | 61200 | 0.5685 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 80 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3588 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 82 | Keystone College | 26700 | 36000 | 0.2584 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 82 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26700 | 36600 | 0.2704 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 84 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 85 | California State University-Northridge | 26900 | 36500 | 0.2641 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 85 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 87 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 88 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27700 | 32800 | 0.1541 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 88 | University of North Alabama | 27700 | 37300 | 0.2574 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 90 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 91 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27900 | 69300 | 0.5972 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 92 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28000 | 50700 | 0.4483 | 926 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 93 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28200 | 41800 | 0.3248 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 94 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 95 | California State University-East Bay | 29200 | 45100 | 0.3527 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 96 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 34000 | 0.1383 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 97 | Lasell University | 29400 | 47500 | 0.3811 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 98 | Montana State University | 29500 | 31900 | 0.0751 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 99 | Southern Utah University | 29900 | 40800 | 0.2673 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 100 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 101 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30300 | 39200 | 0.2273 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 102 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 103 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30700 | 77600 | 0.6042 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 103 | San Francisco State University | 30700 | 47700 | 0.3565 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 105 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3275 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 106 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31400 | 41200 | 0.2381 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 107 | San Diego State University | 31500 | 36100 | 0.1274 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 108 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 109 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 110 | Lipscomb University | 32600 | 57800 | 0.437 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 111 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3115 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 112 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32900 | 35000 | 0.0614 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 113 | Framingham State University | 33200 | 38100 | 0.1286 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 113 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 115 | Wilkes University | 33300 | 61900 | 0.4621 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 116 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 116 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33700 | 41000 | 0.178 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 118 | Colorado Mesa University | 33800 | 40000 | 0.1549 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 119 | Southeastern University | 34400 | 60500 | 0.4312 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 120 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34500 | 44300 | 0.2211 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 121 | Meredith College | 34700 | 64200 | 0.4596 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 122 | Culinary Institute of America | 34800 | 69900 | 0.5024 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.9115 | |
| 123 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 124 | California Lutheran University | 35000 | 70000 | 0.5002 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 124 | Stockton University | 35000 | 44500 | 0.2136 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 124 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 127 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35400 | 64400 | 0.4506 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 128 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35500 | 66100 | 0.4631 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 128 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4206 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 130 | New Jersey City University | 35600 | 39800 | 0.1056 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 130 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 132 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 132 | Georgia State University | 36500 | 45400 | 0.1961 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 134 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 135 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66300 | 0.4375 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 136 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 37800 | 38500 | 0.0182 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 137 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 138 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38300 | 52900 | 0.2761 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 139 | Endicott College | 39100 | 64200 | 0.3909 | 3,194 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 140 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 141 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 142 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3866 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 143 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 144 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.0823 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 145 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41300 | 46000 | 0.1021 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 146 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 147 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 148 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 150 | Campbell University | 44100 | 68700 | 0.3586 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 151 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 151 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 153 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 153 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 155 | High Point University | 45500 | 72900 | 0.3758 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 156 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 157 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 157 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 159 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 159 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1534 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 161 | Lynn University | 51700 | 66000 | 0.2166 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 62800 | 0.1449 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 162 | University of San Francisco | 53700 | 84800 | 0.3666 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 164 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 165 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 166 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 62000 | 64200 | 0.0343 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.