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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Utah.
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 Utah.
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 | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 8300 | 22000 | 0.6232 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9100 | 45100 | 0.7986 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 3 | Florida Atlantic University | 9100 | 26900 | 0.6629 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 5 | Western Kentucky University | 10400 | 27500 | 0.6216 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10900 | 51500 | 0.7882 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11000 | 27300 | 0.5981 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 36600 | 0.6991 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 9 | Eastern Illinois University | 12000 | 24700 | 0.5138 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 12100 | 30400 | 0.6012 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 12300 | 93200 | 0.868 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 12 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12600 | 29300 | 0.57 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 12600 | 50500 | 0.7512 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 14 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5126 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 40500 | 0.6789 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | Livingstone College | 13100 | 43100 | 0.6963 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 17 | Central Connecticut State University | 13600 | 34200 | 0.6021 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 17 | Western Carolina University | 13600 | 16500 | 0.1757 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 19 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3377 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 20 | Youngstown State University | 14100 | 28400 | 0.5033 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 21 | San Francisco State University | 14200 | 47700 | 0.7025 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 14300 | 33900 | 0.5776 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 22 | Salem State University | 14300 | 38300 | 0.6262 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 22 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14300 | 29600 | 0.5176 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 25 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 26 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 31400 | 0.5374 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 27 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14700 | 30100 | 0.5123 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 27 | University of North Alabama | 14700 | 37300 | 0.606 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 29 | Colorado Mesa University | 14900 | 66200 | 0.775 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 29 | Troy University | 14900 | 26700 | 0.4418 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 31 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15000 | 22500 | 0.333 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 31 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 50100 | 0.7003 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 34 | Northern Michigan University | 15300 | 33100 | 0.5378 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 34 | University of Mississippi | 15300 | 27000 | 0.4332 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 36 | Central Michigan University | 15400 | 38700 | 0.6019 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 37 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23000 | 0.3177 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 38 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15900 | 28500 | 0.4427 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 39 | University of North Texas | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3867 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 40 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16100 | 90700 | 0.8225 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 40 | Kansas State University | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 42 | Appalachian State University | 16200 | 26000 | 0.3771 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 43 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16700 | 41200 | 0.5953 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 43 | Morgan State University | 16700 | 30700 | 0.4556 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 43 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16700 | 27800 | 0.3986 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17100 | 36400 | 0.5296 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 46 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.35 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 48 | North Carolina Central University | 17200 | 37500 | 0.5418 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 49 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17300 | 33900 | 0.4895 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 49 | College of Charleston | 17300 | 33900 | 0.4902 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 49 | Montclair State University | 17300 | 36000 | 0.52 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 52 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17600 | 44100 | 0.6012 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 53 | James Madison University | 17700 | 28900 | 0.3874 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 54 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 55 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 18100 | 18400 | 0.0163 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 55 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 27400 | 0.3391 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 57 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5539 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 57 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 60 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18500 | 43500 | 0.5744 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 61 | San Diego State University | 18600 | 28900 | 0.3565 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 62 | Delaware State University | 18800 | 62600 | 0.6996 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 63 | Husson University | 19200 | 48100 | 0.6002 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 64 | Stockton University | 20000 | 32100 | 0.3767 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 65 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 55300 | 0.6363 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 66 | South Dakota State University | 20300 | 25200 | 0.1941 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 67 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 68 | Ferris State University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3328 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 68 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 68 | Saint Leo University | 20700 | 50000 | 0.5858 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 68 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20700 | 48300 | 0.5715 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 72 | College of Coastal Georgia | 20900 | 51600 | 0.5948 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 73 | University of New Orleans | 21000 | 30000 | 0.2996 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 74 | Davis & Elkins College | 21500 | 51200 | 0.5805 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 75 | Grand Canyon University | 21800 | 34000 | 0.3583 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 76 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 77 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 78 | Meredith College | 22500 | 67400 | 0.666 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 79 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 79 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 81 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6031 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 82 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 83 | Central Washington University | 23500 | 27200 | 0.1359 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 