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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Minnesota.
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 Minnesota.
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 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 3 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 11200 | 18400 | 0.392 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 4 | Boston University | 12400 | 92800 | 0.8665 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 5 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 5 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12600 | 22800 | 0.4467 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 7 | University of North Alabama | 13000 | 28200 | 0.5393 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13000 | 19400 | 0.33 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 9 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 14100 | 30400 | 0.5355 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 11 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14200 | 37400 | 0.6197 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 12 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 34400 | 0.5844 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 13 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37800 | 0.6183 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 14 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14700 | 31600 | 0.5354 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 14 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14700 | 22500 | 0.3463 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 29300 | 0.4778 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 17 | Ball State University | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3085 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 18 | University of North Texas | 15700 | 26100 | 0.3991 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 19 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 20 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16200 | 28200 | 0.425 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 21 | Eastern Michigan University | 16300 | 36100 | 0.5487 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 22 | West Virginia University | 16400 | 40900 | 0.5987 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 23 | Ferris State University | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4685 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 24 | Western Carolina University | 16900 | 19400 | 0.1289 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 25 | Central Connecticut State University | 17100 | 36000 | 0.5244 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 26 | Colorado Mesa University | 17400 | 28600 | 0.3938 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 27 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17500 | 27400 | 0.3611 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 28 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 29 | Delaware State University | 17800 | 42200 | 0.5776 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 30 | Central Washington University | 18200 | 22700 | 0.198 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 31 | University of Mississippi | 18300 | 45000 | 0.5938 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 32 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18700 | 31000 | 0.3972 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 33 | Grand Canyon University | 18800 | 33700 | 0.4422 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 34 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19500 | 30400 | 0.3584 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 35 | Columbia College | 19600 | 35800 | 0.4525 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 36 | University of New Orleans | 19800 | 30600 | 0.3535 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 36 | Youngstown State University | 19800 | 34000 | 0.4177 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 38 | Bay Path University | 20100 | 55400 | 0.637 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 38 | Eastern Illinois University | 20100 | 28100 | 0.2841 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 38 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 29400 | 0.3158 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 41 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4445 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 41 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 43 | Husson University | 20400 | 58700 | 0.6527 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 44 | Northern Michigan University | 21100 | 33100 | 0.3626 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 45 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 45 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 47 | South Dakota State University | 21900 | 25200 | 0.1305 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 48 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 48 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 48 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 51 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 52 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 31300 | 0.2751 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 53 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 53 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22900 | 41000 | 0.4416 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 55 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 56 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 56 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 58 | Saint Cloud State University | 23300 | 26300 | 0.1156 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 59 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23400 | 90700 | 0.742 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 59 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23400 | 24900 | 0.0602 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 59 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 62 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3478 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 63 | Stockton University | 23900 | 32100 | 0.2553 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 64 | North Dakota State University | 24100 | 26800 | 0.1003 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 64 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 66 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24700 | 38400 | 0.3571 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 67 | Lewis University | 24800 | 57700 | 0.57 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 68 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 25000 | 27300 | 0.084 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 69 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25100 | 31100 | 0.1928 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 70 | Saint Leo University | 25200 | 50000 | 0.4958 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 71 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 72 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25600 | 39700 | 0.3552 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 73 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 74 | Fort Hays State University | 25800 | 36100 | 0.2875 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 74 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 76 | Salem State University | 25900 | 43200 | 0.4007 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 76 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 25900 | 48300 | 0.4639 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 78 | Northern Arizona University | 26300 | 43200 | 0.3921 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 79 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26400 | 36000 | 0.2668 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 80 | Keystone College | 26700 | 50500 | 0.4717 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 80 | Troy University | 26700 | 34700 | 0.2305 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 82 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 82 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 41800 | 0.3588 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 84 | California State University-Northridge | 26900 | 36500 | 0.2625 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 85 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 86 | Lackawanna College | 27700 | 35500 | 0.2195 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 87 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 88 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27900 | 69300 | 0.5972 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 89 | Iowa State University | 28000 | 42800 | 0.3446 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 90 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28100 | 50700 | 0.4471 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 91 | North Carolina Central University | 28400 | 40000 | 0.2899 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 92 | Flagler College | 28600 | 61200 | 0.5325 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 92 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 94 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28800 | 49100 | 0.4135 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 95 | California State University-East Bay | 29200 | 45100 | 0.3527 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 95 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29200 | 59400 | 0.5084 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 97 | Montana State University | 29400 | 31900 | 0.0783 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 98 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 99 | Lipscomb University | 29800 | 57800 | 0.4846 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 99 | Southern Utah University | 29800 | 40800 | 0.2697 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 101 | University of West Florida | 29900 | 38000 | 0.213 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 102 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30400 | 39200 | 0.2248 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 103 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 104 | San Francisco State University | 30700 | 47700 | 0.3565 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 105 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 105 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30900 | 77600 | 0.6016 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 107 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 108 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31400 | 41200 | 0.2381 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 108 | San Diego State University | 31400 | 36100 | 0.1301 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 110 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 32300 | 48400 | 0.3328 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 111 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 111 | Morgan State University | 32400 | 41900 | 0.2269 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 113 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 114 | Framingham State University | 33200 | 38100 | 0.1286 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 114 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 116 | Wilkes University | 33300 | 61900 | 0.4621 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 117 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 118 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33700 | 41000 | 0.1784 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 119 | Meredith College | 33900 | 64200 | 0.4721 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 120 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 121 | Southeastern University | 34300 | 60500 | 0.4328 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 122 | Culinary Institute of America | 34800 | 69900 | 0.5024 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 123 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 124 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 125 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 126 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 126 | Virginia State University | 35900 | 42200 | 0.1494 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 129 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36400 | 64400 | 0.4351 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 130 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 130 | Georgia State University | 36500 | 45400 | 0.1961 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 132 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 133 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 37200 | 57000 | 0.3472 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 134 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66300 | 0.4375 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 135 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 37800 | 38500 | 0.0182 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 136 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 136 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 138 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38900 | 66100 | 0.4117 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 139 | University of Denver | 39200 | 76900 | 0.4905 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 140 | University of San Francisco | 39300 | 84800 | 0.5364 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 141 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 142 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 142 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 144 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 145 | Endicott College | 40400 | 64200 | 0.3706 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 145 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 147 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 148 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2774 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 149 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41300 | 46000 | 0.1021 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 150 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 46600 | 0.1095 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 151 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 53900 | 0.2095 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 152 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 153 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 154 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 154 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 156 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 157 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 158 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 61300 | 0.2252 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 159 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 161 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 162 | Lynn University | 51800 | 66000 | 0.2151 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 163 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 63400 | 0.1214 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 163 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 167 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 168 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 170 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 68000 | 0.0294 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.