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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 | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18400 | 0.6091 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 8400 | 22000 | 0.6173 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 4 | California State University-East Bay | 9100 | 45100 | 0.7986 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 5 | Florida Atlantic University | 9300 | 26900 | 0.6554 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 6 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31700 | 0.6853 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 10700 | 51400 | 0.7918 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11100 | 27300 | 0.5944 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 8 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11100 | 36600 | 0.6964 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 10 | Eastern Illinois University | 12000 | 24700 | 0.5126 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 12300 | 93200 | 0.868 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 12600 | 22200 | 0.432 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12800 | 29300 | 0.5632 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 14 | Fort Hays State University | 12900 | 19900 | 0.3508 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 15 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 16 | Livingstone College | 13100 | 43100 | 0.6963 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 40500 | 0.6765 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | Framingham State University | 13200 | 31000 | 0.5744 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 13600 | 45300 | 0.7001 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 19 | University of South Florida | 13600 | 22400 | 0.3933 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 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 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 24 | San Francisco State University | 14300 | 47700 | 0.7004 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 24 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14300 | 31000 | 0.5394 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 26 | Salem State University | 14400 | 38300 | 0.6236 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 26 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14400 | 29600 | 0.5142 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 28 | Eastern Michigan University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5737 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 29 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5343 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 30 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14800 | 30100 | 0.5089 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 31 | Colorado Mesa University | 15000 | 66200 | 0.7741 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 31 | Troy University | 15000 | 34700 | 0.5677 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 15000 | 73100 | 0.7945 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 34 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15100 | 20300 | 0.2556 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 35 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15200 | 50100 | 0.6963 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 36 | Ball State University | 15300 | 22400 | 0.3171 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 37 | Central Michigan University | 15500 | 38700 | 0.5993 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 37 | Northern Michigan University | 15500 | 33100 | 0.5318 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 37 | University of Mississippi | 15500 | 27000 | 0.4258 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 40 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 41 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16400 | 90700 | 0.8192 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 42 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 16700 | 24300 | 0.3137 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 43 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16800 | 41200 | 0.5929 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 43 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16800 | 27800 | 0.395 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 45 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3451 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 46 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17400 | 33900 | 0.4866 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 46 | North Carolina Central University | 17400 | 37500 | 0.5364 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 48 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 49 | Columbia College | 17700 | 60800 | 0.7081 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 49 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17700 | 33300 | 0.4685 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 51 | James Madison University | 17900 | 28900 | 0.3805 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 51 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5763 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 51 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 54 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 18100 | 18400 | 0.0163 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 55 | Kennesaw State University | 18200 | 26700 | 0.3183 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 56 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5532 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 56 | Georgia State University | 18300 | 26000 | 0.2963 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 58 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5518 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 58 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18400 | 25200 | 0.2695 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 60 | Central Washington University | 18700 | 22700 | 0.176 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 61 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 62 | Delaware State University | 18900 | 62600 | 0.698 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 63 | Husson University | 19400 | 48100 | 0.5961 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 64 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19700 | 30600 | 0.3561 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 65 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 55300 | 0.6363 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 67 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 68 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 68 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 71 | Ferris State University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3328 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 71 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20700 | 48300 | 0.5715 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 73 | Saint Leo University | 20800 | 50000 | 0.5838 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 73 | Stockton University | 20800 | 45800 | 0.546 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 75 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 39200 | 0.4671 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21000 | 38100 | 0.4488 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 77 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 77 | University of New Orleans | 21100 | 30000 | 0.2963 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 79 | Davis & Elkins College | 21300 | 51200 | 0.5838 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 80 | College of Coastal Georgia | 21400 | 51600 | 0.5851 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 81 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 81 | Grand Canyon University | 21900 | 34000 | 0.3554 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 83 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 84 | Meredith College | 22400 | 67400 | 0.6675 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 85 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 86 | The University of Alabama | 22800 | 33400 | 0.3172 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 87 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 88 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 26700 | 0.1336 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 88 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 90 | Lackawanna College | 23500 | 52100 | 0.5492 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 91 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23700 | 89100 | 0.7339 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 91 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 93 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47000 | 0.4928 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 94 | University of North Texas | 24200 | 26100 | 0.0727 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 95 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 96 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 97 | Keystone College | 24700 | 50500 | 0.5114 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 98 | Kent State University at Kent | 24900 | 28400 | 0.1253 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 99 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 25000 | 37700 | 0.3367 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 100 | Temple University | 25100 | 36100 | 0.3049 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 101 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25600 | 28600 | 0.107 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 102 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 102 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 104 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 26100 | 34200 | 0.2366 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 105 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.181 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 106 | New Jersey City University | 26800 | 39800 | 0.3269 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 107 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 108 | California State University-Long Beach | 27400 | 38800 | 0.2937 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 109 | Western Kentucky University | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 110 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 111 | Central Connecticut State University | 28100 | 30400 | 0.0758 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 112 | Flagler College | 28300 | 61900 | 0.5424 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 113 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 69700 | 0.5908 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 113 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28500 | 50700 | 0.4388 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 113 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 116 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 117 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29500 | 112100 | 0.7367 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 118 | Saint Xavier University | 30100 | 58200 | 0.4825 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 119 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30400 | 78300 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 120 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 121 | Warner University | 30900 | 41000 | 0.2455 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 122 | Charleston Southern University | 31100 | 48400 | 0.3584 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 122 | Lasell University | 31100 | 50800 | 0.3881 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 124 | University of Kentucky | 31500 | 36500 | 0.1371 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 125 | University of Denver | 32100 | 84100 | 0.6185 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 126 | San Diego State University | 32300 | 37100 | 0.1295 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 127 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32500 | 35000 | 0.0732 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 129 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3145 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 129 | Wilkes University | 32700 | 61900 | 0.472 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 131 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5412 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 132 | St. John's University-New York | 33800 | 83800 | 0.597 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 133 | Culinary Institute of America | 34900 | 91000 | 0.6165 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 134 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 135 | Southern Connecticut State University | 35100 | 42000 | 0.1643 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 136 | Bay Path University | 35200 | 57500 | 0.388 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 138 | Mount Mercy University | 35300 | 61200 | 0.4237 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 139 | Bradley University | 35600 | 60300 | 0.4097 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 140 | University of South Alabama | 36400 | 40200 | 0.0946 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 141 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 36600 | 37600 | 0.0266 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 142 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 143 | Middle Tennessee State University | 38000 | 48300 | 0.2133 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 144 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 145 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 69800 | 0.44 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 146 | Endicott College | 39600 | 65400 | 0.3943 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 146 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 148 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 39700 | 64500 | 0.3848 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 149 | Drexel University | 40000 | 86400 | 0.5373 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 150 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40300 | 66000 | 0.3892 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 150 | Webber International University | 40300 | 44400 | 0.0917 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 152 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40500 | 53600 | 0.2445 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 153 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 154 | Virginia State University | 41500 | 42800 | 0.0304 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 155 | College of Charleston | 42000 | 62300 | 0.3257 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 156 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 157 | Campbell University | 43700 | 68700 | 0.3646 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 158 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0923 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 159 | Montclair State University | 44500 | 47000 | 0.0532 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 160 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 161 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 162 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3019 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 163 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 164 | University of San Francisco | 51000 | 87200 | 0.4152 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 165 | Lynn University | 51500 | 71600 | 0.2807 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 166 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 167 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 84300 | 0.3381 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 169 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 170 | Mercyhurst University | 61000 | 68000 | 0.1029 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 171 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.