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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 | 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 | 9200 | 62400 | 0.8519 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10200 | 24500 | 0.5828 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 5 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 6 | Western Kentucky University | 10800 | 30200 | 0.6425 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 7 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12300 | 22900 | 0.4637 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | Northern Arizona University | 12300 | 35800 | 0.6566 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 9 | Northern Michigan University | 12400 | 32200 | 0.6157 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 10 | University of West Florida | 12500 | 22200 | 0.4365 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 11 | Florida Atlantic University | 12600 | 25800 | 0.5123 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 11 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12600 | 18400 | 0.3159 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 13 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 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 | Western Carolina University | 14000 | 16500 | 0.1514 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 21 | 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 | |
| 22 | University of Memphis | 14700 | 37800 | 0.6115 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 25 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14900 | 55300 | 0.7301 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 26 | Colorado Mesa University | 15100 | 66200 | 0.7723 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 27 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15200 | 23400 | 0.35 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 27 | Troy University | 15200 | 39100 | 0.6109 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 29 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15500 | 31600 | 0.5101 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 29 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15500 | 40000 | 0.6125 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 31 | Central Michigan University | 15700 | 38700 | 0.5942 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 31 | University of Mississippi | 15700 | 37400 | 0.5804 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 33 | Florida State University | 15900 | 23000 | 0.309 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 34 | Austin Peay State University | 16000 | 29100 | 0.4519 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 34 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 16000 | 25000 | 0.3601 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 36 | Ball State University | 16300 | 22400 | 0.2727 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 37 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 62800 | 0.7385 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 37 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4403 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 39 | Northern Illinois University | 16500 | 30400 | 0.4594 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 40 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 33300 | 0.4896 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 41 | Delaware State University | 17200 | 43000 | 0.6004 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 42 | Kansas State University | 17300 | 26400 | 0.3429 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 43 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3384 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 44 | College of Charleston | 17500 | 43600 | 0.5981 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 45 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17800 | 33300 | 0.4655 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 46 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17900 | 27400 | 0.3465 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 46 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 48 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 48 | Middle Tennessee State University | 18300 | 23300 | 0.2141 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 50 | Kennesaw State University | 18400 | 61500 | 0.7004 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 51 | Columbia College | 18500 | 60700 | 0.6947 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 51 | University of South Alabama | 18500 | 40600 | 0.5438 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 53 | San Diego State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3461 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 54 | North Carolina Central University | 19000 | 27600 | 0.3114 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 56 | Central Washington University | 19100 | 22700 | 0.1584 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 57 | Husson University | 19600 | 48100 | 0.5919 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 58 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19700 | 26700 | 0.2626 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 59 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3749 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 59 | Salem State University | 20200 | 39400 | 0.4877 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 61 | Georgia State University | 20400 | 26000 | 0.2155 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 62 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20600 | 48300 | 0.5736 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 63 | Eastern Illinois University | 20700 | 28100 | 0.2628 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 64 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 65 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 30200 | 0.3079 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21000 | 48000 | 0.5625 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 67 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 39200 | 0.4594 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 68 | University of New Orleans | 21300 | 29700 | 0.2828 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21400 | 48100 | 0.5548 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 70 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 71 | Grand Canyon University | 22000 | 48300 | 0.5445 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 72 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 73 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 74 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 74 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 76 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 77 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 78 | Lewis University | 23200 | 59400 | 0.6097 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 79 | Montana State University | 23400 | 73500 | 0.6818 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 80 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23500 | 41000 | 0.427 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 81 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 82 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 83 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 84 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24400 | 30400 | 0.1974 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 85 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24600 | 90700 | 0.7288 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 86 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24700 | 36300 | 0.3192 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 87 | Meredith College | 24800 | 67400 | 0.6319 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 88 | Keystone College | 24900 | 50500 | 0.5074 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 89 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 90 | Northwood University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 91 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 91 | Saint Leo University | 25800 | 50000 | 0.4838 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 91 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 94 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 95 | Lipscomb University | 26300 | 67900 | 0.6124 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 96 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 36000 | 0.2584 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 97 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 26900 | 40700 | 0.3389 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 98 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 99 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 99 | West Virginia University | 27700 | 40900 | 0.3226 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 101 | Central Connecticut State University | 28200 | 29500 | 0.044 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 102 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28600 | 72700 | 0.6065 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 104 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28800 | 50700 | 0.4333 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 105 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 106 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 107 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 29100 | 69000 | 0.5781 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 108 | Flagler College | 29200 | 60700 | 0.5189 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 109 | Morgan State University | 29400 | 41800 | 0.2966 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 110 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29800 | 77600 | 0.6158 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 111 | Southern Utah University | 30300 | 40800 | 0.2575 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 112 | Saint Xavier University | 30400 | 57200 | 0.4688 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 113 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 114 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30800 | 39400 | 0.2184 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 115 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78200 | 0.6046 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 115 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30900 | 38500 | 0.1975 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 117 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 118 | Lasell University | 31500 | 60000 | 0.4747 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 119 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32200 | 39900 | 0.1931 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 120 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 120 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32400 | 43200 | 0.2501 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 122 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32600 | 44100 | 0.2609 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 123 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 124 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 125 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44700 | 0.2595 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 126 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 127 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 128 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33600 | 34200 | 0.0175 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 129 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34100 | 53600 | 0.3639 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 129 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 131 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 132 | Culinary Institute of America | 35300 | 69900 | 0.4952 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 133 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 133 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 135 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 136 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 137 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60000 | 0.402 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 138 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 139 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38100 | 66600 | 0.4277 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 139 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 141 | Stockton University | 38400 | 45300 | 0.1525 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 142 | Framingham State University | 38600 | 48000 | 0.1956 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 143 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 144 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 39100 | 60200 | 0.3502 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 145 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39300 | 66100 | 0.4056 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 146 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 147 | Drexel University | 40200 | 107600 | 0.6262 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 147 | Endicott College | 40200 | 94900 | 0.5763 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 149 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 150 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 151 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 69100 | 0.4094 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 152 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 41000 | 64200 | 0.3613 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 153 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 57400 | 0.2841 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 154 | Virginia State University | 41400 | 42800 | 0.0327 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 155 | Montclair State University | 42500 | 47000 | 0.0958 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 156 | St. John's University-New York | 43300 | 82800 | 0.4772 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 157 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 158 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 159 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 160 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 161 | University of Delaware | 48200 | 62000 | 0.222 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 162 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 163 | Lynn University | 51700 | 71600 | 0.2779 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 164 | University of Kentucky | 51800 | 74100 | 0.3002 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 165 | The University of Alabama | 53600 | 66500 | 0.194 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 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-Main Campus | 58300 | 63500 | 0.0819 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 169 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 170 | Mercyhurst University | 65900 | 76400 | 0.1374 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 171 | Auburn University | 75200 | 85500 | 0.1204 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.