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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 | 7800 | 47200 | 0.8352 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8200 | 27100 | 0.6964 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 9300 | 22400 | 0.5828 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 9800 | 22900 | 0.5731 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 6 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10900 | 36600 | 0.7018 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 12400 | 44000 | 0.7177 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic University | 12500 | 25800 | 0.5162 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 8 | University of Central Florida | 12500 | 25300 | 0.5053 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 10 | University of West Florida | 12800 | 21500 | 0.4041 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 11 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 54500 | 0.7596 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 12 | University of North Alabama | 13100 | 30800 | 0.5739 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 12 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13100 | 39600 | 0.6693 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 15 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13200 | 20300 | 0.3489 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 16 | Youngstown State University | 13400 | 26800 | 0.4996 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 17 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 18 | Boston University | 13700 | 91600 | 0.8507 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 18 | Fort Hays State University | 13700 | 40700 | 0.6641 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 20 | Arkansas Tech University | 13900 | 35900 | 0.6121 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 20 | University of South Florida | 13900 | 17100 | 0.187 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14000 | 28000 | 0.4997 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 23 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 23 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14400 | 28200 | 0.4913 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 25 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 25 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6129 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 27 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30700 | 0.5197 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 28 | University of North Texas | 14800 | 25700 | 0.4247 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 29 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 14900 | 37800 | 0.6066 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 30 | Troy University | 15100 | 26700 | 0.4344 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 31 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15200 | 45200 | 0.6631 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 32 | Colorado Mesa University | 15300 | 40000 | 0.6163 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 33 | Ball State University | 15400 | 22400 | 0.3129 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 33 | Framingham State University | 15400 | 31000 | 0.5035 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 33 | Livingstone College | 15400 | 38100 | 0.5957 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 36 | Central Washington University | 15500 | 22700 | 0.3168 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 36 | Florida State University | 15500 | 22900 | 0.3227 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 38 | Eastern Illinois University | 16000 | 27500 | 0.4182 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 38 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16000 | 86700 | 0.8157 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 40 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16300 | 42600 | 0.6176 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 41 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 41 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16400 | 23100 | 0.29 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 43 | Eastern Michigan University | 16500 | 32000 | 0.4826 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 44 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 45 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 46 | Central Connecticut State University | 17100 | 36000 | 0.5244 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 46 | Husson University | 17100 | 48100 | 0.6438 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 48 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17200 | 34000 | 0.4937 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 35200 | 0.5116 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 50 | Georgia State University | 17400 | 45500 | 0.617 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 50 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17400 | 44900 | 0.612 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 52 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3522 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 53 | California State University-East Bay | 17700 | 45100 | 0.6078 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 54 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17800 | 48000 | 0.6287 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 55 | Saint Leo University | 18000 | 50000 | 0.6398 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 55 | San Francisco State University | 18000 | 55400 | 0.6751 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 57 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18100 | 41200 | 0.5613 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 58 | Salem State University | 18200 | 28500 | 0.3615 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 58 | Stockton University | 18200 | 32100 | 0.4328 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 60 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18300 | 28200 | 0.3506 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 61 | Madonna University | 18600 | 58300 | 0.6813 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 61 | Northern Michigan University | 18600 | 33100 | 0.4381 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 63 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 64 | North Carolina Central University | 19000 | 40000 | 0.5248 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 65 | College of Coastal Georgia | 19400 | 42100 | 0.5386 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 66 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 19600 | 88900 | 0.7798 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 67 | San Jose State University | 19700 | 33600 | 0.4134 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 68 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 68 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20000 | 46300 | 0.5679 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 68 | University of New Orleans | 20000 | 30200 | 0.3376 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 71 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20500 | 32800 | 0.3755 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 71 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 38200 | 0.4632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 73 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 74 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 75 | Bradley University | 21300 | 50800 | 0.5806 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 21300 | 27200 | 0.217 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 75 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21300 | 42700 | 0.5013 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 78 | Southern Connecticut State University | 21900 | 59600 | 0.6326 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 79 | Belhaven University | 22100 | 43300 | 0.4911 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 80 | Cleary University | 22200 | 60900 | 0.636 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 81 | Keystone College | 22400 | 48800 | 0.5412 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 82 | Columbia College | 22500 | 39700 | 0.4338 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 83 | Bay Path University | 22800 | 54400 | 0.5813 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 84 | Montana State University | 23000 | 31500 | 0.2699 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 85 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 85 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 87 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 88 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 89 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3385 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 90 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4486 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 91 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 92 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 93 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 94 | Flagler College | 26000 | 61100 | 0.5743 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 94 | Lipscomb University | 26000 | 57800 | 0.5496 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 96 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26200 | 79400 | 0.6702 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 97 | Ashland University | 26400 | 56600 | 0.534 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 98 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 99 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28000 | 50700 | 0.448 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 100 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 101 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 101 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28200 | 41800 | 0.3246 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 101 | Mitchell College | 28200 | 75200 | 0.6253 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 104 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 105 | Kansas State University | 29000 | 41600 | 0.3014 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29200 | 38500 | 0.2417 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 107 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33900 | 0.1358 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 108 | Southeastern University | 29700 | 60500 | 0.5088 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 109 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 109 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 111 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 112 | Culinary Institute of America | 30200 | 74600 | 0.5948 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 113 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 114 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 115 | New Jersey City University | 31600 | 39800 | 0.2062 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 116 | Liberty University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.2777 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 117 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.062 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 118 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 118 | St. John's University-New York | 32500 | 78000 | 0.583 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 120 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 120 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32800 | 52800 | 0.3789 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 122 | Wilkes University | 33300 | 61900 | 0.4621 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 123 | Lasell University | 34600 | 47500 | 0.2716 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 124 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0701 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 125 | Virginia State University | 35200 | 42200 | 0.166 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 126 | San Diego State University | 35300 | 36100 | 0.0221 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 127 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 128 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35600 | 66700 | 0.4664 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 129 | Meredith College | 36100 | 64200 | 0.4378 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 130 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 130 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 132 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 133 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36800 | 64400 | 0.4289 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 134 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37200 | 66500 | 0.4403 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 135 | California State University-Long Beach | 37300 | 38600 | 0.0337 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 136 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 137 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 138 | Endicott College | 39600 | 64200 | 0.3832 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 138 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 140 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40100 | 92400 | 0.5659 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 141 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 142 | Temple University | 40700 | 55300 | 0.2642 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 142 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 142 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 145 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 146 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 147 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 148 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 149 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 151 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 152 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 153 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 154 | High Point University | 45700 | 72900 | 0.373 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 155 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 156 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 157 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 48800 | 67100 | 0.2727 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 160 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 161 | University of San Francisco | 53500 | 84800 | 0.369 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 163 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 71900 | 0.2238 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 164 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61400 | 64200 | 0.0436 | 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.