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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in New Jersey.
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 New Jersey.
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 | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 7900 | 22000 | 0.6401 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 8700 | 45100 | 0.8075 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Western Kentucky University | 9900 | 27500 | 0.6383 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10600 | 22900 | 0.5381 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 27400 | 0.6092 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 8 | Eastern Illinois University | 11400 | 24700 | 0.5369 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 9 | Central Connecticut State University | 11600 | 34200 | 0.6605 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 11600 | 22200 | 0.477 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 12 | Northern Arizona University | 12100 | 30400 | 0.6012 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 13 | Boston University | 12300 | 93200 | 0.868 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 13 | Kean University | 12300 | 39200 | 0.6862 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 15 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 16 | Livingstone College | 13000 | 43100 | 0.6986 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 27100 | 0.5195 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | Western Carolina University | 13100 | 16500 | 0.206 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 19 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5944 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 19 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 21 | Salem State University | 13900 | 38300 | 0.6367 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 21 | San Francisco State University | 13900 | 47700 | 0.7088 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 23 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14000 | 29600 | 0.5278 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 24 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 31400 | 0.5438 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 25 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 50100 | 0.7122 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 25 | University of North Alabama | 14400 | 37300 | 0.614 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 27 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14500 | 22500 | 0.3552 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 27 | Troy University | 14500 | 26700 | 0.4568 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 29 | Colorado Mesa University | 14600 | 66200 | 0.7795 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 73100 | 0.8 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 31 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14700 | 31600 | 0.5354 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 32 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14800 | 26000 | 0.4303 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 32 | Northern Michigan University | 14800 | 33100 | 0.5529 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 34 | University of Mississippi | 14900 | 27000 | 0.448 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 35 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 38700 | 0.6071 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 35 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15200 | 90700 | 0.8325 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 37 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15300 | 28500 | 0.4638 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 37 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15300 | 30100 | 0.4923 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 39 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4097 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 40 | Appalachian State University | 15600 | 26000 | 0.4001 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 40 | Kansas State University | 15600 | 26400 | 0.41 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 42 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16100 | 26500 | 0.3942 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 42 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16100 | 27800 | 0.4202 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 44 | North Carolina Central University | 16600 | 37500 | 0.5578 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 45 | College of Charleston | 17000 | 33900 | 0.4991 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 46 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17200 | 44100 | 0.6103 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 47 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 42200 | 0.5905 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 48 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17700 | 25200 | 0.2972 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 49 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3501 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 49 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 51 | Georgia State University | 17900 | 26000 | 0.3117 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 52 | Central Washington University | 18000 | 22700 | 0.2068 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 52 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 18000 | 18400 | 0.0218 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 52 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41100 | 0.5615 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 44300 | 0.5918 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 56 | Columbia College | 18200 | 60700 | 0.6996 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 57 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5532 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 57 | San Diego State University | 18300 | 28900 | 0.3669 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 57 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18300 | 43500 | 0.579 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 60 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 18800 | 33700 | 0.4419 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 60 | Husson University | 18800 | 48100 | 0.6085 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 60 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 63 | Stockton University | 19300 | 45800 | 0.5788 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 64 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19800 | 55300 | 0.6417 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 65 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19900 | 57800 | 0.6554 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 66 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20000 | 26100 | 0.2334 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20200 | 38100 | 0.4698 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 67 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20200 | 39200 | 0.4852 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 67 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 70 | Saint Leo University | 20300 | 50000 | 0.5938 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 71 | University of New Orleans | 20500 | 30000 | 0.3162 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 72 | Ferris State University | 20600 | 31000 | 0.336 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 72 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20700 | 40900 | 0.4944 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 75 | College of Coastal Georgia | 21000 | 51600 | 0.5929 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 76 | Davis & Elkins College | 21300 | 51200 | 0.5838 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 77 | Grand Canyon University | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3701 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 78 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 79 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 80 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 80 | New Jersey City University | 22200 | 35900 | 0.3812 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 82 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 22600 | 89100 | 0.7462 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 