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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 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 2 | Arkansas Tech University | 9900 | 22900 | 0.5671 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 3 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 12800 | 30400 | 0.5795 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 4 | Florida Atlantic University | 13100 | 24800 | 0.4709 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 5 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4863 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 6 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13300 | 20300 | 0.344 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 7 | Fort Hays State University | 13700 | 22000 | 0.3774 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 7 | University of Delaware | 13700 | 32500 | 0.578 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 9 | University of North Alabama | 13800 | 28200 | 0.5109 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 14100 | 29300 | 0.5187 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 11 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14400 | 31600 | 0.5438 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 12 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 23300 | 0.3776 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 13 | Central Michigan University | 15100 | 40600 | 0.6282 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 13 | Florida International University | 15100 | 23700 | 0.3621 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 15 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0727 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 16 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 15500 | 32300 | 0.5208 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 16 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 18 | Livingstone College | 15600 | 29900 | 0.4788 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 19 | James Madison University | 15900 | 28600 | 0.4433 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 19 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15900 | 22600 | 0.2961 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 21 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16400 | 30300 | 0.4582 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 22 | Boston University | 16500 | 88000 | 0.813 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 23 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16600 | 31300 | 0.4702 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 24 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16800 | 23200 | 0.2756 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 25 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 26 | Eastern Illinois University | 17000 | 27700 | 0.3862 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 27 | University of Southern Mississippi | 17100 | 23100 | 0.2596 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 28 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17200 | 27400 | 0.3721 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 29 | Central Connecticut State University | 17300 | 34000 | 0.4911 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 30 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17400 | 24300 | 0.2841 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 31 | Husson University | 17600 | 48100 | 0.6335 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 31 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17600 | 26300 | 0.3312 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 33 | San Francisco State University | 17700 | 33300 | 0.4684 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 34 | Northern Arizona University | 18000 | 32000 | 0.4372 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 35 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18100 | 28800 | 0.3718 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 36 | California State University-East Bay | 18200 | 29700 | 0.3877 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 37 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 22400 | 0.1834 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 38 | Framingham State University | 18800 | 31000 | 0.3938 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 38 | New York University | 18800 | 91800 | 0.795 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 40 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3395 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan University | 19100 | 36100 | 0.4709 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 41 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 45500 | 0.5807 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 43 | Youngstown State University | 19200 | 29300 | 0.3443 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 44 | San Jose State University | 19600 | 29900 | 0.3442 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 45 | Georgia State University | 20000 | 26000 | 0.2309 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 46 | Piedmont University | 20100 | 47200 | 0.5742 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 47 | Davis & Elkins College | 20200 | 47500 | 0.5742 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 48 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20300 | 28600 | 0.2907 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 49 | Salem State University | 20500 | 28500 | 0.2808 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 50 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3071 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 51 | Saint Peter's University | 21100 | 66300 | 0.6815 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 52 | North Dakota State University | 21200 | 25700 | 0.1744 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 53 | Madonna University | 21800 | 50400 | 0.5675 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 54 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50900 | 0.5678 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 55 | Cleary University | 22200 | 47200 | 0.53 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 56 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 56 | Columbia College | 22400 | 36800 | 0.3918 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 58 | Florida State University | 22800 | 25000 | 0.0881 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 58 | Robert Morris University | 22800 | 56300 | 0.5949 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 60 | Saint Leo University | 23200 | 50000 | 0.5358 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 61 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 29900 | 0.211 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 62 | Keystone College | 23800 | 42900 | 0.445 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 63 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 23900 | 39200 | 0.3904 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 64 | Meredith College | 24000 | 77200 | 0.6888 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 64 | University of the Virgin Islands | 24000 | 37000 | 0.3517 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 66 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24100 | 76300 | 0.6844 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 66 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3513 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 68 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24200 | 37400 | 0.3526 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 68 | University of New Orleans | 24200 | 31000 | 0.2193 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 70 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 71 | Northern Michigan University | 24600 | 32900 | 0.2526 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 71 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 24600 | 42300 | 0.4182 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 73 | Flagler College | 24900 | 37800 | 0.3415 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 73 | Montana State University | 24900 | 31400 | 0.207 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 75 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 76 | Lakeland University | 25300 | 54600 | 0.5363 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 76 | Temple University | 25300 | 36300 | 0.3033 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 78 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 25400 | 42200 | 0.3981 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 79 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 80 | California State University-Northridge | 