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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | 8000 | 47200 | 0.8309 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8300 | 43500 | 0.8099 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 9400 | 36500 | 0.7427 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10100 | 22900 | 0.56 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 6 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11100 | 36600 | 0.6964 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 7 | Boston University | 11400 | 91600 | 0.8759 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 8 | Southern Utah University | 12500 | 44000 | 0.7155 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 12900 | 57700 | 0.7763 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 10 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13100 | 39600 | 0.6693 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 11 | University of North Alabama | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5707 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 13 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 14 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13400 | 20300 | 0.3391 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 15 | Youngstown State University | 13500 | 26800 | 0.4958 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 16 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 13900 | 40700 | 0.6592 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13900 | 19400 | 0.2836 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 19 | University of West Florida | 14000 | 39000 | 0.6405 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 20 | Arkansas Tech University | 14200 | 35900 | 0.6038 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 21 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 22 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14600 | 28200 | 0.4822 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14600 | 28000 | 0.4782 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 24 | Central Michigan University | 14700 | 37400 | 0.6075 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 25 | Northern Illinois University | 15000 | 30700 | 0.5106 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 26 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 26 | University of North Texas | 15100 | 25700 | 0.413 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 28 | Livingstone College | 15400 | 38100 | 0.5957 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 29 | Colorado Mesa University | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3732 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 30 | Ball State University | 15600 | 22400 | 0.304 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 30 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 32 | Central Washington University | 15700 | 27900 | 0.438 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 33 | Eastern Illinois University | 16400 | 27500 | 0.4044 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 34 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16500 | 31600 | 0.4784 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 34 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16500 | 86700 | 0.81 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 34 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16500 | 42600 | 0.6129 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 34 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16500 | 23100 | 0.2857 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 38 | Appalachian State University | 16600 | 19500 | 0.1489 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 39 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 32000 | 0.4763 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 39 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 16700 | 30100 | 0.4457 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 41 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 42 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 43 | Husson University | 17400 | 48100 | 0.6376 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 44 | Georgia State University | 17500 | 45500 | 0.6148 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 44 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17500 | 44900 | 0.6098 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 44 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17500 | 26300 | 0.3325 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 44 | University of South Alabama | 17500 | 35200 | 0.5031 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 48 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 26700 | 0.3345 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 49 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17900 | 27600 | 0.3515 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 50 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 46600 | 0.6122 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 51 | Bay Path University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6713 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 51 | Saint Leo University | 18200 | 50000 | 0.6358 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 51 | San Francisco State University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6715 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 54 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18300 | 41200 | 0.5565 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 54 | Central Connecticut State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4615 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 56 | Madonna University | 18700 | 58300 | 0.6796 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 56 | North Carolina Central University | 18700 | 27600 | 0.3222 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 58 | California State University-East Bay | 18800 | 30100 | 0.3759 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 58 | Northern Michigan University | 18800 | 33100 | 0.4321 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 58 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 61 | College of Charleston | 18900 | 33900 | 0.443 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 61 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0.0004 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 63 | Stockton University | 19300 | 44500 | 0.5666 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 64 | Salem State University | 19400 | 35100 | 0.4471 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 65 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 26500 | 0.2542 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 66 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 67 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 68 | University of New Orleans | 20200 | 30200 | 0.331 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 68 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 70 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20500 | 46300 | 0.5571 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 71 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 31000 | 0.3359 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20700 | 33400 | 0.3819 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 73 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 74 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 27200 | 0.2096 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 75 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 76 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 77 | Belhaven University | 22100 | 43300 | 0.4911 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 78 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22200 | 59600 | 0.6275 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 79 | Cleary University | 22300 | 60900 | 0.6343 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 79 | San Jose State University | 22300 | 41100 | 0.4575 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 81 | Keystone College | 22400 | 48800 | 0.5417 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 82 | Columbia College | 22700 | 39700 | 0.4287 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 83 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 83 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 85 | Montana State University | 23200 | 31500 | 0.2636 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 85 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 85 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23200 | 44900 | 0.484 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 88 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 31000 | 0.245 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 89 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 90 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 91 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3388 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 92 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23900 | 26300 | 0.0914 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 93 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4487 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 94 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 95 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 96 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 97 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 98 | Lipscomb University | 26200 | 57800 | 0.5473 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 99 | Flagler College | 26300 | 61100 | 0.5694 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 100 | Ashland University | 26500 | 56600 | 0.5322 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 100 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26500 | 79400 | 0.6664 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 102 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26600 | 42100 | 0.3678 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 103 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 104 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 105 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 106 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28300 | 50700 | 0.4421 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 107 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28400 | 41800 | 0.3194 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28400 | 41600 | 0.3164 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 109 | Mitchell College | 28600 | 75200 | 0.62 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 110 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 111 | Kansas State University | 29300 | 41600 | 0.2943 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 112 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29400 | 38500 | 0.2365 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 113 | Temple University | 29500 | 36400 | 0.1897 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 114 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 115 | Framingham State University | 29900 | 38100 | 0.2152 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 115 | Southeastern University | 29900 | 60500 | 0.5055 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 117 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 118 | Culinary Institute of America | 30500 | 74600 | 0.5908 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 119 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 120 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 121 | New Jersey City University | 31600 | 39800 | 0.2062 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 122 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 123 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 123 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 125 | Florida International University | 32600 | 36800 | 0.114 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 125 | St. John's University-New York | 32600 | 78000 | 0.5817 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 127 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 128 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 129 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 130 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0701 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 130 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 132 | San Diego State University | 35200 | 36100 | 0.0249 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 132 | Virginia State University | 35200 | 42200 | 0.166 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 134 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 135 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35800 | 66700 | 0.4634 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 136 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35900 | 42800 | 0.1613 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 137 | Meredith College | 36100 | 64200 | 0.4378 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 138 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 138 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5257 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 140 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 141 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36900 | 64400 | 0.4273 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 142 | Lasell University | 37000 | 48500 | 0.2369 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 143 | California State University-Long Beach | 37500 | 38600 | 0.0285 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 144 | Drexel University | 38400 | 83200 | 0.5384 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 145 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 145 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 147 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40200 | 92400 | 0.5648 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 148 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 148 | Mercyhurst University | 40500 | 65600 | 0.3827 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 150 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 150 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 152 | Endicott College | 41300 | 64200 | 0.3566 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 153 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 154 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 155 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 156 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 157 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 158 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 159 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 160 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 161 | High Point University | 45600 | 72900 | 0.3744 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 162 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 163 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 164 | DePaul University | 48900 | 67100 | 0.2712 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 165 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 166 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 166 | University of San Francisco | 53700 | 84800 | 0.3666 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 168 | Dallas Baptist University | 55900 | 71900 | 0.2224 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61300 | 64200 | 0.0452 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.