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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 | 6600 | 56000 | 0.8817 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 8400 | 65100 | 0.8711 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9700 | 62400 | 0.8439 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 5 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10200 | 24500 | 0.5828 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 6 | Western Kentucky University | 10800 | 30200 | 0.6425 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 7 | Northern Arizona University | 12300 | 35800 | 0.6566 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 8 | University of West Florida | 12500 | 22200 | 0.4365 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 9 | Florida Atlantic University | 12600 | 25800 | 0.5123 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 9 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12600 | 18400 | 0.3159 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 12 | Fort Hays State University | 13100 | 19900 | 0.342 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 14 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 14 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 16300 | 0.1836 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4784 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 17 | San Francisco State University | 13500 | 47700 | 0.7172 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 18 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13800 | 19400 | 0.2887 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 19 | University of North Alabama | 13900 | 28200 | 0.5074 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 20 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 20 | Youngstown State University | 14400 | 28400 | 0.4928 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 22 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 32500 | 0.5481 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 14700 | 33900 | 0.5656 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 24 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14900 | 55300 | 0.7301 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 25 | Colorado Mesa University | 15100 | 66200 | 0.7722 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 26 | Troy University | 15200 | 39100 | 0.6109 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 27 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15500 | 31600 | 0.5101 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 27 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15500 | 40000 | 0.6125 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 29 | Central Michigan University | 15700 | 38700 | 0.5942 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 30 | Northern Michigan University | 15800 | 35600 | 0.5562 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 31 | Florida State University | 15900 | 23000 | 0.309 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 32 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 16000 | 25000 | 0.3601 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 33 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16300 | 28400 | 0.4261 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 34 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 62800 | 0.7385 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4403 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 36 | Northern Illinois University | 16500 | 30400 | 0.4594 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 37 | Appalachian State University | 16700 | 22800 | 0.2678 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 38 | Delaware State University | 17200 | 43000 | 0.6004 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 39 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 39900 | 0.5678 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 40 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 41 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17900 | 27400 | 0.3465 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 41 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 43 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 44300 | 0.5918 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 43 | University of Kentucky | 18100 | 46800 | 0.6139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 45 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 46 | Kennesaw State University | 18400 | 61500 | 0.7004 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 47 | Columbia College | 18500 | 60700 | 0.6947 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 47 | University of South Alabama | 18500 | 40600 | 0.5438 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 49 | Western Carolina University | 18600 | 20500 | 0.0928 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 50 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2576 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 51 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18900 | 32000 | 0.4098 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 52 | North Carolina Central University | 19000 | 27600 | 0.3114 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 52 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 54 | Husson University | 19600 | 48100 | 0.5919 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 55 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 56 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 57 | Salem State University | 20200 | 39400 | 0.4877 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 58 | Georgia State University | 20400 | 26000 | 0.2155 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 58 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 60 | Eastern Illinois University | 20700 | 28100 | 0.2628 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 61 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 62 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 30200 | 0.3079 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 63 | College of Coastal Georgia | 21100 | 29400 | 0.2823 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 63 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 65 | University of New Orleans | 21300 | 29700 | 0.2828 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21400 | 48100 | 0.5548 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 67 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 68 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 69 | Grand Canyon University | 22000 | 48300 | 0.5445 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 70 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 71 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 72 | University of South Dakota | 22700 | 26000 | 0.1265 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 73 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 74 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 75 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 76 | Lewis University | 23200 | 59400 | 0.6097 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 77 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23500 | 41000 | 0.427 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 78 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 79 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 80 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23900 | 32900 | 0.2731 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 81 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24400 | 30400 | 0.1974 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 82 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24600 | 90700 | 0.7288 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 83 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24700 | 36300 | 0.3192 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 84 | Meredith College | 24800 | 67400 | 0.6319 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 85 | Keystone College | 24900 | 50500 | 0.5074 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 85 | Stockton University | 24900 | 32100 | 0.2242 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 87 | Montana State University | 25000 | 73500 | 0.66 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 88 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25300 | 38400 | 0.3415 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 89 | Northwood University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 90 | Saint Leo University | 25800 | 50000 | 0.4838 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 90 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 92 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 93 | University of North Texas | 26500 | 36900 | 0.282 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 94 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 26900 | 40700 | 0.3389 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 95 | Central Washington University | 27000 | 27200 | 0.0073 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 40600 | 0.3325 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 97 | California State University-Long Beach | 27700 | 43100 | 0.3577 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 97 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 97 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27700 | 30000 | 0.0763 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 100 | West Virginia University | 27800 | 51100 | 0.4562 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 101 | Central Connecticut State University | 28200 | 29500 | 0.044 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28600 | 72700 | 0.6065 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 103 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28800 | 50700 | 0.4333 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 104 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 29100 | 69000 | 0.5781 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 105 | Flagler College | 29200 | 60700 | 0.5189 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 106 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 36200 | 0.1908 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 107 | Morgan State University | 29400 | 41800 | 0.2966 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 108 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29800 | 77600 | 0.6158 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 109 | Southern Utah University | 30300 | 40800 | 0.2575 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 110 | Saint Xavier University | 30400 | 57200 | 0.4688 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 111 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78200 | 0.6046 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 111 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30900 | 38500 | 0.1975 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 113 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 113 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 35300 | 0.1161 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 115 | Lasell University | 31400 | 60000 | 0.4764 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 116 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32200 | 39900 | 0.1931 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 117 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 118 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32600 | 44100 | 0.2609 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 119 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 120 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44700 | 0.2595 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 121 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 121 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 33400 | 48400 | 0.31 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 123 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 124 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33600 | 34200 | 0.0175 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 125 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 126 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 127 | Bay Path University | 35300 | 70900 | 0.5024 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 127 | Culinary Institute of America | 35300 | 69900 | 0.4952 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 129 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 130 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 131 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 35600 | 69100 | 0.4846 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 132 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 133 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60000 | 0.402 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 135 | Auburn University | 36400 | 85500 | 0.5741 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 136 | Framingham State University | 38600 | 48000 | 0.1956 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 137 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 138 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39300 | 66100 | 0.4056 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 139 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 140 | Drexel University | 40200 | 107600 | 0.6262 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 140 | Endicott College | 40200 | 94900 | 0.5763 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 140 | University of Central Florida | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 143 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 144 | James Madison University | 40500 | 45100 | 0.102 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 144 | University of Mississippi | 40500 | 60300 | 0.3283 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 146 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 147 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 41000 | 64200 | 0.3613 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 148 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 57400 | 0.2841 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 149 | Virginia State University | 41400 | 42800 | 0.0327 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 150 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 57200 | 0.2605 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 151 | Middle Tennessee State University | 42400 | 46500 | 0.0882 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 152 | Montclair State University | 42500 | 47000 | 0.0958 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 153 | St. John's University-New York | 43300 | 82800 | 0.4772 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 154 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 155 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0891 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 156 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 157 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 158 | University of Delaware | 48200 | 62000 | 0.222 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 159 | University of Georgia | 48500 | 51800 | 0.0637 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 160 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 67900 | 0.2806 | 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 | Lynn University | 51800 | 71600 | 0.2765 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 164 | The University of Alabama | 53600 | 66500 | 0.194 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 164 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 166 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 87300 | 0.3839 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 167 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 65100 | 65100 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 169 | Mercyhurst University | 65900 | 76400 | 0.1374 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 170 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.