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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 | Dallas College | 8000 | 19000 | 0.578 | 125,613 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 8200 | 47200 | 0.8267 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8900 | 43500 | 0.7961 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 4 | California State University-Northridge | 9700 | 36500 | 0.7345 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 5 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10300 | 27800 | 0.6285 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10400 | 22900 | 0.5468 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11300 | 27400 | 0.5873 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 11500 | 91600 | 0.8748 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 12300 | 44000 | 0.72 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 10 | University of North Alabama | 12600 | 28200 | 0.5535 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 13 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13000 | 39600 | 0.6718 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 14 | University of Central Florida | 13100 | 25300 | 0.4816 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 15 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 16 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 16 | West Virginia University | 13300 | 57700 | 0.7693 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 18 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13700 | 20300 | 0.3244 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 18 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 20 | Eastern Illinois University | 13800 | 24300 | 0.431 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 21 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14100 | 19400 | 0.2733 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 22 | Arkansas Tech University | 14200 | 35900 | 0.6038 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 22 | Fort Hays State University | 14200 | 40700 | 0.6518 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 24 | University of West Florida | 14300 | 21500 | 0.3344 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 25 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 25 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 27 | Central Michigan University | 14900 | 37400 | 0.6022 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 27 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14900 | 28200 | 0.4724 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 29 | University of Georgia | 15000 | 26600 | 0.4344 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4604 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 31 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 32 | Northern Illinois University | 15300 | 30700 | 0.5006 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 33 | Livingstone College | 15400 | 38100 | 0.5957 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 34 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15600 | 45200 | 0.6543 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 35 | Colorado Mesa University | 15700 | 40000 | 0.6073 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 36 | Florida State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3096 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 36 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 38 | Central Washington University | 15900 | 27900 | 0.4308 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 39 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 42600 | 0.62 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 40 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16400 | 31300 | 0.4766 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 41 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16700 | 23100 | 0.277 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 42 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 43 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 32000 | 0.4701 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 43 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 45 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 17000 | 86700 | 0.8042 | 7,703 | 1110 | 0.9292 | |
| 46 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 47 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17600 | 34000 | 0.482 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 47 | Husson University | 17600 | 48100 | 0.6335 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 47 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17600 | 44900 | 0.6075 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 47 | Western Kentucky University | 17600 | 27000 | 0.3488 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 51 | Georgia State University | 17700 | 26000 | 0.3194 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 52 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 35200 | 0.4917 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 53 | Virginia State University | 18000 | 29500 | 0.3895 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 54 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 46600 | 0.6122 | 1,905 | 895 | 0.5754 | |
| 55 | Bay Path University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6713 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 55 | California State University-East Bay | 18200 | 45100 | 0.5967 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 57 | Central Connecticut State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4615 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 58 | San Francisco State University | 18400 | 55400 | 0.6679 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 59 | Saint Leo University | 18500 | 50000 | 0.6298 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 60 | Madonna University | 18700 | 58300 | 0.6796 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.5226 | |
| 61 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18800 | 28200 | 0.3329 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 62 | Northern Michigan University | 19100 | 33100 | 0.423 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 62 | Stockton University | 19100 | 32100 | 0.4048 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 64 | North Carolina Central University | 19400 | 40000 | 0.5148 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 65 | College of Coastal Georgia | 19700 | 42100 | 0.5315 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 65 | Salem State University | 19700 | 35100 | 0.4385 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 67 | University of Mississippi | 19800 | 27000 | 0.2666 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 68 | San Diego State University | 19900 | 28900 | 0.3115 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 69 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5868 | 683 | 902 | 0.5823 | |
| 70 | University of New Orleans | 20400 | 30200 | 0.3244 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 70 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 20400 | 37600 | 0.4584 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 72 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20600 | 46300 | 0.5549 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 73 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 74 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 74 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21000 | 32800 | 0.3603 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 74 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 38200 | 0.4501 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 77 | Kennesaw State University | 21600 | 26600 | 0.1881 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 77 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21600 | 42700 | 0.4943 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 79 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1388 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 80 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 81 | Belhaven University | 22100 | 43300 | 0.4911 | 1,453 | 1065 | 0.5325 | |
| 82 | Cleary University | 22400 | 60900 | 0.6327 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 82 | Keystone College | 22400 | 48800 | 0.5412 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 82 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22400 | 59600 | 0.6242 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 85 | San Jose State University | 22600 | 41100 | 0.4502 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 86 | Columbia College | 22900 | 39700 | 0.4237 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 87 | 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 | 23400 | 31500 | 0.2572 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 89 | Saint Cloud State University | 23400 | 26300 | 0.1097 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 91 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 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 Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 96 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 97 | Temple University | 25300 | 36400 | 0.3052 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 98 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 99 | Iowa State University | 25800 | 43300 | 0.4057 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 99 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 101 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.541 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 102 | Lipscomb University | 26300 | 57800 | 0.5448 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 103 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 104 | Ashland University | 26600 | 56600 | 0.5305 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 105 | Flagler College | 26700 | 61100 | 0.5628 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 106 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26800 | 79400 | 0.6626 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 107 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 108 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 109 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 110 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28600 | 50700 | 0.4362 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 111 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28700 | 41800 | 0.3133 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 112 | Mitchell College | 28900 | 75200 | 0.616 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 113 | Dallas Baptist University | 29100 | 72000 | 0.5955 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 113 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 115 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 29500 | 38500 | 0.2339 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 116 | Kansas State University | 29700 | 41600 | 0.2862 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 116 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 53600 | 0.4457 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 118 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 119 | Framingham State University | 29900 | 38100 | 0.2152 | 2,817 | 1165 | 0.8491 | |
| 120 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 120 | Southeastern University | 30000 | 60500 | 0.5038 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 122 | University of North Texas | 30500 | 37400 | 0.1844 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 123 | Culinary Institute of America | 30700 | 74600 | 0.5881 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 124 | 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 | |
| 125 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 127 | New Jersey City University | 31600 | 39800 | 0.2062 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 128 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 129 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 130 | St. John's University-New York | 32700 | 78000 | 0.5804 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 131 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 132 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 133 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 135 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 136 | Meredith College | 36000 | 64200 | 0.4394 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 137 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36100 | 66700 | 0.4589 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 138 | University of Denver | 36300 | 76800 | 0.527 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 139 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 140 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36800 | 64400 | 0.4289 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 141 | Lasell University | 36900 | 48500 | 0.239 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 142 | California State University-Long Beach | 37700 | 38600 | 0.0233 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 143 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66500 | 0.4283 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 144 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 145 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40400 | 92400 | 0.5627 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 146 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 147 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 147 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.082 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 149 | Endicott College | 41200 | 64200 | 0.3582 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 150 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 151 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 152 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 153 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 153 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 155 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 156 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 157 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 158 | High Point University | 45500 | 72900 | 0.3758 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 159 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 160 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 161 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 162 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 163 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 164 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 84800 | 0.3643 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61300 | 64200 | 0.0452 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 167 | 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.