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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 | 6600 | 56000 | 0.8817 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 8300 | 65100 | 0.8726 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9600 | 62400 | 0.8455 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10300 | 24500 | 0.5787 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 22200 | 0.528 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | Western Kentucky University | 10700 | 30200 | 0.6469 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 7 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12600 | 18400 | 0.3159 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 8 | Fort Hays State University | 13000 | 19900 | 0.347 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 10 | Eastern Illinois University | 13200 | 24300 | 0.4572 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 11 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 12 | San Francisco State University | 13400 | 47700 | 0.7193 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 13 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 15 | Western Carolina University | 13800 | 16500 | 0.1636 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 16 | University of North Alabama | 13900 | 28200 | 0.5074 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 17 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5361 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 19 | Eastern Michigan University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5715 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 20 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 32500 | 0.5481 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 21 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14800 | 55300 | 0.7319 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 22 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14900 | 40000 | 0.6275 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 23 | Colorado Mesa University | 15000 | 66200 | 0.7732 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 24 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15100 | 23400 | 0.3543 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 15100 | 39100 | 0.6135 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 26 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15300 | 31600 | 0.5164 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 27 | Central Michigan University | 15600 | 38700 | 0.5967 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 28 | Northern Michigan University | 15700 | 35600 | 0.559 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 29 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4471 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16300 | 62800 | 0.7401 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 30 | Northern Illinois University | 16300 | 30400 | 0.4642 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 30 | University of South Florida | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 33 | Appalachian State University | 16500 | 22800 | 0.2766 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 35 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17100 | 39900 | 0.5725 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 36 | Delaware State University | 17200 | 43000 | 0.6004 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 37 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3422 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 38 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 39 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17700 | 33300 | 0.4685 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 40 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 41 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 44300 | 0.5918 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 42 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 42 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 61500 | 0.702 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 42 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 40600 | 0.5487 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 45 | Columbia College | 18500 | 60700 | 0.6947 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 46 | North Carolina Central University | 18800 | 27600 | 0.3186 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 47 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 48 | Husson University | 19500 | 48100 | 0.594 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 49 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19700 | 30400 | 0.3518 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 50 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 20000 | 32300 | 0.3811 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 51 | Salem State University | 20100 | 39400 | 0.4903 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 51 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 53 | Georgia State University | 20400 | 26000 | 0.2155 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 53 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 55 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 30200 | 0.3079 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21000 | 48000 | 0.5625 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 56 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21200 | 48100 | 0.559 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 58 | University of New Orleans | 21200 | 29700 | 0.2862 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 60 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 61 | Grand Canyon University | 22000 | 48300 | 0.5445 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 62 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 22100 | 35500 | 0.3771 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 62 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 64 | University of West Florida | 22200 | 22200 | 0 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 65 | Florida State University | 22400 | 23000 | 0.0261 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 65 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 67 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 67 | Montclair State University | 22500 | 36800 | 0.3889 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 69 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 70 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 71 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 72 | Lewis University | 23200 | 59400 | 0.6097 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 73 | Montana State University | 23300 | 73500 | 0.6832 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 74 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23400 | 41000 | 0.4294 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 75 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 76 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 77 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 48800 | 0.5114 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 78 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24300 | 90700 | 0.7321 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 78 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24300 | 30400 | 0.2017 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 80 | Keystone College | 24800 | 50500 | 0.5094 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 81 | Meredith College | 24900 | 67400 | 0.6304 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 82 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25200 | 38400 | 0.3441 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 83 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 83 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 85 | Saint Leo University | 25700 | 50000 | 0.4858 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 86 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 86 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 88 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 89 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 90 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 36000 | 0.2584 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 91 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 26800 | 40700 | 0.3414 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 92 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 26900 | 39800 | 0.3239 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 93 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 94 | California State University-Long Beach | 27600 | 43100 | 0.36 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 95 | Central Washington University | 27700 | 27900 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 95 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 95 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 98 | Central Connecticut State University | 28100 | 29500 | 0.0474 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 99 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 72700 | 0.6079 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 100 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 101 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28700 | 50700 | 0.4353 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 102 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28800 | 69000 | 0.5824 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 102 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 104 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 105 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 106 | Flagler College | 29100 | 60700 | 0.5205 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 107 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 29200 | 36200 | 0.1936 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 108 | Morgan State University | 29300 | 41800 | 0.299 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 109 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29600 | 77600 | 0.6184 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 110 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 111 | Saint Xavier University | 30300 | 57200 | 0.4706 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 112 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 113 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39400 | 0.2209 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 114 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78200 | 0.6058 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 114 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30800 | 38500 | 0.2001 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 116 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 116 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 35300 | 0.1161 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 118 | Lasell University | 31500 | 60000 | 0.4747 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 119 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32200 | 39900 | 0.1931 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 120 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 120 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32400 | 43200 | 0.2501 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 122 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 123 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44700 | 0.2595 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 124 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 125 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33500 | 34200 | 0.0204 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 125 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 127 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 128 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 129 | Culinary Institute of America | 35200 | 69900 | 0.4967 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 130 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 130 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 132 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 133 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60000 | 0.4036 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 135 | Auburn University | 36400 | 85500 | 0.5741 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 136 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 137 | Stockton University | 38100 | 45300 | 0.1591 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 137 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 139 | University of Mississippi | 38500 | 60300 | 0.3614 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 140 | Framingham State University | 38700 | 48000 | 0.1936 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 141 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 142 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39200 | 66100 | 0.4071 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 143 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 144 | Drexel University | 40100 | 107600 | 0.6271 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 145 | Endicott College | 40200 | 94900 | 0.5763 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 146 | 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 Ann Arbor | 40800 | 69100 | 0.4094 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 149 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 41000 | 64200 | 0.3613 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 150 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 57400 | 0.2841 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 151 | Virginia State University | 41400 | 42800 | 0.0327 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 152 | Middle Tennessee State University | 42300 | 46500 | 0.0904 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 153 | St. John's University-New York | 43300 | 82800 | 0.4772 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 154 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 155 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0894 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 156 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 157 | Florida Atlantic University | 44900 | 44900 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 158 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 67900 | 0.281 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 159 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 160 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 161 | Lynn University | 51700 | 71600 | 0.2779 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 161 | University of Kentucky | 51700 | 74100 | 0.3021 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 163 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 164 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 66500 | 0.1925 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 168 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 169 | Mercyhurst University | 65900 | 76400 | 0.1374 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 170 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.