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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | 7800 | 65100 | 0.8803 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 8700 | 62400 | 0.8599 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 5 | Western Kentucky University | 10100 | 30200 | 0.667 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 6 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 7 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10800 | 24500 | 0.5583 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 8 | University of West Florida | 11700 | 22200 | 0.4725 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 9 | Central Connecticut State University | 12100 | 34200 | 0.6459 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 12300 | 35800 | 0.6566 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 16300 | 0.2326 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 12 | Eastern Illinois University | 12600 | 24300 | 0.482 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 12 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12600 | 18400 | 0.3159 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 14 | Fort Hays State University | 12700 | 19900 | 0.3621 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12900 | 19400 | 0.3351 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 16 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 16 | San Francisco State University | 13000 | 47700 | 0.7277 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 25700 | 0.4939 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 19 | Livingstone College | 13200 | 29900 | 0.5591 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 19 | Western Carolina University | 13200 | 16500 | 0.1999 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 21 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 39800 | 0.6652 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 22 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 23 | Eastern Michigan University | 13900 | 33900 | 0.5892 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 23 | Youngstown State University | 13900 | 28400 | 0.5104 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 25 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14000 | 31000 | 0.549 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 26 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14200 | 40000 | 0.645 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 26 | Salem State University | 14200 | 33900 | 0.5818 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 28 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14300 | 55400 | 0.7411 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 29 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 32500 | 0.5543 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 30 | Troy University | 14600 | 39100 | 0.6262 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 31 | Colorado Mesa University | 14700 | 66200 | 0.7783 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 32 | Northern Michigan University | 14900 | 35600 | 0.5815 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 33 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4163 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 29300 | 0.4847 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 34 | University of Mississippi | 15100 | 37400 | 0.5965 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 36 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 38700 | 0.6071 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 37 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 38 | Northern Illinois University | 15600 | 30400 | 0.4868 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 39 | Appalachian State University | 15700 | 22800 | 0.3117 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 40 | Morgan State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4454 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 41 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 15900 | 62800 | 0.7465 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 42 | California State University-Long Beach | 16500 | 33300 | 0.5046 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 43 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4338 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 44 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16900 | 33900 | 0.5013 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 45 | College of Charleston | 17000 | 43600 | 0.6095 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 46 | Delaware State University | 17200 | 43000 | 0.6004 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 46 | James Madison University | 17200 | 28900 | 0.4053 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 17300 | 40600 | 0.5733 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 49 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17500 | 33300 | 0.4745 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 50 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 51 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 25200 | 0.2933 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 51 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 58900 | 0.6983 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 53 | Kennesaw State University | 17900 | 61500 | 0.7085 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 54 | North Carolina Central University | 18100 | 27600 | 0.344 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 55 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 55 | San Diego State University | 18300 | 28900 | 0.3669 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 57 | Columbia College | 18400 | 60700 | 0.6964 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 58 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.55 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 59 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 60 | Husson University | 18900 | 48100 | 0.6065 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 61 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 32300 | 0.4027 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 62 | Georgia State University | 20000 | 26000 | 0.2309 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20400 | 48100 | 0.5756 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 64 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20600 | 48300 | 0.5736 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 65 | University of New Orleans | 20700 | 29700 | 0.303 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 66 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 67 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 30200 | 0.3079 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 68 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 69 | Grand Canyon University | 21500 | 48300 | 0.5549 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 70 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 71 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 21700 | 35500 | 0.3884 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 72 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 73 | Montana State University | 22900 | 73500 | 0.6886 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 73 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 75 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23000 | 41000 | 0.4392 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 75 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 77 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 77 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23100 | 32900 | 0.2974 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 77 | University of North Alabama | 23100 | 37300 | 0.3808 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 80 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23200 | 90700 | 0.7442 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 81 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 82 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 82 | Stockton University | 23700 | 32100 | 0.2615 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 84 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 85 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23900 | 30400 | 0.2139 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 86 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 87 | Keystone College | 24200 | 50500 | 0.5213 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 88 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24300 | 36300 | 0.3302 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 89 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24600 | 38400 | 0.3597 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 90 | Meredith College | 25000 | 67400 | 0.6289 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 91 | Saint Leo University | 25100 | 50000 | 0.4978 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 92 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 93 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 93 | University of North Texas | 25500 | 26100 | 0.023 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 95 | Northwood University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 96 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 97 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 26000 | 40700 | 0.361 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 98 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 99 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26600 | 36000 | 0.2612 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 100 | West Virginia University | 26900 | 40900 | 0.3421 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 101 | Virginia State University | 27100 | 34900 | 0.2232 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 102 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 103 | Central Washington University | 27600 | 27900 | 0.0108 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 104 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27700 | 69000 | 0.5984 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 104 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 106 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27900 | 50700 | 0.4511 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 107 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28200 | 72700 | 0.6121 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 108 | Flagler College | 28500 | 60700 | 0.5304 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 109 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 110 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 28700 | 36200 | 0.2074 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 111 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 112 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29100 | 77600 | 0.6248 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 113 | Saint Xavier University | 29500 | 57200 | 0.4845 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 114 | Southern Utah University | 29800 | 40800 | 0.2697 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 115 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30000 | 38500 | 0.2209 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 116 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30100 | 78200 | 0.6148 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 117 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30200 | 39400 | 0.2336 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 118 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 119 | Lasell University | 31500 | 60000 | 0.4747 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 120 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 31800 | 39900 | 0.2031 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 121 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 122 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 123 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 124 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 32900 | 34200 | 0.038 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 125 | Wilkes University | 33100 | 61900 | 0.4645 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 126 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 127 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 128 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 129 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 130 | Culinary Institute of America | 34700 | 69900 | 0.5038 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 131 | Bradley University | 35200 | 60000 | 0.4136 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 132 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 132 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 132 | New Jersey City University | 35400 | 39800 | 0.1107 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 135 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53600 | 0.321 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 137 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37000 | 66600 | 0.4442 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 138 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 139 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38100 | 60200 | 0.3674 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 140 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38800 | 66100 | 0.4132 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 141 | Drexel University | 39200 | 107600 | 0.6355 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 141 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 143 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 144 | Endicott College | 40300 | 94900 | 0.5753 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 145 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 146 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 147 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 69100 | 0.4094 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 148 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 41000 | 64200 | 0.3613 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 149 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57400 | 0.2823 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 150 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 47000 | 0.1171 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 151 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41700 | 46500 | 0.1033 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 152 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 57200 | 0.2535 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 153 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 154 | St. John's University-New York | 43600 | 82800 | 0.4736 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 155 | Kansas State University | 43700 | 47900 | 0.0885 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 156 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 157 | Florida Atlantic University | 44900 | 44900 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 157 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 159 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 67900 | 0.2823 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 161 | Towson University | 49500 | 68400 | 0.2765 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 162 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 74100 | 0.3111 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 163 | Lynn University | 51800 | 71600 | 0.2765 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 164 | The University of Alabama | 53800 | 66500 | 0.191 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 165 | University of San Francisco | 54000 | 87300 | 0.3816 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 166 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 63400 | 0.1214 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63500 | 0.0787 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 168 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 65100 | 65100 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 170 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 76400 | 0.136 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 171 | 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.