82 | Meredith College | 22600 | 67400 | 0.6645 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 82 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 85 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 86 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 87 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 26700 | 0.1336 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 88 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 52100 | 0.5435 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 89 | Keystone College | 24100 | 50500 | 0.5233 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 90 | University of South Florida | 24200 | 36500 | 0.3366 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 91 | Montana State University | 24300 | 24400 | 0.0041 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 92 | Fort Hays State University | 24500 | 28500 | 0.1425 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 92 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 94 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 39400 | 0.3656 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 94 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25000 | 32900 | 0.242 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 96 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25600 | 28600 | 0.107 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 97 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 98 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1824 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 99 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 100 | California State University-Long Beach | 27000 | 38800 | 0.304 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 101 | Delaware State University | 27100 | 62600 | 0.567 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 102 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 63900 | 0.5679 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 103 | Flagler College | 27700 | 61900 | 0.5521 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 103 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27700 | 50700 | 0.4545 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 105 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28000 | 69700 | 0.5979 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 106 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 107 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 107 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29000 | 112100 | 0.7412 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 109 | Saint Xavier University | 29200 | 58200 | 0.498 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 110 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29700 | 78300 | 0.6208 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 111 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29800 | 38500 | 0.2261 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 112 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 113 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 114 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 114 | Warner University | 30900 | 41000 | 0.2455 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 116 | Lasell University | 31200 | 50800 | 0.3861 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 117 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 117 | Wilkes University | 31900 | 61900 | 0.4841 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 119 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 119 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32500 | 35000 | 0.0732 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 121 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3145 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 122 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5412 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 123 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 124 | St. John's University-New York | 34100 | 83800 | 0.5934 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 125 | Culinary Institute of America | 34300 | 91000 | 0.6231 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 126 | Southern Connecticut State University | 34500 | 42000 | 0.1786 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 127 | Bradley University | 35000 | 60300 | 0.4197 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 128 | Bay Path University | 35300 | 57500 | 0.3863 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 128 | Mount Mercy University | 35300 | 61200 | 0.4237 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 130 | Temple University | 35600 | 57200 | 0.3774 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 130 | University of South Alabama | 35600 | 40200 | 0.1145 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 132 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 133 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 133 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 36600 | 37600 | 0.0266 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 135 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66700 | 0.4469 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 136 | Middle Tennessee State University | 37500 | 48300 | 0.2237 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 136 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 138 | Framingham State University | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 139 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38800 | 69800 | 0.4443 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 139 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 141 | Drexel University | 39200 | 86400 | 0.5466 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 142 | University of Denver | 39300 | 84100 | 0.5329 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 143 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 144 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 39700 | 64500 | 0.3848 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 145 | Endicott College | 39800 | 65400 | 0.3912 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 146 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40300 | 66000 | 0.3892 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 146 | Webber International University | 40300 | 44400 | 0.0917 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 148 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40500 | 53600 | 0.2445 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 149 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 150 | Virginia State University | 41200 | 42800 | 0.0374 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 151 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 152 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 63300 | 0.3271 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 153 | James Madison University | 43100 | 45100 | 0.0443 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 154 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 155 | Campbell University | 43700 | 68700 | 0.3646 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 156 | Montclair State University | 45100 | 47000 | 0.0405 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 157 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 158 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 62400 | 0.2427 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 159 | University of Kentucky | 48000 | 59900 | 0.1978 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 160 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 69900 | 0.3035 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 161 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 162 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 163 | Lynn University | 51500 | 71600 | 0.2807 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 164 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 165 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 166 | The University of Alabama | 53800 | 58000 | 0.0724 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 167 | University of San Francisco | 54800 | 87200 | 0.3716 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 168 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 84300 | 0.3393 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 170 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 171 | Mercyhurst University | 61200 | 68000 | 0.1 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.