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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 | 7700 | 47200 | 0.8373 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 1 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 7700 | 43500 | 0.8237 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 8900 | 36500 | 0.7564 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 36600 | 0.7073 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 11100 | 91600 | 0.8791 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | University of North Alabama | 12000 | 28200 | 0.5748 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 8 | Southern Utah University | 12200 | 44000 | 0.7223 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 8 | University of Central Florida | 12200 | 25300 | 0.5172 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 10 | University of West Florida | 12500 | 21500 | 0.4181 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 12 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 13 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 54500 | 0.7614 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 13 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13000 | 39600 | 0.6718 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 15 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 15 | Youngstown State University | 13200 | 26800 | 0.507 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 17 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13500 | 22500 | 0.3996 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 13500 | 40700 | 0.669 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13500 | 28000 | 0.5175 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13500 | 19400 | 0.3042 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 21 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 21 | University of South Florida | 13600 | 17100 | 0.2045 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 23 | Arkansas Tech University | 13900 | 35900 | 0.6121 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 24 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14100 | 28200 | 0.501 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 25 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37400 | 0.6155 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 26 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 26 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30700 | 0.5293 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 26 | University of Georgia | 14500 | 26600 | 0.4537 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 29 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14900 | 45200 | 0.6698 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 30 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 31 | Central Washington University | 15200 | 27900 | 0.4559 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 31 | Colorado Mesa University | 15200 | 40000 | 0.6205 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 33 | Livingstone College | 15300 | 38100 | 0.5983 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 34 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 35 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15500 | 86700 | 0.8215 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 36 | Eastern Illinois University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4337 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 36 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15600 | 42600 | 0.6341 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 38 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 39 | Appalachian State University | 16100 | 19500 | 0.1746 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan University | 16200 | 32000 | 0.492 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 41 | Husson University | 16800 | 48100 | 0.6501 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 41 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 43 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16900 | 34000 | 0.5025 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 43 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 35200 | 0.5202 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 46 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17000 | 26300 | 0.3515 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 47 | Georgia State University | 17300 | 26000 | 0.3348 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 48 | California State University-East Bay | 17400 | 45100 | 0.6145 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 48 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 17400 | 26700 | 0.3489 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 48 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17400 | 44900 | 0.612 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 51 | San Francisco State University | 17700 | 55400 | 0.6805 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 51 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17700 | 48000 | 0.6308 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 53 | Saint Leo University | 17800 | 50000 | 0.6438 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 54 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 17900 | 46600 | 0.6165 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 55 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18000 | 28200 | 0.3613 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 56 | Bay Path University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6713 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 57 | College of Charleston | 18300 | 33900 | 0.4607 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 57 | North Carolina Central University | 18300 | 27600 | 0.3367 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 57 | Northern Michigan University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4472 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 60 | Stockton University | 18400 | 32200 | 0.4272 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 61 | Madonna University | 18500 | 58300 | 0.683 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 62 | Eastern Kentucky University | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4587 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 63 | Salem State University | 19000 | 35100 | 0.4585 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 64 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 65 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 29500 | 0.332 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 65 | University of New Orleans | 19700 | 30200 | 0.3476 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 67 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 68 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20300 | 38000 | 0.4656 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 68 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20300 | 46300 | 0.5614 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 68 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20300 | 31000 | 0.3456 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 68 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 38200 | 0.4685 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 72 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 73 | New Jersey City University | 20800 | 38800 | 0.4641 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 74 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 74 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 76 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 27200 | 0.2207 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 77 | San Jose State University | 21900 | 41100 | 0.4673 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 78 | Belhaven University | 22100 | 43300 | 0.4911 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 78 | Cleary University | 22100 | 60900 | 0.6376 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 80 | Columbia College | 22200 | 39700 | 0.4413 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 80 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22200 | 59600 | 0.6275 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 82 | Keystone College | 22300 | 48800 | 0.5433 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 83 | Montana State University | 22900 | 31500 | 0.2731 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 84 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 84 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 86 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 87 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23500 | 26300 | 0.1066 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 88 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 89 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 26500 | 0.0868 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 90 | Temple University | 24500 | 36400 | 0.3272 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 91 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 92 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 93 | Flagler College | 25600 | 61100 | 0.5808 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 94 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 25900 | 79400 | 0.674 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 94 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 94 | Lipscomb University | 25900 | 57800 | 0.5519 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 97 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3773 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 98 | Ashland University | 26400 | 56600 | 0.534 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 98 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 41500 | 0.3612 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 101 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 102 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 75200 | 0.632 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 102 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27700 | 50700 | 0.4539 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 104 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3298 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 105 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 105 | California Lutheran University | 28200 | 70000 | 0.5974 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 107 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 108 | Montclair State University | 28900 | 36300 | 0.204 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 108 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 28900 | 38500 | 0.2495 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 110 | Southeastern University | 29600 | 60500 | 0.5105 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 111 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 111 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 113 | Culinary Institute of America | 29900 | 74600 | 0.5989 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 113 | Framingham State University | 29900 | 38100 | 0.2152 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 115 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 116 | University of North Texas | 30100 | 37400 | 0.1951 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 118 | Kean University | 31100 | 39600 | 0.2147 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 118 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 120 | Liberty University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.2777 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 121 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32300 | 34400 | 0.062 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 122 | St. John's University-New York | 32400 | 78000 | 0.5842 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 123 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 123 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 52800 | 0.3846 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 125 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 126 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4661 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 127 | Virginia State University | 34900 | 42200 | 0.1731 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 128 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0701 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 129 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35300 | 42800 | 0.1754 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 130 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 66700 | 0.4694 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 130 | San Diego State University | 35400 | 36100 | 0.0194 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 132 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 133 | Meredith College | 36200 | 64200 | 0.4363 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 134 | Auburn University | 36500 | 38000 | 0.0394 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 134 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 134 | University of Denver | 36500 | 76800 | 0.5244 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 137 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36600 | 64400 | 0.432 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 137 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 139 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66500 | 0.4448 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 140 | California State University-Long Beach | 37100 | 38600 | 0.0389 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 140 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 142 | Lasell University | 37200 | 48500 | 0.2328 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 143 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 144 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 145 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40000 | 92400 | 0.567 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 146 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 147 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 147 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 149 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 150 | Endicott College | 41600 | 64200 | 0.352 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 151 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 152 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 153 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 154 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 155 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 156 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 157 | High Point University | 45900 | 72900 | 0.3703 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 158 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 159 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 61300 | 0.2292 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 161 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 162 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1357 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 163 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 164 | University of San Francisco | 53300 | 84800 | 0.3714 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 165 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 166 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 71900 | 0.2252 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 167 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61400 | 64200 | 0.0436 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.