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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Mississippi.
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 Mississippi.
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 | 8200 | 47200 | 0.8267 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8600 | 43500 | 0.803 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 9700 | 36500 | 0.7345 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11300 | 27400 | 0.5873 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 11500 | 91600 | 0.8748 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 12700 | 44000 | 0.7109 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 9 | University of Central Florida | 13100 | 25300 | 0.4816 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 10 | Florida Atlantic University | 13200 | 25800 | 0.489 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 10 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13200 | 39600 | 0.6667 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 12 | West Virginia University | 13300 | 57700 | 0.7693 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 13 | University of North Alabama | 13400 | 30800 | 0.5642 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 14 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 15 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13700 | 20300 | 0.3244 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 15 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 17 | Arkansas Tech University | 14200 | 35900 | 0.6038 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 14200 | 40700 | 0.6518 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 19 | University of West Florida | 14300 | 21500 | 0.3344 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 20 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 20 | Framingham State University | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5357 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 22 | Central Michigan University | 14900 | 37400 | 0.6022 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 22 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14900 | 28200 | 0.4724 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 24 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15200 | 28000 | 0.4568 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 15200 | 32600 | 0.5335 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 26 | Northern Illinois University | 15300 | 30700 | 0.5006 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 26 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 28 | Livingstone College | 15400 | 38100 | 0.5957 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 28 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 25700 | 0.4013 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 30 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15600 | 45200 | 0.6543 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 31 | Colorado Mesa University | 15700 | 40000 | 0.6073 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 32 | Ball State University | 15900 | 22400 | 0.2906 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 32 | Central Washington University | 15900 | 27900 | 0.4308 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 34 | California State University-Long Beach | 16100 | 25800 | 0.3761 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 35 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 36 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16600 | 42600 | 0.6106 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 37 | Eastern Illinois University | 16700 | 27500 | 0.3905 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 38 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16800 | 31600 | 0.4689 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 39 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 32000 | 0.4701 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 39 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 41 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 17000 | 86700 | 0.8042 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 42 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 43 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17300 | 24300 | 0.2882 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 44 | Husson University | 17600 | 48100 | 0.6335 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 45 | Georgia State University | 17700 | 26000 | 0.3194 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 46 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17900 | 44900 | 0.6009 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 46 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 35200 | 0.4917 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 48 | Virginia State University | 18000 | 29500 | 0.3895 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 49 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 46600 | 0.6122 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 50 | Bay Path University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6713 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 50 | California State University-East Bay | 18200 | 45100 | 0.5967 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 52 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18500 | 41200 | 0.5516 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 52 | Saint Leo University | 18500 | 50000 | 0.6298 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 52 | Salem State University | 18500 | 28500 | 0.3508 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 55 | Madonna University | 18700 | 58300 | 0.6796 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 56 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18800 | 28200 | 0.3329 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 57 | Northern Michigan University | 19100 | 33100 | 0.423 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 58 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19400 | 34400 | 0.4355 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 58 | North Carolina Central University | 19400 | 40000 | 0.5148 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 60 | College of Coastal Georgia | 19700 | 42100 | 0.5315 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 61 | Stockton University | 19800 | 44500 | 0.5554 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 62 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 63 | Central Connecticut State University | 20300 | 29500 | 0.3117 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 64 | University of New Orleans | 20400 | 30200 | 0.3244 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 65 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20600 | 46300 | 0.5549 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 67 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3294 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 68 | University of Mississippi | 21000 | 27100 | 0.2238 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 68 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21000 | 32800 | 0.3603 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 70 | Belhaven University | 21600 | 43300 | 0.5027 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 70 | Kennesaw State University | 21600 | 26600 | 0.1881 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 72 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 73 | Cleary University | 22400 | 60900 | 0.6327 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 73 | Keystone College | 22400 | 48800 | 0.5412 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 75 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 76 | San Jose State University | 22600 | 41100 | 0.4502 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 77 | Columbia College | 22900 | 39700 | 0.4237 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 77 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22900 | 59600 | 0.6158 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 79 | San Francisco State University | 23000 | 55400 | 0.5848 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 80 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 80 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 82 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 83 | Montana State University | 23400 | 31500 | 0.2572 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 84 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 84 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 86 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 86 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23600 | 26500 | 0.1094 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 88 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 89 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 90 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.449 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 91 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 92 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 93 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 94 | Lipscomb University | 26300 | 57800 | 0.5448 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 95 | Ashland University | 26600 | 56600 | 0.5305 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 96 | Flagler College | 26700 | 61100 | 0.5628 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 97 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26800 | 79400 | 0.6626 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 98 | Western Kentucky University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 99 | Mississippi State University | 27200 | 32300 | 0.1588 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 100 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 101 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 41500 | 0.3299 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 103 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 104 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 105 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 106 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28600 | 50700 | 0.4362 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 107 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28700 | 41800 | 0.3133 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 108 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 109 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 109 | Mitchell College | 28900 | 75200 | 0.616 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 111 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 112 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 53600 | 0.4457 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 113 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 113 | Southeastern University | 30000 | 60500 | 0.5038 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 115 | Culinary Institute of America | 30700 | 74600 | 0.5881 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 116 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 117 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 117 | The University of Alabama | 31100 | 55400 | 0.4389 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 117 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 120 | New Jersey City University | 31600 | 39800 | 0.2062 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 121 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 122 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.062 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 123 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 124 | St. John's University-New York | 32700 | 78000 | 0.5804 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 125 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 126 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 127 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 128 | San Diego State University | 34500 | 36100 | 0.0443 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 129 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0701 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 130 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 131 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 132 | Meredith College | 36000 | 64200 | 0.4394 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 133 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36100 | 66700 | 0.4589 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 134 | University of Denver | 36300 | 76800 | 0.527 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 135 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36800 | 64400 | 0.4289 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 136 | Lasell University | 36900 | 48500 | 0.239 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 137 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 138 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 138 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66500 | 0.4283 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 140 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 141 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 142 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40400 | 92400 | 0.5627 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 143 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 143 | Temple University | 40500 | 55300 | 0.2679 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 145 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 146 | Endicott College | 41200 | 64200 | 0.3582 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 147 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 148 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 149 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 150 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 151 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 52600 | 0.1938 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 152 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 153 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 153 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 155 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 156 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 157 | High Point University | 45500 | 72900 | 0.3758 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 158 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 159 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 160 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 161 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 162 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 163 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 164 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 84800 | 0.3643 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 165 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 71900 | 0.221 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61300 | 64200 | 0.0452 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 167 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.