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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 | 7800 | 47200 | 0.8352 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8000 | 27100 | 0.7037 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 9000 | 36500 | 0.7536 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 9700 | 22900 | 0.5775 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10800 | 27400 | 0.6055 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 11200 | 91600 | 0.878 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 11800 | 44000 | 0.7314 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 54500 | 0.7706 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 12600 | 57700 | 0.7815 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 10 | University of West Florida | 12700 | 21500 | 0.4088 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 11 | Eastern Illinois University | 12800 | 24300 | 0.4706 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 12 | University of North Alabama | 13000 | 30800 | 0.5772 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 12 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13000 | 39600 | 0.6718 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 14 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13100 | 20300 | 0.3538 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 15 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 15 | Youngstown State University | 13300 | 26800 | 0.5033 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 13600 | 40700 | 0.6666 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 17 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 19 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13700 | 28000 | 0.5104 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 20 | Arkansas Tech University | 13800 | 35900 | 0.6149 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 21 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13900 | 25000 | 0.4455 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 22 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14200 | 28200 | 0.4962 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 23 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37400 | 0.6155 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 23 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 23 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14400 | 22600 | 0.3624 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 26 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 27 | Northern Illinois University | 14600 | 30700 | 0.5245 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 27 | University of Georgia | 14600 | 26600 | 0.4507 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 29 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 29 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15100 | 30100 | 0.4996 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 31 | Colorado Mesa University | 15300 | 40000 | 0.6184 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 31 | Livingstone College | 15300 | 38100 | 0.5983 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 31 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 34 | Central Washington University | 15400 | 22700 | 0.3212 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 35 | California State University-Long Beach | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3954 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 36 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15700 | 42600 | 0.6317 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 37 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15800 | 86700 | 0.818 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 38 | University of South Alabama | 15900 | 22400 | 0.2907 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 39 | Eastern Michigan University | 16400 | 32000 | 0.4857 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 40 | Central Connecticut State University | 16800 | 34000 | 0.5056 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 41 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 41 | Husson University | 16900 | 48100 | 0.648 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 43 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17000 | 34000 | 0.4996 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 43 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17000 | 24300 | 0.3006 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 45 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.3477 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 45 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 47 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 19700 | 0.1221 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 48 | Georgia State University | 17400 | 26000 | 0.331 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 49 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 17500 | 26700 | 0.3451 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 50 | California State University-East Bay | 17600 | 45100 | 0.61 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 50 | Virginia State University | 17600 | 29500 | 0.403 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 52 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17800 | 48000 | 0.6287 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 52 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 54 | Saint Leo University | 17900 | 50000 | 0.6418 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 54 | Stockton University | 17900 | 32100 | 0.4421 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 56 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5637 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 56 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18000 | 46600 | 0.6144 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 58 | Bay Path University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6713 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 58 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18200 | 28200 | 0.3542 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 60 | College of Charleston | 18400 | 33900 | 0.4578 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 60 | North Carolina Central University | 18400 | 27600 | 0.3331 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 62 | Madonna University | 18500 | 58300 | 0.683 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 62 | Northern Michigan University | 18500 | 33100 | 0.4411 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 64 | Salem State University | 19100 | 35100 | 0.4556 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 65 | University of Mississippi | 19200 | 27000 | 0.2888 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 66 | San Diego State University | 19400 | 28900 | 0.3288 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 67 | Towson University | 19700 | 30000 | 0.3429 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 68 | University of New Orleans | 19800 | 30200 | 0.3443 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 69 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 70 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 71 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20300 | 40900 | 0.5042 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 72 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20300 | 46300 | 0.5614 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 74 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 75 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 76 | Bradley University | 21100 | 50800 | 0.5846 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 77 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21200 | 42700 | 0.5036 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 78 | Kennesaw State University | 21300 | 26600 | 0.1994 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 79 | Southern Connecticut State University | 21700 | 59600 | 0.6359 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 80 | San Jose State University | 22000 | 41100 | 0.4648 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 81 | Belhaven University | 22100 | 43300 | 0.4911 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 81 | Cleary University | 22100 | 60900 | 0.6376 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 83 | Columbia College | 22400 | 39700 | 0.4363 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 83 | Keystone College | 22400 | 48800 | 0.5412 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 83 | San Francisco State University | 22400 | 55400 | 0.5957 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 86 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 86 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 88 | Montana State University | 23000 | 31500 | 0.2699 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 89 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 89 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 89 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 92 | The University of Alabama | 23200 | 31000 | 0.2514 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 93 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 94 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 94 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23600 | 45800 | 0.4851 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 96 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 97 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3384 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 98 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 99 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4486 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 99 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 101 | Temple University | 24600 | 36400 | 0.3244 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 102 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 103 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 104 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 105 | Flagler College | 25800 | 61100 | 0.5776 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 106 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 107 | Lipscomb University | 26000 | 57800 | 0.5507 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 108 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26100 | 79400 | 0.6715 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 109 | Ashland University | 26400 | 56600 | 0.534 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 109 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 109 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26400 | 42100 | 0.3725 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 41500 | 0.3564 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 113 | Western Kentucky University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 114 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 115 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27900 | 50700 | 0.45 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 116 | Mitchell College | 28000 | 75200 | 0.628 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 117 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 117 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28100 | 41800 | 0.3273 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 119 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 120 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 121 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 122 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33200 | 0.1173 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 123 | Southeastern University | 29700 | 60500 | 0.5088 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 124 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 125 | Framingham State University | 29900 | 38100 | 0.2152 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 126 | Culinary Institute of America | 30000 | 74600 | 0.5975 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 126 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 128 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 129 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 130 | New Jersey City University | 31500 | 39800 | 0.2087 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 131 | Liberty University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.2777 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 132 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.062 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 133 | St. John's University-New York | 32400 | 78000 | 0.5842 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 134 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 135 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32600 | 52800 | 0.3827 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 136 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 137 | Wilkes University | 33200 | 61900 | 0.4637 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 139 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35500 | 66700 | 0.4679 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 139 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 141 | Meredith College | 36200 | 64200 | 0.4363 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 142 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 143 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36700 | 64400 | 0.4305 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 144 | Lasell University | 37200 | 48500 | 0.2328 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 145 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 146 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 147 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 148 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40100 | 92400 | 0.5659 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 149 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 150 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 150 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 152 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 153 | Endicott College | 41500 | 64200 | 0.3535 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 154 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 155 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 156 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 57700 | 0.2598 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 157 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 157 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 159 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 160 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 161 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 162 | High Point University | 45800 | 72900 | 0.3717 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 163 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 164 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 165 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 166 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 167 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 168 | University of San Francisco | 53400 | 84800 | 0.3702 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 169 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 71900 | 0.2238 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.