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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 | 56000 | 0.8817 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 7900 | 65100 | 0.8788 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 8800 | 62400 | 0.8583 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 5 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 6 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10700 | 24500 | 0.5624 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 7 | Florida Atlantic University | 11600 | 25800 | 0.5511 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11700 | 22900 | 0.49 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 11800 | 22200 | 0.468 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 10 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12600 | 18400 | 0.3159 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 11 | Bay Path University | 12800 | 70900 | 0.8199 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 11 | Fort Hays State University | 12800 | 19900 | 0.3571 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 13 | San Francisco State University | 13100 | 47700 | 0.7256 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 25700 | 0.49 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 15 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 16 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 17 | Boston University | 14000 | 114300 | 0.8774 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 17 | Eastern Michigan University | 14000 | 33900 | 0.5863 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 17 | Youngstown State University | 14000 | 28400 | 0.5069 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 20 | Salem State University | 14200 | 33900 | 0.5818 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 21 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14400 | 40000 | 0.64 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 21 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14400 | 55300 | 0.7391 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 23 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 32500 | 0.5543 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 14700 | 39100 | 0.6237 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 25 | Colorado Mesa University | 14800 | 66200 | 0.777 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 26 | Northern Michigan University | 15000 | 35600 | 0.5787 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 27 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15100 | 25700 | 0.4124 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 28 | Central Michigan University | 15300 | 38700 | 0.6045 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 28 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 29300 | 0.4778 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 30 | Ball State University | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3085 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 31 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23000 | 0.322 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 31 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15600 | 28400 | 0.4507 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 33 | Northern Illinois University | 15800 | 30400 | 0.4823 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 34 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16000 | 62800 | 0.7449 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 34 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 16000 | 25000 | 0.3601 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 36 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16400 | 39900 | 0.5898 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University | 16400 | 40900 | 0.5987 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 38 | California State University-Long Beach | 16600 | 33300 | 0.5016 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 38 | Kansas State University | 16600 | 26400 | 0.3692 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 38 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 16600 | 24300 | 0.3171 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 41 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17100 | 33900 | 0.4954 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 41 | College of Charleston | 17100 | 43600 | 0.6072 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 41 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17100 | 23200 | 0.263 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 44 | Delaware State University | 17200 | 43000 | 0.6004 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 45 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 46 | James Madison University | 17400 | 28900 | 0.3984 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 47 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17500 | 27400 | 0.3611 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 47 | University of South Alabama | 17500 | 40600 | 0.5684 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 49 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 58900 | 0.6983 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 50 | Kennesaw State University | 17900 | 61500 | 0.7085 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 51 | Western Carolina University | 18000 | 20500 | 0.1221 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 52 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 53 | Columbia College | 18500 | 60700 | 0.6947 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5476 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | Husson University | 19000 | 48100 | 0.6044 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 56 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19100 | 26700 | 0.2851 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 57 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19500 | 30400 | 0.3584 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 58 | Eastern Illinois University | 20100 | 28100 | 0.2841 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 59 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20300 | 25500 | 0.204 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 60 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20500 | 48100 | 0.5735 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 62 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20700 | 48300 | 0.5715 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 63 | University of New Orleans | 20800 | 29700 | 0.2996 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 64 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 30200 | 0.3079 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 65 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 66 | Grand Canyon University | 21700 | 48300 | 0.5507 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 67 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 68 | The University of Alabama | 22500 | 36800 | 0.3886 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 69 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 70 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 71 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 72 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 72 | University of North Alabama | 23100 | 37300 | 0.3808 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 74 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23200 | 32900 | 0.2944 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 75 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 76 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23400 | 90700 | 0.742 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 77 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 78 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 48800 | 0.5112 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 79 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24000 | 30400 | 0.2106 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 80 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3731 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 81 | Keystone College | 24400 | 50500 | 0.5173 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 82 | Montana State University | 24600 | 73500 | 0.6655 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 83 | Meredith College | 25000 | 67400 | 0.6289 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 84 | Saint Leo University | 25200 | 50000 | 0.4958 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 85 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 86 | Lasell University | 25600 | 60000 | 0.5731 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 87 | Northwood University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 87 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 36900 | 0.3037 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 89 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 90 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 26200 | 40700 | 0.3561 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 91 | Western Kentucky University | 26300 | 47700 | 0.4485 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 92 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 36000 | 0.2584 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 93 | Virginia State University | 27200 | 34900 | 0.2203 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 94 | Central Washington University | 27700 | 27900 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 94 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 94 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 97 | Central Connecticut State University | 27800 | 29500 | 0.0576 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 98 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27900 | 69000 | 0.5955 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 99 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28100 | 50700 | 0.4471 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 100 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28300 | 72700 | 0.6107 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 101 | Flagler College | 28600 | 60700 | 0.5288 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 101 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 103 | Morgan State University | 28900 | 41800 | 0.3086 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 104 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 105 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29200 | 77600 | 0.6235 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 106 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 57200 | 0.481 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 106 | University of South Florida | 29700 | 36700 | 0.1906 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 108 | Southern Utah University | 29800 | 40800 | 0.2697 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30200 | 78200 | 0.6135 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30300 | 39400 | 0.2311 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 111 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 112 | North Carolina Central University | 31000 | 40000 | 0.2249 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 113 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 114 | San Diego State University | 31400 | 35300 | 0.1104 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 115 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 31900 | 39900 | 0.2006 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 116 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32200 | 44100 | 0.27 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 117 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43200 | 0.2524 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 117 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 119 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 120 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 121 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 33100 | 48400 | 0.3162 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 122 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 123 | Wilkes University | 33300 | 61900 | 0.4621 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 124 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 125 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 126 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 126 | Southern Connecticut State University | 34200 | 52900 | 0.3536 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 128 | Georgia State University | 34700 | 45700 | 0.2406 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 129 | Culinary Institute of America | 34800 | 69900 | 0.5024 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 130 | Framingham State University | 35200 | 48000 | 0.2664 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 131 | Bradley University | 35300 | 60000 | 0.412 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 132 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 133 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 134 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 135 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 136 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 36600 | 38800 | 0.0567 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 137 | Endicott College | 36800 | 94900 | 0.6122 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 138 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 139 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37200 | 66600 | 0.4412 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 140 | Stockton University | 37300 | 45300 | 0.1768 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 141 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 142 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38900 | 66100 | 0.4117 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 143 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 144 | Drexel University | 39400 | 107600 | 0.6336 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 145 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 146 | University of Mississippi | 40000 | 60300 | 0.3366 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 147 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 148 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 149 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 69100 | 0.4094 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 150 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 41000 | 64200 | 0.3613 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 151 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57400 | 0.2823 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 152 | Montclair State University | 41700 | 47000 | 0.1128 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 153 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 57200 | 0.2552 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 154 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 154 | St. John's University-New York | 43500 | 82800 | 0.4748 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 156 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 157 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 158 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 159 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 160 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 67900 | 0.282 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 161 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 162 | University of Kentucky | 51200 | 74100 | 0.3093 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 163 | Lynn University | 51800 | 71600 | 0.2765 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 164 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 87300 | 0.3827 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 165 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 63400 | 0.1214 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 167 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 65100 | 65100 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 169 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 76400 | 0.136 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 170 | Auburn University | 75400 | 85500 | 0.1181 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.