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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in South 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 South 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 | 56000 | 0.8817 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18400 | 0.6091 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 8200 | 65100 | 0.8742 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 4 | California State University-East Bay | 9100 | 62400 | 0.8535 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 5 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10400 | 24500 | 0.5746 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 6 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 6 | Western Kentucky University | 10500 | 30200 | 0.6514 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic University | 12200 | 25800 | 0.5278 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 8 | University of West Florida | 12200 | 22200 | 0.45 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 12300 | 35800 | 0.6566 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12600 | 18400 | 0.3159 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5126 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 13 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 13 | University of South Florida | 13000 | 16300 | 0.202 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 15 | Eastern Illinois University | 13100 | 24300 | 0.4614 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 16 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 16 | San Francisco State University | 13300 | 47700 | 0.7214 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4823 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 19 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13500 | 19400 | 0.3042 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 21 | Western Carolina University | 13700 | 16500 | 0.1696 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 22 | University of North Alabama | 13800 | 28200 | 0.5109 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 23 | Central Connecticut State University | 14100 | 34200 | 0.5875 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 24 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 25 | Coastal Carolina University | 14400 | 72300 | 0.8012 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 25 | Eastern Michigan University | 14400 | 33900 | 0.5745 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 27 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 32500 | 0.5512 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 27 | Salem State University | 14600 | 33900 | 0.57 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 29 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14800 | 28600 | 0.4832 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 29 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14800 | 55300 | 0.7319 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 31 | Colorado Mesa University | 15000 | 66200 | 0.7741 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 31 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15000 | 23400 | 0.3585 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 31 | Troy University | 15000 | 39100 | 0.616 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 34 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15200 | 40000 | 0.62 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 35 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15400 | 25700 | 0.4007 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 36 | Central Michigan University | 15500 | 38700 | 0.5993 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 36 | Northern Michigan University | 15500 | 35600 | 0.5647 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 38 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16000 | 28400 | 0.4366 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 38 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16000 | 29300 | 0.4539 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 40 | University of North Texas | 16100 | 26100 | 0.3829 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 41 | Northern Illinois University | 16200 | 30400 | 0.4689 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 42 | Appalachian State University | 16300 | 22800 | 0.2854 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 43 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16700 | 62800 | 0.7337 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 43 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 16700 | 24300 | 0.3137 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 45 | California State University-Long Beach | 16800 | 33300 | 0.4956 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 45 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4103 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 47 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 39900 | 0.5772 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 48 | Delaware State University | 17300 | 43000 | 0.598 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 49 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17400 | 33900 | 0.4866 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 50 | Columbia College | 17700 | 60800 | 0.7081 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 51 | James Madison University | 17900 | 28900 | 0.3811 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 51 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 53 | University of South Alabama | 18100 | 40600 | 0.5536 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 54 | Kennesaw State University | 18200 | 61500 | 0.7036 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 55 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 56 | North Carolina Central University | 18700 | 27600 | 0.3222 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 57 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 58 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 41100 | 0.5403 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 59 | Husson University | 19400 | 48100 | 0.5961 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 60 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 61 | Georgia State University | 20300 | 26000 | 0.2194 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 61 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 28400 | 0.2847 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 63 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 64 | College of Charleston | 20500 | 43600 | 0.5293 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 65 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20700 | 48300 | 0.5715 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 66 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 30200 | 0.3079 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 66 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 39200 | 0.4671 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 68 | College of Coastal Georgia | 21000 | 29400 | 0.2857 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21000 | 48100 | 0.5632 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 70 | University of New Orleans | 21100 | 29700 | 0.2895 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 70 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 72 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 73 | Grand Canyon University | 21900 | 48300 | 0.5466 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 74 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 22000 | 35500 | 0.3799 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 76 | Montclair State University | 22300 | 36800 | 0.3943 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 77 | Florida State University | 22400 | 23000 | 0.0261 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 78 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 79 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 79 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 81 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 82 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 83 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 84 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23600 | 32900 | 0.2822 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 85 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 86 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 87 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24100 | 90700 | 0.7343 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 88 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 30400 | 0.204 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 89 | Stockton University | 24500 | 32100 | 0.2366 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 90 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24600 | 36300 | 0.3219 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 91 | Keystone College | 24700 | 50500 | 0.5114 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 92 | Montana State University | 24800 | 73500 | 0.6628 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 93 | Meredith College | 24900 | 67400 | 0.6304 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 94 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25100 | 38400 | 0.3467 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 95 | Saint Leo University | 25600 | 50000 | 0.4878 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 96 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 96 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 98 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 40600 | 0.3399 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 100 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 101 | West Virginia University | 27400 | 40900 | 0.3299 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 102 | Central Washington University | 27700 | 27900 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 102 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 102 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 105 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 72700 | 0.6079 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 105 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28500 | 50700 | 0.4393 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 107 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28600 | 69000 | 0.5853 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 107 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 109 | Flagler College | 28900 | 60700 | 0.5238 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 110 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 111 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 29100 | 36200 | 0.1964 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 112 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34200 | 0.1402 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 113 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29500 | 77600 | 0.6197 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 114 | Saint Xavier University | 30100 | 57200 | 0.474 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 114 | Southern Utah University | 30100 | 40800 | 0.2624 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 116 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78200 | 0.6084 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 118 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 118 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 35300 | 0.1161 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 120 | Charleston Southern University | 31400 | 48400 | 0.3528 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 120 | Lasell University | 31400 | 60000 | 0.4764 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 122 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 123 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 123 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32400 | 44100 | 0.2654 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 125 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 126 | University of Denver | 33100 | 84100 | 0.6066 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 128 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 33300 | 48400 | 0.3121 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 129 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 130 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 131 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 132 | Southern Connecticut State University | 34500 | 52900 | 0.348 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 133 | Culinary Institute of America | 35100 | 69900 | 0.4981 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 134 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 134 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 136 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 137 | Bradley University | 35700 | 60000 | 0.4053 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 138 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 139 | Auburn University | 36400 | 85500 | 0.5741 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 140 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 141 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 142 | Framingham State University | 38800 | 48000 | 0.1915 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 143 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 66100 | 0.4086 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 144 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 145 | Drexel University | 39900 | 107600 | 0.629 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 146 | Endicott College | 40300 | 94900 | 0.5753 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 146 | University of Mississippi | 40300 | 60300 | 0.3316 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 148 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 149 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 150 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40700 | 69100 | 0.4109 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 151 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 41000 | 64200 | 0.3613 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 152 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57400 | 0.2823 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 153 | Virginia State University | 41500 | 42800 | 0.0304 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 154 | Middle Tennessee State University | 42100 | 46500 | 0.0947 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 155 | St. John's University-New York | 43400 | 82800 | 0.476 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 156 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 157 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0886 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 158 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 159 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 160 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 67900 | 0.281 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 161 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 162 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 163 | University of Kentucky | 51500 | 74100 | 0.3043 | 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 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 66500 | 0.1925 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 167 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 87300 | 0.3827 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 168 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 169 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 170 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 65100 | 65100 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 171 | Mercyhurst University | 65900 | 76400 | 0.1374 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.