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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 | 6600 | 56000 | 0.8817 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 7700 | 65100 | 0.8818 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9100 | 62400 | 0.8535 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Western Kentucky University | 9900 | 30200 | 0.6708 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 5 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10800 | 24500 | 0.5583 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11500 | 22900 | 0.4987 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | Central Connecticut State University | 11600 | 34200 | 0.6605 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 8 | Eastern Illinois University | 12500 | 24300 | 0.4861 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 8 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12500 | 18400 | 0.3214 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 10 | San Francisco State University | 12900 | 47700 | 0.7298 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 12 | Livingstone College | 13200 | 29900 | 0.5591 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 13 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 14 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5922 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 14 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 16 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14100 | 40000 | 0.6475 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 16 | Salem State University | 14100 | 33900 | 0.5847 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 18 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14200 | 55300 | 0.7427 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 19 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14300 | 23400 | 0.3884 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 20 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 32500 | 0.5574 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 20 | Troy University | 14400 | 39100 | 0.6314 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 22 | Colorado Mesa University | 14600 | 66200 | 0.7795 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 23 | Northern Michigan University | 14800 | 35600 | 0.5843 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 24 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14900 | 25700 | 0.4202 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 24 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 26 | University of Mississippi | 15000 | 37400 | 0.5992 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 27 | Ball State University | 15200 | 22400 | 0.3219 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 27 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 38700 | 0.6071 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 29 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15300 | 28400 | 0.4613 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 30 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 30 | Northern Illinois University | 15500 | 30400 | 0.4914 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 32 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 16000 | 25000 | 0.3601 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 33 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16300 | 62800 | 0.7401 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 34 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 33300 | 0.5076 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 34 | Kansas State University | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3788 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 36 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16800 | 33900 | 0.5042 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 37 | College of Charleston | 16900 | 43600 | 0.6118 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 37 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 23200 | 0.2716 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 39 | Delaware State University | 17100 | 43000 | 0.6027 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 39 | University of South Alabama | 17100 | 40600 | 0.5782 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 41 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 42 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 61500 | 0.7101 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 42 | Western Carolina University | 17800 | 20500 | 0.1319 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 42 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 58900 | 0.6983 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 45 | North Carolina Central University | 18000 | 27600 | 0.3476 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 46 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | Columbia College | 18400 | 60700 | 0.6964 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 47 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5525 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 49 | Kean University | 18600 | 39400 | 0.5279 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 50 | Husson University | 18800 | 48100 | 0.6085 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 51 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 26700 | 0.2926 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 52 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19400 | 30400 | 0.3617 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 53 | Georgia State University | 19900 | 26000 | 0.2348 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 54 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 28400 | 0.2953 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 55 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20100 | 25500 | 0.2118 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20200 | 48100 | 0.5798 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 56 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20200 | 39200 | 0.4852 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 58 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20600 | 29400 | 0.2993 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 58 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20600 | 48300 | 0.5736 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 58 | University of New Orleans | 20600 | 29700 | 0.3064 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 61 | Ferris State University | 20800 | 30200 | 0.3112 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21000 | 48000 | 0.5625 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 63 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 64 | Montclair State University | 21200 | 36800 | 0.4243 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 65 | Grand Canyon University | 21400 | 48300 | 0.5569 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 65 | New Jersey City University | 21400 | 38800 | 0.4486 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 67 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 67 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 21600 | 35500 | 0.3912 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 69 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 70 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 36800 | 0.3913 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 71 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 72 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 22900 | 90700 | 0.7476 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 72 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 72 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 72 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22900 | 41000 | 0.4416 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 76 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 76 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23000 | 32900 | 0.3005 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 76 | University of North Alabama | 23000 | 37300 | 0.3834 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 79 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 80 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 81 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 81 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2172 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 83 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 48800 | 0.5111 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 84 | Keystone College | 24100 | 50500 | 0.5233 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 85 | Stockton University | 24200 | 32200 | 0.2468 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 86 | Montana State University | 24400 | 73500 | 0.6682 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 87 | Saint Leo University | 25000 | 50000 | 0.4998 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 88 | Meredith College | 25100 | 67400 | 0.6274 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 89 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 89 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 36900 | 0.3118 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 91 | Northwood University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 91 | University of West Florida | 25700 | 37400 | 0.3125 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 93 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 25800 | 40700 | 0.366 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 93 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 95 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 26300 | 39800 | 0.339 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 96 | West Virginia University | 26900 | 51100 | 0.4738 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 97 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27500 | 69000 | 0.6013 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 98 | Central Washington University | 27600 | 27900 | 0.0108 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 98 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 63900 | 0.5679 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 100 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 101 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27800 | 50700 | 0.453 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28000 | 72700 | 0.6148 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 103 | Flagler College | 28400 | 60700 | 0.5321 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 104 | Morgan State University | 28500 | 41800 | 0.3181 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 105 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 106 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 106 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29000 | 77600 | 0.6261 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 108 | Saint Xavier University | 29300 | 57200 | 0.488 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 109 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 109 | University of South Florida | 29700 | 36700 | 0.1906 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 111 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29800 | 38500 | 0.2261 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 112 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29900 | 78200 | 0.6173 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 113 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30000 | 39400 | 0.2387 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 114 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 115 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 116 | Lasell University | 31500 | 60000 | 0.4747 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 116 | San Diego State University | 31500 | 35300 | 0.1076 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 118 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32100 | 44100 | 0.2722 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 119 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43200 | 0.2524 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 119 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 121 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 122 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 123 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4669 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 124 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 33100 | 48400 | 0.3162 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 125 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 126 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 127 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 128 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 129 | Culinary Institute of America | 34600 | 69900 | 0.5052 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 130 | Bradley University | 35100 | 60000 | 0.4153 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 131 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 131 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 133 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 134 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 36300 | 38800 | 0.0644 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 135 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 136 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66600 | 0.4457 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 137 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 37900 | 60200 | 0.3701 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 138 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38700 | 66100 | 0.4147 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 139 | Framingham State University | 39000 | 48000 | 0.1873 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 140 | Drexel University | 39100 | 107600 | 0.6364 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 141 | University of Denver | 39300 | 84100 | 0.5329 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 142 | James Madison University | 39500 | 45100 | 0.1242 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 143 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 144 | University of Central Florida | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 145 | Endicott College | 40400 | 94900 | 0.5742 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 145 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 147 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 148 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 69100 | 0.4094 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 149 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 41000 | 64200 | 0.3613 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 150 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57400 | 0.2823 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 150 | Virginia State University | 41200 | 42800 | 0.0374 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 152 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 57200 | 0.2535 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 153 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 154 | St. John's University-New York | 43700 | 82800 | 0.4724 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 155 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 156 | Florida Atlantic University | 44900 | 44900 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 156 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 158 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 159 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 160 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 67900 | 0.2827 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 161 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 162 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 163 | University of Kentucky | 50900 | 74100 | 0.3129 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 164 | Lynn University | 51800 | 71600 | 0.2765 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 165 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 166 | University of San Francisco | 54000 | 87300 | 0.3816 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 167 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 63400 | 0.1214 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63500 | 0.0787 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 169 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 170 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 76400 | 0.136 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 171 | Auburn University | 75400 | 85500 | 0.1181 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.