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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Texas.
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 Texas.
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 | 8300 | 65100 | 0.8726 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9200 | 62400 | 0.8519 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Houston City College | 9300 | 15100 | 0.3854 | 59,451 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10100 | 27800 | 0.6356 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 6 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10300 | 24500 | 0.5787 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 22200 | 0.528 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 9 | Western Kentucky University | 10700 | 30200 | 0.6469 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 10 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12200 | 22900 | 0.4681 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 11 | University of West Florida | 12300 | 22200 | 0.4455 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 12 | 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 | |
| 13 | Fort Hays State University | 13000 | 19900 | 0.347 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 13 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 25800 | 0.4923 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 17 | Eastern Illinois University | 13200 | 24300 | 0.4572 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 18 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 39800 | 0.6652 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 18 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 18 | San Jacinto Community College | 13300 | 16800 | 0.208 | 33,215 | 1135 | 1 | |
| 21 | San Francisco State University | 13400 | 47700 | 0.7193 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 22 | University of North Alabama | 13900 | 28200 | 0.5074 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 23 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 24 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 24 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5361 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5715 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 27 | Central Connecticut State University | 14600 | 34200 | 0.5728 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 28 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 32500 | 0.5481 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 29 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14800 | 55300 | 0.7319 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 30 | Colorado Mesa University | 15000 | 66200 | 0.7732 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 31 | Troy University | 15100 | 39100 | 0.6135 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 32 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15300 | 31600 | 0.5164 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 32 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15300 | 40000 | 0.6175 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 34 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15500 | 25700 | 0.3969 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 35 | Central Michigan University | 15600 | 38700 | 0.5967 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 35 | University of Mississippi | 15600 | 37400 | 0.5831 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 37 | Northern Michigan University | 15700 | 35600 | 0.559 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 38 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 39 | Ball State University | 16100 | 22400 | 0.2817 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 40 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4471 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 41 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16300 | 62800 | 0.7401 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 41 | Northern Illinois University | 16300 | 30400 | 0.4642 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 41 | University of South Florida | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 44 | Appalachian State University | 16500 | 22800 | 0.2766 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 45 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 33300 | 0.4926 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 45 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 47 | Delaware State University | 17200 | 43000 | 0.6004 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 48 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17600 | 23200 | 0.2414 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 49 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17700 | 33300 | 0.4685 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 50 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 51 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 18000 | 25000 | 0.28 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 52 | James Madison University | 18100 | 28900 | 0.3742 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 53 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 53 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 61500 | 0.702 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 53 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 40600 | 0.5487 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 56 | Columbia College | 18500 | 60700 | 0.6947 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 56 | Western Carolina University | 18500 | 20500 | 0.0977 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 58 | North Carolina Central University | 18800 | 27600 | 0.3186 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 59 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 60 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 26700 | 0.2701 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 60 | Husson University | 19500 | 48100 | 0.594 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 62 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 20000 | 32300 | 0.3811 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 63 | Salem State University | 20100 | 39400 | 0.4903 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 64 | Georgia State University | 20400 | 26000 | 0.2155 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 65 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20600 | 48300 | 0.5736 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 66 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 66 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20800 | 25500 | 0.1844 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 68 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 30200 | 0.3079 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21000 | 48000 | 0.5625 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 69 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21200 | 48100 | 0.559 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 71 | University of New Orleans | 21200 | 29700 | 0.2862 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 73 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 74 | Grand Canyon University | 22000 | 48300 | 0.5445 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 75 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 22100 | 35500 | 0.3771 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 77 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 78 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 78 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3777 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 80 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 81 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 82 | Lewis University | 23200 | 59400 | 0.6097 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 83 | Montana State University | 23300 | 73500 | 0.6832 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 84 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 84 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23700 | 32900 | 0.2792 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 86 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 87 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 48800 | 0.5113 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 88 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 89 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24300 | 90700 | 0.7321 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 89 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24300 | 30400 | 0.2007 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 91 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24600 | 36300 | 0.3219 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 92 | Keystone College | 24800 | 50500 | 0.5094 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 93 | Meredith College | 24900 | 67400 | 0.6304 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 94 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 95 | Iowa State University | 25600 | 43300 | 0.4092 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 96 | Saint Leo University | 25700 | 50000 | 0.4858 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 97 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 97 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 97 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 100 | University of North Texas | 26300 | 36900 | 0.2874 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 101 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 36000 | 0.2584 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 102 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 26800 | 40700 | 0.3414 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 40600 | 0.3374 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 104 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 105 | Virginia State University | 27500 | 34900 | 0.2118 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 106 | Dallas Baptist University | 27600 | 63500 | 0.5652 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 107 | Central Washington University | 27700 | 27900 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 107 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 109 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 72700 | 0.6079 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 110 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28700 | 50700 | 0.4353 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 111 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 112 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28900 | 69000 | 0.581 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 113 | Flagler College | 29100 | 60700 | 0.5205 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 114 | Morgan State University | 29300 | 41800 | 0.299 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 115 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29600 | 77600 | 0.6184 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 116 | Saint Xavier University | 30300 | 57200 | 0.4706 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 117 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 118 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78200 | 0.6058 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 118 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30800 | 38500 | 0.2001 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 120 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 120 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 35300 | 0.1161 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 122 | Lasell University | 31400 | 60000 | 0.4764 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 123 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32200 | 39900 | 0.1931 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 124 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43200 | 0.2524 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 125 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 126 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44700 | 0.2595 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 128 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 129 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 130 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 131 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 132 | Southern Connecticut State University | 34500 | 52900 | 0.348 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 133 | Culinary Institute of America | 35200 | 69900 | 0.4967 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 134 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 134 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 136 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 137 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60000 | 0.4036 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 137 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 140 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 37200 | 38800 | 0.0412 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 142 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37900 | 66600 | 0.4307 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 143 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 144 | Stockton University | 38200 | 45300 | 0.1569 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 145 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 39000 | 60200 | 0.3528 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 145 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 147 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39200 | 66100 | 0.4071 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 148 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 149 | Drexel University | 40100 | 107600 | 0.6271 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 150 | Endicott College | 40200 | 94900 | 0.5763 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 151 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 152 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 153 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40700 | 69100 | 0.4109 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 154 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 41000 | 64200 | 0.3613 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 155 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57400 | 0.2823 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 156 | Montclair State University | 42400 | 47000 | 0.0979 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 157 | St. John's University-New York | 43300 | 82800 | 0.4772 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 158 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 159 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0889 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 160 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 161 | Florida Atlantic University | 44900 | 44900 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 162 | University of Delaware | 48100 | 62000 | 0.2245 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 163 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 67900 | 0.2808 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 164 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 165 | University of Kentucky | 51700 | 74100 | 0.3024 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 166 | Lynn University | 51800 | 71600 | 0.2765 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 167 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 87300 | 0.3827 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 168 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 169 | Mercyhurst University | 65900 | 76400 | 0.1374 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 170 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 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.