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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | 8800 | 43500 | 0.7984 | 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 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11400 | 27400 | 0.5836 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 11600 | 91600 | 0.8737 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | University of North Alabama | 12600 | 28200 | 0.5535 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 8 | Southern Utah University | 12800 | 44000 | 0.7086 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 9 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13000 | 39600 | 0.6718 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 12 | West Virginia University | 13400 | 57700 | 0.7676 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 13 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 14 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 15 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13800 | 20300 | 0.3194 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 16 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13900 | 25000 | 0.4455 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 17 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 35900 | 0.601 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 14300 | 40700 | 0.6494 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 19 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 19 | Framingham State University | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5357 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 19 | University of West Florida | 14400 | 21500 | 0.3298 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 22 | Central Michigan University | 15000 | 37400 | 0.5995 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 22 | Southeast Missouri State University | 15000 | 28200 | 0.4674 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 22 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 15000 | 37800 | 0.6039 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 25 | Troy University | 15200 | 32600 | 0.5335 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 26 | Livingstone College | 15300 | 38100 | 0.5983 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 26 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 28 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15400 | 28000 | 0.4497 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 29 | Northern Illinois University | 15500 | 30700 | 0.4955 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 30 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15700 | 45200 | 0.6521 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 31 | Colorado Mesa University | 15800 | 40000 | 0.6049 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 31 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 31 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3846 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 34 | Ball State University | 16100 | 22400 | 0.2817 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 34 | Central Washington University | 16100 | 22700 | 0.2904 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 34 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 37 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 38 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16700 | 42600 | 0.6082 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 38 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16700 | 23100 | 0.277 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 40 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 41 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16900 | 31600 | 0.4657 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 41 | Eastern Illinois University | 16900 | 27500 | 0.3835 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 41 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 22400 | 0.246 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 44 | Eastern Michigan University | 17000 | 32000 | 0.467 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 45 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 46 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 17300 | 86700 | 0.8007 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 47 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17400 | 24300 | 0.2841 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 48 | Western Kentucky University | 17600 | 27000 | 0.3479 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 49 | Georgia State University | 17800 | 26000 | 0.3156 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 49 | Husson University | 17800 | 48100 | 0.6293 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 51 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 18000 | 44900 | 0.5986 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 52 | Bay Path University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6713 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 53 | California State University-East Bay | 18300 | 45100 | 0.5945 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 54 | Central Connecticut State University | 18600 | 34000 | 0.4527 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 54 | Saint Leo University | 18600 | 50000 | 0.6278 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 54 | Salem State University | 18600 | 28500 | 0.3473 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 57 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18700 | 41200 | 0.5467 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 57 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3073 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 59 | Madonna University | 18800 | 58300 | 0.6779 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 60 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3294 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 61 | Northern Michigan University | 19300 | 33100 | 0.417 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 62 | North Carolina Central University | 19500 | 40000 | 0.5123 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 63 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19600 | 34400 | 0.4297 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 64 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 64 | San Diego State University | 20000 | 28900 | 0.308 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 66 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 66 | Stockton University | 20100 | 44500 | 0.5486 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 68 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20200 | 46300 | 0.5635 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 68 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 70 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 70 | University of New Orleans | 20500 | 30200 | 0.3211 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 72 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 73 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21200 | 32800 | 0.3542 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 74 | Kennesaw State University | 21700 | 26600 | 0.1844 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 74 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21700 | 42700 | 0.4919 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 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 | Bradley University | 22200 | 50800 | 0.5629 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 79 | Cleary University | 22400 | 60900 | 0.6327 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 79 | Keystone College | 22400 | 48800 | 0.5412 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 81 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 82 | San Jose State University | 22700 | 41100 | 0.4478 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 83 | Columbia College | 22900 | 39700 | 0.4237 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 84 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 84 | San Francisco State University | 23100 | 55400 | 0.583 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 84 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23100 | 59600 | 0.6124 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 84 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 88 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 89 | Montana State University | 23500 | 31500 | 0.254 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 89 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 89 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 92 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 92 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 31000 | 0.2385 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 94 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 95 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3396 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 95 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 97 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 98 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 99 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 100 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 101 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 102 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 103 | Lipscomb University | 26400 | 57400 | 0.5407 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 104 | Ashland University | 26600 | 56600 | 0.5305 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 105 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 42100 | 0.3654 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 106 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26900 | 79400 | 0.6614 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 106 | Flagler College | 26900 | 61100 | 0.5596 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 108 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 109 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 110 | California Lutheran University | 27900 | 70000 | 0.6017 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28000 | 41500 | 0.3251 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 112 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 113 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 114 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28800 | 41800 | 0.3103 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 114 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28800 | 50700 | 0.4323 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 116 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 117 | Mitchell College | 29100 | 75200 | 0.6134 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 117 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 119 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 53600 | 0.4457 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 120 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 121 | Southeastern University | 30100 | 60500 | 0.5022 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 122 | Montclair State University | 30200 | 36300 | 0.1681 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 123 | Culinary Institute of America | 30800 | 74600 | 0.5868 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 123 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 125 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 126 | New Jersey City University | 31500 | 39800 | 0.2087 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 128 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 129 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 129 | St. John's University-New York | 32800 | 78000 | 0.5791 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 131 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 132 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34300 | 53400 | 0.3578 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 134 | Virginia State University | 35100 | 42200 | 0.1684 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 135 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 136 | Meredith College | 35900 | 64200 | 0.4409 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 137 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36200 | 66700 | 0.4574 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 138 | University of Denver | 36300 | 76800 | 0.527 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 139 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36800 | 64400 | 0.4289 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 140 | Lasell University | 36900 | 48500 | 0.239 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 141 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 142 | California State University-Long Beach | 37800 | 38600 | 0.0207 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 143 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 144 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 145 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 146 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40400 | 92400 | 0.5627 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 146 | Temple University | 40400 | 55300 | 0.2697 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 148 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 149 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 150 | Endicott College | 41200 | 64200 | 0.3582 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 151 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 152 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 153 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 57700 | 0.265 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 154 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 155 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 155 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 157 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 158 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 159 | High Point University | 45400 | 72900 | 0.3771 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 160 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 161 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 162 | DePaul University | 49100 | 67100 | 0.2682 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 163 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 164 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 165 | University of San Francisco | 54000 | 84800 | 0.3631 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 166 | Dallas Baptist University | 56100 | 71900 | 0.2196 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61200 | 64200 | 0.0467 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 168 | 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.