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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 | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 8100 | 22000 | 0.6323 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 8900 | 45100 | 0.803 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | University of Central Florida | 10100 | 31700 | 0.6821 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 5 | Western Kentucky University | 10200 | 27500 | 0.6296 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10800 | 22900 | 0.5293 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10800 | 51400 | 0.7898 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10900 | 31800 | 0.6576 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 9 | Eastern Illinois University | 11700 | 24700 | 0.526 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 10 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12200 | 29300 | 0.5836 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 11 | University of West Florida | 12300 | 50500 | 0.7571 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 13 | Boston University | 12700 | 93200 | 0.8637 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 13 | Central Connecticut State University | 12700 | 37200 | 0.6585 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 15 | Fort Hays State University | 12800 | 19900 | 0.3573 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 15 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13000 | 19400 | 0.33 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 18 | Livingstone College | 13100 | 43100 | 0.6963 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 27100 | 0.5158 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 20 | University of South Florida | 13200 | 22400 | 0.4111 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 21 | Western Carolina University | 13400 | 16500 | 0.1878 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 22 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 23 | University of North Alabama | 13600 | 28200 | 0.518 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan University | 14000 | 33900 | 0.5864 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 24 | Youngstown State University | 14000 | 28400 | 0.5069 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 26 | Salem State University | 14100 | 38300 | 0.6315 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 26 | San Francisco State University | 14100 | 47700 | 0.7046 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 26 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14100 | 31000 | 0.5458 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 29 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14200 | 29600 | 0.521 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 30 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14300 | 20300 | 0.2949 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 31 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 31400 | 0.5406 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 32 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14500 | 30100 | 0.5189 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 33 | Troy University | 14600 | 34700 | 0.5792 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 34 | Ball State University | 14800 | 22400 | 0.3395 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 34 | Colorado Mesa University | 14800 | 66200 | 0.777 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 34 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14800 | 50100 | 0.7043 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 37 | West Virginia University | 14900 | 73100 | 0.7959 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 38 | Northern Michigan University | 15100 | 33100 | 0.5439 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 38 | University of Mississippi | 15100 | 27000 | 0.4406 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 40 | Central Michigan University | 15300 | 38700 | 0.6045 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 41 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15700 | 90700 | 0.8269 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 42 | Appalachian State University | 15900 | 26000 | 0.3886 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 43 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16400 | 27800 | 0.4094 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 16800 | 36400 | 0.5378 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 45 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16900 | 26300 | 0.3576 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 45 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 22400 | 0.246 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 47 | North Carolina Central University | 17000 | 37500 | 0.5471 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 48 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17100 | 33900 | 0.4954 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 49 | James Madison University | 17400 | 28900 | 0.3978 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 49 | University of Kentucky | 17400 | 36500 | 0.5241 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 51 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 42200 | 0.5834 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 51 | Virginia State University | 17600 | 34900 | 0.4951 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 53 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 54 | Georgia State University | 18000 | 26000 | 0.3079 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 54 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 27400 | 0.3428 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 56 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 18100 | 18400 | 0.0163 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 56 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 56 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 44300 | 0.5918 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 59 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5539 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 59 | Central Washington University | 18300 | 22700 | 0.1936 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 61 | Columbia College | 18400 | 60700 | 0.6964 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 61 | San Diego State University | 18400 | 28900 | 0.3634 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 61 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18400 | 43500 | 0.5767 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 64 | Delaware State University | 18700 | 62600 | 0.7012 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 65 | Husson University | 19000 | 48100 | 0.6044 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 66 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 30600 | 0.3691 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 67 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19900 | 55300 | 0.6399 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 68 | Ferris State University | 20000 | 31000 | 0.3554 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 69 | Stockton University | 20200 | 45800 | 0.5591 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 70 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 70 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20300 | 26100 | 0.2219 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 72 | Saint Leo University | 20500 | 50000 | 0.5898 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 73 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20600 | 39200 | 0.4747 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 74 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20700 | 51600 | 0.5987 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 74 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 74 | Washington State University | 20700 | 35900 | 0.4229 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 77 | University of New Orleans | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3062 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 78 | Davis & Elkins College | 21500 | 51200 | 0.5805 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 79 | Grand Canyon University | 21600 | 34000 | 0.3642 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 80 | South Dakota State University | 21800 | 25200 | 0.1346 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 81 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 82 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22000 | 25900 | 0.1506 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 83 | Florida State University | 22300 | 32100 | 0.3051 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 84 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 26000 | 0.1383 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 85 | Meredith College | 22500 | 67400 | 0.666 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 86 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 87 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6031 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 88 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23100 | 89100 | 0.7406 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 88 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 26300 | 0.1196 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 90 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 91 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 91 | Lackawanna College | 23700 | 52100 | 0.5454 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 91 | University of North Texas | 23700 | 37400 | 0.3661 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 94 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47000 | 0.4928 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 95 | Keystone College | 24400 | 50500 | 0.5173 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 95 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 97 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 98 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 24700 | 37700 | 0.3446 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 98 | Temple University | 24700 | 36100 | 0.316 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 100 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 101 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 101 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1011 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 103 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2136 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 104 | Northern Illinois University | 26400 | 32100 | 0.1783 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 105 | New Jersey City University | 26500 | 39800 | 0.3345 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 106 | California State University-Long Beach | 27200 | 38800 | 0.2989 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 107 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 108 | Flagler College | 28000 | 61900 | 0.5472 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 109 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28100 | 50700 | 0.4472 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 110 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28300 | 69700 | 0.5941 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 111 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.216 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 112 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 113 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29200 | 112100 | 0.7394 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 114 | Saint Xavier University | 29600 | 58200 | 0.4911 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 115 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30100 | 78300 | 0.6157 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30200 | 38500 | 0.2157 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 117 | Iowa State University | 30800 | 45200 | 0.3183 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 117 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 119 | Kent State University at Kent | 31100 | 37500 | 0.1706 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 119 | Warner University | 31100 | 41000 | 0.2414 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 121 | Lasell University | 31400 | 50800 | 0.3822 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 122 | Wilkes University | 32200 | 61900 | 0.479 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 123 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 124 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 125 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 126 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3132 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 127 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5399 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 128 | St. John's University-New York | 34000 | 83800 | 0.5946 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 129 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 130 | Culinary Institute of America | 34600 | 91000 | 0.6198 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 131 | Southern Connecticut State University | 34900 | 42000 | 0.1691 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 132 | Bay Path University | 35300 | 57500 | 0.3863 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 132 | Bradley University | 35300 | 60300 | 0.4147 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 132 | Mount Mercy University | 35300 | 61200 | 0.4224 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54000 | 0.3297 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 136 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 36600 | 37600 | 0.0266 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 137 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 138 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 37100 | 53600 | 0.308 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 139 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66700 | 0.4409 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 140 | Middle Tennessee State University | 37700 | 48300 | 0.2195 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 141 | Framingham State University | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 142 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38900 | 69800 | 0.4429 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 143 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 144 | Drexel University | 39500 | 86400 | 0.5431 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 145 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 146 | Endicott College | 39700 | 65400 | 0.3928 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 147 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 39800 | 64500 | 0.3832 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 148 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3882 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 149 | Webber International University | 40500 | 44400 | 0.0878 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 150 | Kansas State University | 40900 | 41900 | 0.0239 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 151 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 58700 | 0.3 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 152 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 153 | Campbell University | 43900 | 68700 | 0.3621 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 154 | Montclair State University | 44500 | 47000 | 0.0532 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 155 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 156 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 69900 | 0.3028 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 157 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 158 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 159 | College of Charleston | 49900 | 62300 | 0.1989 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 51600 | 53500 | 0.0355 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 161 | Lynn University | 51700 | 71600 | 0.2779 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 162 | University of Georgia | 52100 | 52100 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 163 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 58000 | 0.0741 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 164 | University of San Francisco | 54900 | 87200 | 0.3704 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 165 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 84300 | 0.3381 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63600 | 0.0834 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 167 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 168 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 169 | Mercyhurst University | 61200 | 68000 | 0.1 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 170 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.