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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 | Boston University | 6600 | 88800 | 0.9261 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 2 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 3 | Arkansas Tech University | 9900 | 22900 | 0.5671 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 4 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 12300 | 41000 | 0.6996 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 5 | New York University | 12400 | 91800 | 0.8647 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 6 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12500 | 23900 | 0.4777 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 8 | Eastern Illinois University | 12900 | 24400 | 0.4727 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 9 | Florida Atlantic University | 13100 | 24800 | 0.4709 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 10 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5829 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 11 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13800 | 20300 | 0.3194 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 12 | Kansas State University | 14100 | 26100 | 0.4588 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14100 | 19400 | 0.2733 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 14 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 26500 | 0.463 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 15 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 23300 | 0.3776 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 16 | Western Carolina University | 14700 | 19600 | 0.25 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 17 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4963 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14900 | 31600 | 0.5286 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 19 | Florida International University | 15100 | 23700 | 0.3621 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 20 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 15500 | 32300 | 0.5208 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 15500 | 40600 | 0.6183 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 22 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28600 | 0.4538 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 22 | Livingstone College | 15600 | 29900 | 0.4788 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 15900 | 26700 | 0.4044 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 25 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16300 | 28000 | 0.4176 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 26 | Appalachian State University | 16400 | 19500 | 0.1588 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 26 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 28 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16700 | 30700 | 0.4564 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 28 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16700 | 25700 | 0.3502 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 30 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 30 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16800 | 23200 | 0.2756 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 32 | Southeast Missouri State University | 17000 | 30300 | 0.4399 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 33 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 34 | University of Georgia | 17200 | 27100 | 0.363 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 35 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17400 | 27400 | 0.3648 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 35 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17400 | 24300 | 0.2841 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 37 | University of Southern Mississippi | 17800 | 23200 | 0.2305 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 38 | San Francisco State University | 18000 | 33300 | 0.4594 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 38 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 18000 | 32100 | 0.4399 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 38 | Virginia State University | 18000 | 29300 | 0.3863 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 41 | Husson University | 18200 | 48100 | 0.621 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 41 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18200 | 28800 | 0.3683 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 43 | Colorado Mesa University | 18300 | 24800 | 0.2594 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 43 | Delaware State University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4474 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 45 | University of New Orleans | 18600 | 29500 | 0.3695 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 46 | Eastern Michigan University | 19000 | 36100 | 0.4742 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 47 | Framingham State University | 19100 | 31000 | 0.384 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 48 | Western Kentucky University | 19500 | 26800 | 0.2698 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 49 | Youngstown State University | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3307 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 50 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 51 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 43700 | 0.5405 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 52 | Central Connecticut State University | 20300 | 27600 | 0.2648 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 52 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20300 | 28600 | 0.2907 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 54 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 55 | Piedmont University | 20600 | 47200 | 0.5636 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 56 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 57 | University of Mississippi | 21000 | 27100 | 0.2238 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 57 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 38100 | 0.4483 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 59 | University of West Florida | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 60 | Northern Arizona University | 21700 | 32000 | 0.3209 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 61 | Saint Peter's University | 21900 | 66300 | 0.6694 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 62 | Madonna University | 22000 | 50400 | 0.5635 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 63 | Stockton University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 64 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 64 | Cleary University | 22400 | 47200 | 0.5257 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 66 | Florida State University | 22500 | 23100 | 0.026 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 67 | Bradley University | 22800 | 50900 | 0.5521 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 67 | Columbia College | 22800 | 36800 | 0.381 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 69 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 70 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 71 | Bellevue University | 23500 | 25700 | 0.0858 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 72 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 29900 | 0.211 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 72 | University of Central Florida | 23600 | 31400 | 0.2482 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 74 | Saint Leo University | 23700 | 50000 | 0.5258 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 75 | Keystone College | 23800 | 42900 | 0.445 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 75 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3394 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 77 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 78 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 78 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24500 | 39200 | 0.3751 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 80 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24600 | 37400 | 0.3419 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 81 | Meredith College | 24700 | 65900 | 0.6251 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 81 