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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in South Dakota.
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 Dakota.
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 | 8300 | 47200 | 0.8246 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 9000 | 27100 | 0.6669 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 10000 | 22400 | 0.5515 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10600 | 22900 | 0.5381 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 6 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11400 | 36600 | 0.6882 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 7 | Boston University | 11600 | 91600 | 0.8737 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 8 | University of North Alabama | 12600 | 28200 | 0.5535 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 54500 | 0.7651 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 12800 | 44000 | 0.7086 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 11 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13000 | 39600 | 0.6718 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 12 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 12 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 14 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 15 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13900 | 23200 | 0.4008 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 16 | Eastern Illinois University | 14000 | 24300 | 0.4223 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 14300 | 40700 | 0.6494 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 18 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 18 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14400 | 22500 | 0.3596 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 18 | University of West Florida | 14400 | 39000 | 0.6303 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 22 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 35900 | 0.5954 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 23 | University of South Florida | 14800 | 17100 | 0.1344 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 24 | Central Michigan University | 15000 | 37400 | 0.5995 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 24 | Southeast Missouri State University | 15000 | 28200 | 0.4674 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 26 | University of Georgia | 15100 | 26600 | 0.4308 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 27 | Troy University | 15200 | 32600 | 0.5335 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 28 | Livingstone College | 15300 | 38100 | 0.5983 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 29 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15400 | 28000 | 0.4497 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 30 | Northern Illinois University | 15500 | 30700 | 0.4955 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 31 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15700 | 45200 | 0.6521 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 32 | Colorado Mesa University | 15800 | 24800 | 0.3615 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 33 | Central Washington University | 15900 | 27200 | 0.4149 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 34 | Ball State University | 16100 | 22400 | 0.2817 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 35 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 36 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16700 | 42600 | 0.6082 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 37 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 37 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 39 | Eastern Michigan University | 17000 | 32000 | 0.467 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 40 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 17300 | 86700 | 0.8007 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 41 | Western Kentucky University | 17600 | 27000 | 0.3479 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 42 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17700 | 34000 | 0.479 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 42 | Georgia State University | 17700 | 45500 | 0.6104 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 44 | Husson University | 17800 | 48100 | 0.6293 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 45 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 18000 | 44900 | 0.5986 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 46 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 46600 | 0.6122 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 46 | University of South Alabama | 18100 | 35200 | 0.486 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 48 | Bay Path University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6713 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 49 | California State University-East Bay | 18300 | 45100 | 0.5945 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 50 | Saint Leo University | 18600 | 50000 | 0.6278 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 50 | Salem State University | 18600 | 28500 | 0.3473 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 50 | San Francisco State University | 18600 | 55400 | 0.6643 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 53 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18700 | 41200 | 0.5467 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 54 | Madonna University | 18800 | 58300 | 0.6779 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 54 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 56 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3294 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 57 | Northern Michigan University | 19300 | 33100 | 0.417 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 57 | Stockton University | 19300 | 32100 | 0.3985 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 59 | North Carolina Central University | 19500 | 40000 | 0.5123 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 60 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 61 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 62 | Central Connecticut State University | 20400 | 29500 | 0.3083 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 63 | University of New Orleans | 20500 | 30200 | 0.3211 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 64 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 64 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20600 | 46300 | 0.5549 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 66 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 67 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 68 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21200 | 32800 | 0.3542 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 68 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 38200 | 0.4449 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 70 | Kennesaw State University | 21700 | 27200 | 0.2023 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 70 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21700 | 42700 | 0.4919 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 72 | Belhaven University | 22100 | 43300 | 0.4911 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 73 | Bradley University | 22200 | 50800 | 0.5629 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 74 | Cleary University | 22400 | 60900 | 0.6327 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 74 | Keystone College | 22400 | 48800 | 0.5412 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 76 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22500 | 59600 | 0.6225 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 77 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32500 | 0.3046 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 22700 | 41100 | 0.4478 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 79 | Columbia College | 22900 | 39700 | 0.4237 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 80 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 80 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 82 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 83 | Montana State University | 23400 | 31400 | 0.2547 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 84 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 85 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 86 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 87 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24300 | 26300 | 0.0761 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 88 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24600 | 26500 | 0.0717 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 89 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 90 | Temple University | 25500 | 36400 | 0.2997 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 91 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 92 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 93 | Lipscomb University | 26400 | 57800 | 0.5436 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 94 | Ashland University | 26600 | 56600 | 0.5305 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 95 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 42100 | 0.3654 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 96 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26900 | 79400 | 0.6614 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 96 | Flagler College | 26900 | 61100 | 0.5596 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 98 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27400 | 29500 | 0.0724 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 99 | University of South Dakota | 27500 | 29600 | 0.0721 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 100 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 101 | California Lutheran University | 27900 | 70000 | 0.6017 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28000 | 41500 | 0.3251 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 103 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 104 | Meredith College | 28600 | 64200 | 0.5547 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 105 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28800 | 41800 | 0.3103 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 105 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28800 | 50700 | 0.4323 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 107 | Mitchell College | 29100 | 75200 | 0.6134 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 108 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29500 | 38500 | 0.2339 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 109 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 53600 | 0.4457 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 110 | Kansas State University | 29800 | 41600 | 0.2822 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 110 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 112 | Framingham State University | 29900 | 38100 | 0.2152 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 113 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 114 | Southeastern University | 30100 | 60500 | 0.5022 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 115 | Montclair State University | 30200 | 36300 | 0.1681 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 116 | Culinary Institute of America | 30800 | 74600 | 0.5868 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 116 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 118 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 119 | University of North Texas | 31200 | 37400 | 0.1657 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 120 | New Jersey City University | 31500 | 39800 | 0.2087 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 121 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 122 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 122 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 124 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 124 | St. John's University-New York | 32800 | 78000 | 0.5791 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 126 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 127 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 128 | San Diego State University | 35000 | 36100 | 0.0305 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 128 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0701 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 130 | Virginia State University | 35100 | 42200 | 0.1684 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 131 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35200 | 64400 | 0.4538 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 132 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 133 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36200 | 66700 | 0.4574 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 134 | Auburn University | 36300 | 38000 | 0.0447 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 134 | University of Denver | 36300 | 76800 | 0.527 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 136 | Florida International University | 36400 | 36800 | 0.0109 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 137 | Lasell University | 36900 | 48500 | 0.239 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 138 | California State University-Long Beach | 37800 | 38600 | 0.0207 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 139 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66500 | 0.4253 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 140 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 141 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 141 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 143 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40400 | 92400 | 0.5627 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 144 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 145 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 145 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 147 | Endicott College | 41200 | 64200 | 0.3582 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 148 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 149 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 150 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 150 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 152 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 153 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 154 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 155 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 156 | High Point University | 45400 | 72900 | 0.3771 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 157 | University of Delaware | 48300 | 61300 | 0.2134 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 159 | University of Kentucky | 48800 | 56600 | 0.1375 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49100 | 67100 | 0.2682 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 161 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 163 | University of San Francisco | 54000 | 84800 | 0.3631 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 164 | Dallas Baptist University | 56100 | 71900 | 0.2196 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 165 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61200 | 64200 | 0.0467 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 167 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.