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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 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 2 | Arkansas Tech University | 9800 | 22900 | 0.5715 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 3 | Boston University | 9900 | 88800 | 0.8889 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 4 | Northern Arizona University | 10900 | 25400 | 0.5699 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 12000 | 21100 | 0.4306 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 6 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12400 | 29900 | 0.5852 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 7 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 12800 | 30400 | 0.5795 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic University | 13100 | 24800 | 0.4709 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 9 | California State University-Northridge | 13300 | 23200 | 0.4268 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 27100 | 0.5085 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 11 | Fort Hays State University | 13700 | 22000 | 0.3774 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 12 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13900 | 20300 | 0.3145 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 13 | University of South Florida | 14100 | 17100 | 0.1753 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 14 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 23300 | 0.3776 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 15 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14800 | 25800 | 0.4235 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 16 | Northern Illinois University | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4914 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 15000 | 31600 | 0.5248 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 18 | University of North Texas | 15300 | 25400 | 0.3983 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 18 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0727 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 20 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 15400 | 32300 | 0.5239 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 21 | Central Michigan University | 15500 | 40600 | 0.6183 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 21 | Livingstone College | 15500 | 29900 | 0.4821 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 24 | California State University-Long Beach | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3877 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 24 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23100 | 0.3159 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 26 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16300 | 28000 | 0.4176 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 27 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16600 | 31300 | 0.4702 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 28 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 16700 | 25200 | 0.3372 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 29 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16800 | 30700 | 0.4531 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 29 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 31 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 16900 | 26600 | 0.3653 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 31 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 16900 | 32100 | 0.4729 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 33 | Southeast Missouri State University | 17100 | 30300 | 0.4359 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 34 | University of Georgia | 17200 | 27100 | 0.3634 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 34 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17200 | 27400 | 0.3721 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 36 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17400 | 24300 | 0.2841 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 37 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17600 | 26300 | 0.3312 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 38 | San Francisco State University | 17700 | 33300 | 0.4684 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 39 | Eastern Illinois University | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3515 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 39 | Virginia State University | 18000 | 29300 | 0.3863 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 41 | California State University-East Bay | 18200 | 29700 | 0.3877 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 42 | Husson University | 18300 | 48100 | 0.6189 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 43 | University of New Orleans | 18600 | 29500 | 0.3695 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 44 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3403 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 45 | Eastern Michigan University | 19100 | 36100 | 0.4709 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 45 | Framingham State University | 19100 | 31000 | 0.384 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 47 | University of Memphis | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2695 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 48 | San Jose State University | 19600 | 29900 | 0.3442 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 48 | Youngstown State University | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3307 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 50 | Saint Cloud State University | 19800 | 24500 | 0.1925 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 50 | University of Mississippi | 19800 | 27000 | 0.2666 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 52 | University of Southern Mississippi | 20000 | 23100 | 0.1341 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 53 | Central Connecticut State University | 20200 | 27600 | 0.2684 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 53 | Davis & Elkins College | 20200 | 47500 | 0.5742 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 55 | Iowa State University | 20300 | 24200 | 0.1626 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 56 | Piedmont University | 20700 | 47200 | 0.5614 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 57 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 57 | Salem State University | 20800 | 28500 | 0.2701 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 57 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3071 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 60 | North Dakota State University | 21200 | 25700 | 0.1744 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 61 | University of West Florida | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 62 | Madonna University | 22000 | 50400 | 0.5635 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 63 | Saint Peter's University | 22100 | 66300 | 0.6664 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 64 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 64 | Cleary University | 22400 | 47200 | 0.5257 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 66 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22600 | 33900 | 0.3331 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 66 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7536 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 68 | Columbia College | 22800 | 36800 | 0.381 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 68 | Robert Morris University | 22800 | 56300 | 0.5949 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 70 | Bradley University | 23000 | 50900 | 0.5481 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 71 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 29900 | 0.211 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 71 | University of Central Florida | 23600 | 31400 | 0.2482 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 73 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34000 | 0.3028 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 74 | Keystone College | 23800 | 42900 | 0.445 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 75 | Saint Leo University | 23900 | 50000 | 0.5218 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 76 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 77 | University of the Virgin Islands | 24200 | 37000 | 0.3463 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 78 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24700 | 37400 | 0.3393 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 78 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24700 | 32900 | 0.2493 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 80 | Meredith College | 24800 | 77200 | 0.6784 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 81 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 82 | Lakeland University | 25300 | 54600 | 0.5363 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 82 | Montana State University | 25300 | 31400 | 0.1943 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 82 | Northern Michigan University | 25300 | 32900 | 0.2313 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 85 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 25400 | 76300 | 0.6673 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 86 | Flagler College | 25700 | 37800 | 0.3203 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 87 | South Dakota State University | 25800 | 28700 | 0.1005 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 88 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 88 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 90 | Georgia State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 91 | York College of Pennsylvania | 26100 | 41400 | 0.3697 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 92 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 93 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 26800 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 94 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 95 | University of North Alabama | 27200 | 41500 | 0.3448 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 96 | Troy University | 27500 | 32600 | 0.1564 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 97 | Central Washington University | 27600 | 27800 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 98 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28200 | 41900 | 0.3269 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 99 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28300 | 35400 | 0.2008 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 100 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28500 | 43200 | 0.3399 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 101 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 102 | Lipscomb University | 28800 | 57400 | 0.499 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 102 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28800 | 50700 | 0.4332 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 104 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2125 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 105 | Mitchell College | 29000 | 65900 | 0.5596 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 106 | Delaware State University | 29200 | 36700 | 0.2045 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 107 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 108 | Roosevelt University | 30100 | 43300 | 0.3054 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 109 | Belmont University | 30400 | 67800 | 0.5512 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 110 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30600 | 39500 | 0.2251 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 111 | University of South Alabama | 30700 | 35000 | 0.1229 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 112 | Lasell University | 30800 | 47000 | 0.3444 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 113 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78100 | 0.6044 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 114 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 31000 | 63700 | 0.513 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 114 | New Jersey City University | 31000 | 39800 | 0.2213 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 114 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 117 | Culinary Institute of America | 31100 | 69500 | 0.5523 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 118 | Siena Heights University | 31400 | 46300 | 0.3218 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 119 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41100 | 0.2289 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 120 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31800 | 33700 | 0.056 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 121 | Baldwin Wallace University | 32000 | 47300 | 0.3234 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 122 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32200 | 44800 | 0.2812 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 123 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 47600 | 0.3171 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 124 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 125 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 125 | Widener University | 32700 | 75300 | 0.5655 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 127 | Southeastern University | 32900 | 60500 | 0.4559 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 128 | Colorado Mesa University | 33300 | 40000 | 0.1659 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 129 | Appalachian State University | 34100 | 35800 | 0.0475 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 129 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 131 | Stephen F Austin State University | 34200 | 42800 | 0.2009 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 132 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 133 | Charleston Southern University | 34600 | 48400 | 0.2866 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 133 | Stockton University | 34600 | 44500 | 0.2226 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34600 | 52900 | 0.3457 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 136 | DePaul University | 35200 | 59100 | 0.4042 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 136 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0634 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 138 | Southern Connecticut State University | 35700 | 52500 | 0.3203 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 139 | University of Denver | 36300 | 76800 | 0.5272 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 140 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 141 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 37000 | 64400 | 0.4258 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 142 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 143 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 62000 | 0.3839 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 144 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 145 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38500 | 44500 | 0.135 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 146 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 147 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 147 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 57800 | 0.315 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 149 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40000 | 53300 | 0.2495 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 150 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 151 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 152 | San Diego State University | 40400 | 40500 | 0.0025 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 153 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40600 | 66000 | 0.3849 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 153 | Temple University | 40600 | 56100 | 0.2762 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 155 | Webber International University | 41000 | 44400 | 0.0763 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 156 | Endicott College | 41200 | 63200 | 0.348 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 157 | Campbell University | 41900 | 65100 | 0.3562 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 158 | St. John's University-New York | 42300 | 80100 | 0.4717 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 159 | Montclair State University | 42400 | 46600 | 0.0901 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 160 | Saint Joseph's University | 42600 | 74500 | 0.4281 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 161 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 162 | Mercyhurst University | 43900 | 66400 | 0.339 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 163 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 164 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 165 | College of Charleston | 49700 | 59000 | 0.1577 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 166 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 167 | Lynn University | 51800 | 64200 | 0.1932 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 168 | University of San Francisco | 54000 | 83200 | 0.3508 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 169 | Dallas Baptist University | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.