25700 | 36600 | 0.2973 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 81 | South Dakota State University | 25800 | 28700 | 0.1005 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 83 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 26100 | 39000 | 0.3307 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 84 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 85 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 86 | Iowa State University | 27200 | 41500 | 0.3453 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 87 | Southern Utah University | 27300 | 35600 | 0.2329 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 88 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 89 | University of North Texas | 27500 | 37400 | 0.2649 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 90 | Central Washington University | 27600 | 27800 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 91 | California State University-Long Beach | 27900 | 38400 | 0.2738 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 92 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28000 | 50700 | 0.449 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 92 | York College of Pennsylvania | 28000 | 41400 | 0.3238 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 94 | Mitchell College | 28100 | 65900 | 0.5732 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28200 | 41900 | 0.3269 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 96 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28300 | 43200 | 0.3445 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 97 | Lipscomb University | 28400 | 57600 | 0.5061 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 98 | Delaware State University | 29200 | 36700 | 0.2045 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 99 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29700 | 34000 | 0.1264 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 100 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 100 | Lasell University | 30000 | 46400 | 0.3517 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 102 | Roosevelt University | 30100 | 43300 | 0.3054 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 103 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 30300 | 43700 | 0.3064 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 104 | Belmont University | 30400 | 67800 | 0.5512 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 104 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 106 | Culinary Institute of America | 30500 | 69500 | 0.5609 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 107 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78100 | 0.6044 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 108 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 31000 | 63700 | 0.513 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 108 | New Jersey City University | 31000 | 39800 | 0.2213 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 110 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31100 | 41100 | 0.2435 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 111 | Siena Heights University | 31400 | 46300 | 0.3218 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 112 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31800 | 33700 | 0.056 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 113 | Baldwin Wallace University | 32100 | 47300 | 0.3213 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 113 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32100 | 39200 | 0.1813 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 113 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 116 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32300 | 47600 | 0.3213 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 117 | Widener University | 32400 | 75300 | 0.5695 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 118 | Virginia State University | 32500 | 42200 | 0.23 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 119 | Southeastern University | 32600 | 60500 | 0.4609 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 120 | California Lutheran University | 32800 | 65800 | 0.5011 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 120 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 122 | Colorado Mesa University | 32900 | 40000 | 0.1768 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 123 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33100 | 46200 | 0.2838 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 124 | Wilkes University | 33300 | 61900 | 0.4621 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 125 | Appalachian State University | 33400 | 35800 | 0.067 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 125 | Stockton University | 33400 | 44500 | 0.2496 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 127 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 128 | Charleston Southern University | 34600 | 48400 | 0.2866 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 129 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 130 | DePaul University | 34800 | 59100 | 0.411 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 131 | Southern Connecticut State University | 35100 | 52500 | 0.3317 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 132 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0634 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 133 | University of West Florida | 35500 | 44600 | 0.2041 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 134 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 41900 | 0.1361 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 135 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 135 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 137 | University of Central Florida | 36700 | 39600 | 0.0733 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 138 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 138 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 37100 | 64400 | 0.4242 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 140 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37200 | 62000 | 0.4001 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 141 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 142 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38400 | 44400 | 0.1353 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 142 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 144 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 145 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39400 | 52900 | 0.2551 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 146 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 147 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40000 | 53300 | 0.2495 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 147 | San Diego State University | 40000 | 40500 | 0.0123 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 149 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 150 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 150 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 152 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40600 | 66000 | 0.3849 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 153 | Endicott College | 40700 | 63200 | 0.356 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 154 | Webber International University | 41000 | 44400 | 0.0763 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 155 | Campbell University | 41900 | 65100 | 0.3562 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 156 | St. John's University-New York | 42000 | 80100 | 0.4754 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 157 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 158 | Saint Joseph's University | 42300 | 74500 | 0.4321 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 159 | Montclair State University | 42400 | 46600 | 0.0901 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 160 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 161 | Mercyhurst University | 44000 | 66400 | 0.3375 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 162 | Oregon State University | 45000 | 61900 | 0.2733 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 163 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 56000 | 0.1239 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 164 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 165 | Lynn University | 51800 | 64200 | 0.1932 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 166 | University of San Francisco | 53400 | 83200 | 0.358 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 167 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 168 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 56100 | 0.0053 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.