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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Montana.
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 Montana.
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 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | Southern Utah University | 10300 | 22200 | 0.5371 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 3 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11900 | 22900 | 0.4812 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 4 | Florida Atlantic University | 12000 | 25800 | 0.5356 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 5 | University of Central Florida | 12200 | 25300 | 0.5172 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 12600 | 92800 | 0.8644 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13000 | 22800 | 0.4292 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 8 | University of South Florida | 13100 | 17100 | 0.2337 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 9 | Western Kentucky University | 13200 | 27000 | 0.5126 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 10 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 924 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 11 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 12 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 34400 | 0.5844 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5268 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 14 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14500 | 20300 | 0.285 | 14,463 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 16 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 29600 | 0.5041 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 17 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14800 | 23400 | 0.3671 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 18 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 19 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 19 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 31000 | 0.4932 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 21 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 16000 | 25000 | 0.3601 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 22 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 16300 | 24300 | 0.3294 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 23 | Eastern Michigan University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.542 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 23 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16500 | 28200 | 0.4144 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 25 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 26 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 26 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17000 | 26300 | 0.3521 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 28 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23200 | 0.2543 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 29 | Colorado Mesa University | 17500 | 28600 | 0.3895 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 30 | Salem State University | 17600 | 28500 | 0.3824 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 30 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17600 | 27400 | 0.3575 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 32 | Central Connecticut State University | 17800 | 34000 | 0.476 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 33 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 25300 | 0.285 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 34 | Central Washington University | 18500 | 22700 | 0.1848 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 34 | North Carolina Central University | 18500 | 27600 | 0.3295 | 6,595 | 1060 | 0.8696 | |
| 36 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 37 | Framingham State University | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3904 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 38 | Cleary University | 19000 | 56600 | 0.664 | 769 | 1060 | 0.6754 | |
| 39 | University of New Orleans | 19300 | 27200 | 0.2904 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 39 | Virginia State University | 19300 | 29500 | 0.3455 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 41 | University of South Alabama | 19400 | 22400 | 0.1342 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 42 | Madonna University | 19500 | 49200 | 0.604 | 1,828 | 980 | 0.6339 | |
| 42 | University of Mississippi | 19500 | 27000 | 0.2777 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 44 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19600 | 30600 | 0.3602 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 45 | Columbia College | 19900 | 35800 | 0.4442 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 45 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5871 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 47 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 47 | Youngstown State University | 20000 | 34000 | 0.4118 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 49 | Bay Path University | 20100 | 55400 | 0.637 | 1,177 | 1110 | 0.852 | |
| 50 | Eastern Illinois University | 20200 | 28100 | 0.2827 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 50 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 50 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 29400 | 0.3124 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 50 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 54 | Bellevue University | 20300 | 36400 | 0.4434 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 55 | Husson University | 20700 | 42900 | 0.5179 | 2,763 | 1174 | 0.8095 | |
| 56 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 39200 | 0.4696 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 57 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 58 | Northern Michigan University | 21400 | 33100 | 0.3535 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 59 | Belhaven University | 21600 | 43300 | 0.5018 | 1,614 | 1105 | 0.4975 | |
| 60 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1249 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 61 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22300 | 25900 | 0.1373 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 62 | The University of Montana | 22400 | 25300 | 0.1147 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 63 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 63 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 63 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 66 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22800 | 31300 | 0.2719 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 67 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3737 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 67 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 67 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1029 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 67 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 71 | Northern Arizona University | 23200 | 34100 | 0.3219 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 72 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 73 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 74 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3453 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 75 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23900 | 67400 | 0.6458 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 76 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 77 | Stockton University | 24200 | 32100 | 0.246 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 78 | Bradley University | 24300 | 50800 | 0.5216 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 79 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24500 | 36300 | 0.3247 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.8901 | |
| 80 | Saint Leo University | 25500 | 50000 | 0.4898 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 81 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25800 | 39700 | 0.3501 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 82 | Fort Hays State University | 25900 | 36100 | 0.2836 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 82 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 84 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 85 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26600 | 36000 | 0.2612 | 3,468 | 1005 | 0.9813 | |
| 85 | Flagler College | 26600 | 61200 | 0.5652 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 87 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 88 | Keystone College | 26900 | 36000 | 0.2528 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 88 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 90 | Kansas State University | 27100 | 30400 | 0.1087 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 91 | California State University-Northridge | 27200 | 36500 | 0.2559 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 92 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 93 | Montana State University | 27700 | 31900 | 0.1315 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 94 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27800 | 36700 | 0.2427 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 94 | University of North Alabama | 27800 | 37300 | 0.2547 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 97 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28300 | 50700 | 0.4424 | 926 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 98 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28400 | 69300 | 0.59 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 98 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28400 | 41800 | 0.3196 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 100 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 101 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2124 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 102 | University of North Texas | 29000 | 37400 | 0.2244 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 103 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 34000 | 0.1413 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 104 | California State University-East Bay | 29400 | 45100 | 0.3483 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 105 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29500 | 34000 | 0.1322 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 105 | Montclair State University | 29500 | 36300 | 0.1874 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 107 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 108 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30500 | 39200 | 0.2222 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 108 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | University of West Florida | 30700 | 38000 | 0.192 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 111 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30900 | 77600 | 0.6016 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 111 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 113 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 114 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3275 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 115 | San Diego State University | 31400 | 36100 | 0.1301 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 116 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31600 | 41200 | 0.2333 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 117 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 118 | Lipscomb University | 32500 | 57800 | 0.4372 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 119 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3115 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 120 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 121 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 122 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34000 | 41000 | 0.1701 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 123 | Southeastern University | 34500 | 60500 | 0.4295 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 124 | Meredith College | 34600 | 64200 | 0.4612 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 125 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34700 | 44300 | 0.2166 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 126 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 127 | Culinary Institute of America | 35100 | 69900 | 0.4981 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.9115 | |
| 128 | California Lutheran University | 35200 | 70000 | 0.4973 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 129 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4206 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 129 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35500 | 64400 | 0.4491 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 131 | New Jersey City University | 35600 | 39800 | 0.1056 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 131 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 133 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35700 | 66100 | 0.4601 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 134 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 135 | Georgia State University | 36600 | 45400 | 0.1939 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 136 | East Carolina University | 37000 | 42700 | 0.1324 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 137 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 138 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38500 | 38700 | 0.0052 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 139 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38600 | 52900 | 0.2704 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53100 | 0.2729 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 141 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 142 | Endicott College | 40300 | 64200 | 0.3722 | 3,194 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 142 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 144 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3866 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 145 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 146 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.0823 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 147 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 148 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 149 | Campbell University | 44100 | 68700 | 0.3586 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 150 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 151 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 151 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 153 | High Point University | 45400 | 72900 | 0.3771 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 154 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 155 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 61300 | 0.2089 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 156 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 156 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 159 | Lynn University | 51600 | 66000 | 0.2181 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 62800 | 0.1449 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 161 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 84800 | 0.3655 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 162 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56200 | 0.0071 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 163 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 166 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 167 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.