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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Missouri.
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 Missouri.
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 | 56100 | 0.8819 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 8100 | 65100 | 0.8757 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9400 | 62400 | 0.8487 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Ozarks Technical Community College | 10000 | 17200 | 0.4189 | 12,096 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 6 | Western Kentucky University | 10400 | 30200 | 0.6557 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 8 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10600 | 24500 | 0.5665 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 9 | Florida Atlantic University | 12000 | 25800 | 0.5356 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 10 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12600 | 18400 | 0.3159 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 12 | Fort Hays State University | 12900 | 19900 | 0.352 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 12 | University of South Florida | 12900 | 16300 | 0.2081 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 14 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 14 | Eastern Illinois University | 13000 | 24300 | 0.4655 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 16 | San Francisco State University | 13200 | 47700 | 0.7235 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 17 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13300 | 19400 | 0.3145 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 19 | Youngstown State University | 14100 | 28400 | 0.5033 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan University | 14300 | 33900 | 0.5774 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 32500 | 0.5512 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 21 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14600 | 40000 | 0.635 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 23 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 28600 | 0.4867 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 23 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14700 | 55300 | 0.7337 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 25 | Colorado Mesa University | 14900 | 66200 | 0.775 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 25 | Troy University | 14900 | 39100 | 0.6186 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 27 | Northern Michigan University | 15300 | 35600 | 0.5703 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 28 | Central Michigan University | 15400 | 38700 | 0.6019 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 29 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3943 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4642 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 30 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 32 | Ball State University | 15800 | 22400 | 0.2951 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 33 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15900 | 28400 | 0.4402 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 33 | University of North Texas | 15900 | 26100 | 0.3905 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 35 | Northern Illinois University | 16000 | 30400 | 0.4735 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 35 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 16000 | 25000 | 0.3601 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 37 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16100 | 62800 | 0.7433 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 38 | Appalachian State University | 16200 | 22800 | 0.2898 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 39 | California State University-Long Beach | 16700 | 33300 | 0.4986 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 40 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17300 | 33900 | 0.4895 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 40 | Delaware State University | 17300 | 43000 | 0.598 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 42 | University of Kentucky | 17600 | 46800 | 0.6237 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 42 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17600 | 27400 | 0.3575 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 44 | James Madison University | 17700 | 28900 | 0.388 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 45 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 40600 | 0.5585 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 45 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 47 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 61500 | 0.7052 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 47 | Southeast Missouri State University | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3688 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 49 | Western Carolina University | 18200 | 20500 | 0.1123 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 50 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 51 | Columbia College | 18500 | 60700 | 0.6947 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 52 | Central Washington University | 18600 | 22700 | 0.1804 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 52 | San Diego State University | 18600 | 28900 | 0.3565 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5427 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 54 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 56 | Husson University | 19200 | 48100 | 0.6002 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 57 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 26700 | 0.2776 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 58 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19600 | 30400 | 0.3551 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 59 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 59 | Salem State University | 19900 | 39400 | 0.4954 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 61 | Georgia State University | 20200 | 26000 | 0.2232 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 61 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 28400 | 0.2883 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 63 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 64 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20700 | 48300 | 0.5715 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 65 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20800 | 48100 | 0.5673 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 67 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20900 | 29400 | 0.2891 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 68 | Ferris State University | 21000 | 30200 | 0.3046 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 69 | University of New Orleans | 21100 | 29700 | 0.2895 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 70 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 71 | Grand Canyon University | 21800 | 48300 | 0.5487 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 72 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32200 | 0.3047 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 73 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 74 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 36800 | 0.3832 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 75 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 76 | 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 | |
| 78 | Montana State University | 23200 | 73500 | 0.6845 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 78 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23200 | 41000 | 0.4343 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 78 | University of North Alabama | 23200 | 37300 | 0.3781 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 81 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 82 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23500 | 31100 | 0.2443 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 83 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23800 | 90700 | 0.7376 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 83 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 85 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 48800 | 0.5113 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 86 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 30400 | 0.204 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 87 | Keystone College | 24600 | 50500 | 0.5134 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 88 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24900 | 38400 | 0.3519 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 88 | Meredith College | 24900 | 67400 | 0.6304 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 90 | Temple University | 25000 | 36100 | 0.3077 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 91 | Saint Leo University | 25400 | 50000 | 0.4918 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 92 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 93 | University of West Florida | 26100 | 37400 | 0.3018 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 40600 | 0.3448 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 95 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 26800 | 39800 | 0.3264 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 96 | West Virginia University | 27300 | 51100 | 0.466 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 97 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27700 | 30000 | 0.0763 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 98 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 63900 | 0.5647 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 99 | Central Connecticut State University | 27900 | 29500 | 0.0542 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 100 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28300 | 69000 | 0.5897 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 100 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28300 | 50700 | 0.4432 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 72700 | 0.6079 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 103 | Flagler College | 28800 | 60700 | 0.5255 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 104 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 105 | Morgan State University | 29200 | 41800 | 0.3014 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 106 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29400 | 77600 | 0.6209 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 107 | Saint Xavier University | 30000 | 57200 | 0.4758 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 107 | Southern Utah University | 30000 | 40800 | 0.2648 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78200 | 0.6097 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 109 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30500 | 38500 | 0.2079 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 112 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 113 | North Carolina Central University | 31300 | 40000 | 0.2174 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 114 | Lasell University | 31500 | 60000 | 0.4747 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 115 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 115 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32300 | 44100 | 0.2677 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 117 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 118 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 119 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 119 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 33200 | 48400 | 0.3142 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 119 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33200 | 34200 | 0.0292 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 122 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 123 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 124 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 125 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 126 | Culinary Institute of America | 35100 | 69900 | 0.4981 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 127 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 127 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 129 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60000 | 0.4086 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 130 | New Jersey City University | 35600 | 39800 | 0.1056 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 131 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 132 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 133 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 37200 | 69100 | 0.4615 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 134 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37500 | 66600 | 0.4367 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 135 | Stockton University | 37700 | 45300 | 0.1679 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 136 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 137 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 60200 | 0.3594 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 138 | Framingham State University | 38800 | 48000 | 0.1915 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 139 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 66100 | 0.4086 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 139 | University of Denver | 39100 | 84100 | 0.5352 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 141 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 142 | Drexel University | 39700 | 107600 | 0.6308 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 143 | University of Mississippi | 40200 | 60300 | 0.3333 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 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 | Kansas State University | 40600 | 41600 | 0.024 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 146 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 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 | Virginia State University | 41500 | 42800 | 0.0304 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 151 | Middle Tennessee State University | 42000 | 46500 | 0.0969 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 152 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 47000 | 0.1043 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 153 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57200 | 0.257 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 154 | St. John's University-New York | 43400 | 82800 | 0.476 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 155 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 156 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 157 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 158 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 62000 | 0.2293 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 159 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 160 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 67900 | 0.2815 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 161 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 162 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 163 | Lynn University | 51800 | 71600 | 0.2765 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 164 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 165 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 87300 | 0.3827 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 166 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 167 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 65100 | 65100 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 169 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 76400 | 0.136 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 170 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 171 | Auburn University | 75300 | 85500 | 0.1193 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.