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 24700 | 42300 | 0.4158 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 83 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 25200 | 76300 | 0.67 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 83 | Montana State University | 25200 | 31400 | 0.1974 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 83 | Northern Michigan University | 25200 | 32900 | 0.2343 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 86 | Temple University | 25300 | 36300 | 0.3033 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 87 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 88 | Flagler College | 25600 | 37800 | 0.323 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 89 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 89 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5417 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 89 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 92 | Georgia State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 93 | California State University-Northridge | 26300 | 36600 | 0.2815 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 94 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 26500 | 39000 | 0.3204 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 95 | Fort Hays State University | 26600 | 35200 | 0.2446 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2744 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 97 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 97 | Mississippi State University | 27100 | 32300 | 0.1609 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 97 | University of North Alabama | 27100 | 41500 | 0.3472 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 100 | Central Washington University | 27600 | 27800 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 101 | Southern Utah University | 27700 | 35600 | 0.2216 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 102 | California State University-Long Beach | 28300 | 38400 | 0.2634 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 103 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28500 | 43200 | 0.3399 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 104 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28600 | 50700 | 0.4356 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 105 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 105 | Lipscomb University | 28700 | 57600 | 0.5016 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 107 | Mitchell College | 28900 | 65900 | 0.5611 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 107 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 28900 | 78100 | 0.63 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 109 | Salem State University | 29700 | 38900 | 0.2363 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 110 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 110 | Montclair State University | 30000 | 36300 | 0.1737 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 112 | California State University-East Bay | 30100 | 43000 | 0.2997 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 113 | Belmont University | 30200 | 67800 | 0.554 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 114 | University of South Alabama | 30500 | 35000 | 0.1286 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 115 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30600 | 39500 | 0.2251 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 116 | San Jose State University | 30700 | 41000 | 0.251 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 117 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30900 | 33100 | 0.0665 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 118 | Culinary Institute of America | 31000 | 69500 | 0.5537 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 118 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3287 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 120 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 31100 | 63700 | 0.5114 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 121 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 31200 | 43700 | 0.2858 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 122 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 122 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 124 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 47600 | 0.3171 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 125 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 125 | Widener University | 32600 | 75300 | 0.5668 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 127 | New Jersey City University | 32700 | 39800 | 0.1786 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 129 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3119 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 130 | Southeastern University | 32900 | 60500 | 0.4559 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 131 | Lasell University | 33500 | 47000 | 0.287 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 132 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 133 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 134 | Stephen F Austin State University | 34100 | 42800 | 0.2033 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 135 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2932 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 136 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 137 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 138 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 34900 | 37600 | 0.0719 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 139 | DePaul University | 35100 | 59100 | 0.4059 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 140 | Southern Connecticut State University | 35600 | 52500 | 0.3222 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 141 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35900 | 43500 | 0.1748 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 142 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36100 | 47300 | 0.2367 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 143 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 143 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 145 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36700 | 64400 | 0.4304 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 146 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 147 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 148 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 148 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53700 | 0.2627 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 150 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39700 | 53300 | 0.2551 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 151 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.387 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 151 | San Diego State University | 40400 | 40500 | 0.0025 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 153 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0835 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 154 | Endicott College | 41100 | 63200 | 0.3496 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 155 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 53900 | 0.2356 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 156 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 157 | Campbell University | 41600 | 65100 | 0.3611 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 158 | Mercyhurst University | 42200 | 66400 | 0.3647 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 158 | St. John's University-New York | 42200 | 80100 | 0.4729 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 160 | Saint Joseph's University | 42500 | 74500 | 0.4294 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43200 | 55100 | 0.2161 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 163 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 164 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 165 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 166 | Lynn University | 51400 | 64200 | 0.1994 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 167 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 83200 | 0.352 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 168 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 56100 | 0.0018 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.