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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | Florida Atlantic University | 12000 | 25800 | 0.5356 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 12100 | 22000 | 0.4483 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 4 | Boston University | 12600 | 92800 | 0.8644 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 5 | Eastern Illinois University | 12900 | 24300 | 0.468 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 5 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12900 | 17900 | 0.2814 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 7 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13000 | 22800 | 0.4292 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 8 | Western Kentucky University | 13200 | 27000 | 0.5126 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 9 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 28400 | 0.5321 | 924 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 10 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 11 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 34400 | 0.5844 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 12 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37800 | 0.6183 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5268 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6091 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 15 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14800 | 23400 | 0.3671 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 16 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14900 | 31600 | 0.5291 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 16 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14900 | 20300 | 0.2654 | 14,463 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 18 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0757 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 19 | California State University-East Bay | 15600 | 30100 | 0.4824 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 19 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 21 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 31000 | 0.4932 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 22 | University of North Texas | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3876 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 23 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16500 | 28200 | 0.4144 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5393 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 24 | 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 | |
| 27 | Appalachian State University | 17200 | 19500 | 0.1194 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 28 | Colorado Mesa University | 17500 | 28600 | 0.3895 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 29 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 30 | Central Connecticut State University | 17800 | 34000 | 0.476 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 31 | North Carolina Central University | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3415 | 6,595 | 1060 | 0.8696 | |
| 32 | Youngstown State University | 18400 | 34000 | 0.4589 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 33 | Central Washington University | 18500 | 22700 | 0.1848 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 34 | University of Mississippi | 18600 | 45000 | 0.5871 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 35 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3908 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 36 | Cleary University | 19100 | 56600 | 0.6622 | 769 | 1060 | 0.6754 | |
| 37 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 26700 | 0.2776 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 37 | University of New Orleans | 19300 | 27200 | 0.2904 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 39 | University of South Alabama | 19400 | 22400 | 0.1342 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 40 | Madonna University | 19500 | 49200 | 0.604 | 1,828 | 980 | 0.6339 | |
| 41 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19600 | 30600 | 0.3593 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 41 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19600 | 30400 | 0.3551 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.8901 | |
| 43 | Columbia College | 19900 | 35800 | 0.4442 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 43 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5871 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 45 | Bay Path University | 20100 | 55400 | 0.637 | 1,177 | 1110 | 0.852 | |
| 46 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 46 | San Diego State University | 20200 | 28900 | 0.3011 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 48 | Bellevue University | 20300 | 36400 | 0.4434 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 49 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20500 | 39900 | 0.4865 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 50 | Husson University | 20700 | 42900 | 0.5179 | 2,763 | 1174 | 0.8095 | |
| 51 | Washington State University | 21200 | 36200 | 0.4131 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 52 | Northern Michigan University | 21400 | 33100 | 0.3535 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 53 | University of West Florida | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 54 | Belhaven University | 21600 | 43300 | 0.5018 | 1,614 | 1105 | 0.4975 | |
| 55 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22300 | 25900 | 0.1373 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 56 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 57 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 57 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 59 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 31000 | 0.2675 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 60 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3737 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 60 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 60 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3719 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 60 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1029 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 60 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 65 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 66 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 67 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.345 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 68 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23900 | 67400 | 0.6458 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 69 | Bradley University | 24300 | 50800 | 0.5216 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 70 | Meredith College | 25000 | 60200 | 0.5854 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 70 | Temple University | 25000 | 36100 | 0.3077 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 72 | California State University-Long Beach | 25300 | 38900 | 0.3498 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 73 | Saint Leo University | 25400 | 50000 | 0.4918 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 74 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25500 | 38400 | 0.3363 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 75 | Northern Arizona University | 25600 | 43200 | 0.4081 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 75 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 77 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25800 | 39700 | 0.3501 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 78 | Fort Hays State University | 25900 | 36100 | 0.2836 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 78 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 80 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 26000 | 34900 | 0.2549 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 81 | Salem State University | 26100 | 43200 | 0.3961 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 82 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 83 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26600 | 36000 | 0.2612 | 3,468 | 1005 | 0.9813 | |
| 83 | Flagler College | 26600 | 61200 | 0.5652 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 83 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 86 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 86 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26800 | 36600 | 0.2676 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 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 | 0.1092 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 91 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 91 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.084 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 91 | University of North Alabama | 27800 | 37300 | 0.2547 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 94 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27900 | 32800 | 0.148 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 95 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28300 | 69300 | 0.5914 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 95 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28300 | 50700 | 0.4424 | 926 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 97 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28400 | 41800 | 0.3196 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 98 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 98 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 100 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2124 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 101 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 34000 | 0.1413 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 102 | Montana State University | 29600 | 31900 | 0.072 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 103 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 103 | Southern Utah University | 30000 | 40800 | 0.2648 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 105 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30500 | 39200 | 0.2222 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 107 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30900 | 77600 | 0.6016 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 107 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 109 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3275 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 110 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31600 | 41200 | 0.2333 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 111 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 112 | Lipscomb University | 32500 | 57800 | 0.4372 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 112 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 32500 | 38700 | 0.1603 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 114 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3115 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 115 | Framingham State University | 33100 | 38100 | 0.1312 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 116 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 117 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 118 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 119 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34000 | 41000 | 0.1703 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 120 | Southeastern University | 34500 | 60500 | 0.4295 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 121 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34700 | 44300 | 0.2166 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 122 | Campbell University | 34900 | 68700 | 0.4918 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 122 | University of Denver | 34900 | 76900 | 0.5465 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 124 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 125 | Culinary Institute of America | 35100 | 69900 | 0.4981 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.9115 | |
| 126 | California Lutheran University | 35200 | 70000 | 0.4973 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 127 | Stockton University | 35400 | 44500 | 0.2046 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 128 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4206 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 128 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35500 | 64400 | 0.4491 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 130 | New Jersey City University | 35600 | 39800 | 0.1056 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 131 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35700 | 66100 | 0.4601 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 132 | Drexel University | 36400 | 83900 | 0.5662 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 133 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 134 | Georgia State University | 36600 | 45400 | 0.1939 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 135 | Virginia State University | 36800 | 42200 | 0.1281 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 136 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 137 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66300 | 0.433 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 138 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 37900 | 38500 | 0.0156 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53100 | 0.2729 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 140 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 141 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 142 | Endicott College | 40300 | 64200 | 0.3722 | 3,194 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 143 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3866 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 144 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.0823 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 145 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 146 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41500 | 46000 | 0.0978 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 147 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 148 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 149 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 56200 | 0.2421 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 150 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 151 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 152 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 152 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 154 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 155 | High Point University | 45400 | 70100 | 0.3515 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 156 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 157 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 61300 | 0.2089 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 158 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 159 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 160 | Lynn University | 51600 | 66000 | 0.2181 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 161 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 62800 | 0.1449 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 162 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 84800 | 0.3655 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 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 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 166 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61900 | 64200 | 0.0358 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.