83 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23500 | 89100 | 0.7361 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 83 | Lackawanna College | 23500 | 52100 | 0.5492 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 86 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 87 | Keystone College | 24600 | 50500 | 0.5134 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 88 | Fort Hays State University | 24700 | 28500 | 0.1331 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 88 | Montana State University | 24700 | 31600 | 0.2186 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 90 | University of South Florida | 24800 | 36500 | 0.3202 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 90 | Utah Valley University | 24800 | 32200 | 0.23 | 47,518 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 92 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 24900 | 37700 | 0.3393 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 93 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1011 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 94 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 94 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 96 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1807 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 97 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 98 | New Jersey City University | 26700 | 39800 | 0.3295 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 99 | California State University-Long Beach | 27300 | 38800 | 0.2963 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 100 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 63900 | 0.5647 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 101 | Flagler College | 28200 | 61900 | 0.544 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 102 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28400 | 50700 | 0.4413 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 103 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 69700 | 0.5912 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 104 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.216 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 105 | Georgia State University | 29100 | 45700 | 0.363 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 106 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29400 | 112100 | 0.7376 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 107 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29500 | 34200 | 0.1373 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 108 | Saint Xavier University | 29900 | 58200 | 0.4859 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 109 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 110 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78300 | 0.6131 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 111 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30500 | 38500 | 0.2079 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 112 | Iowa State University | 30800 | 45200 | 0.3183 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 112 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 114 | Kent State University at Kent | 31100 | 37500 | 0.1706 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 114 | Warner University | 31100 | 41000 | 0.2414 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 116 | Lasell University | 31400 | 50800 | 0.3822 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 117 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 118 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 119 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 120 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 120 | Wilkes University | 32500 | 61900 | 0.4741 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 122 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32600 | 35000 | 0.0684 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 123 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3132 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 124 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5399 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 125 | St. John's University-New York | 33900 | 83800 | 0.5958 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 126 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 127 | Culinary Institute of America | 34800 | 91000 | 0.6176 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 128 | Southern Connecticut State University | 35100 | 42000 | 0.1643 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 129 | Bay Path University | 35300 | 57500 | 0.3863 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 129 | Mount Mercy University | 35300 | 61200 | 0.4224 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 131 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60300 | 0.4114 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 131 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 133 | University of South Alabama | 36200 | 40200 | 0.0996 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 134 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 135 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 36600 | 37600 | 0.0266 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 136 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 137 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66700 | 0.4364 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 138 | Washington State University | 37700 | 53600 | 0.2967 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 139 | Middle Tennessee State University | 37900 | 48300 | 0.2154 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 140 | Framingham State University | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 142 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 69800 | 0.44 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 142 | University of Denver | 39100 | 84100 | 0.5352 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 144 | Endicott College | 39600 | 65400 | 0.3943 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 144 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 146 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 39700 | 64500 | 0.3848 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 147 | Drexel University | 39800 | 86400 | 0.5397 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 148 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3882 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 149 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40500 | 53600 | 0.2445 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 149 | Webber International University | 40500 | 44400 | 0.0878 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 151 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 152 | Virginia State University | 41500 | 42800 | 0.0304 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 153 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 154 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 63300 | 0.3303 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 155 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 156 | Campbell University | 43900 | 68700 | 0.3621 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 157 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 62400 | 0.2344 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 158 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48500 | 61200 | 0.2075 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 159 | University of Kentucky | 48600 | 59900 | 0.1892 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 160 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3023 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 161 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 162 | Lynn University | 51500 | 71600 | 0.2807 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 163 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 164 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 165 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 58000 | 0.0741 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 166 | University of San Francisco | 54900 | 87200 | 0.3704 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 167 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 84300 | 0.3381 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 169 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 170 | Mercyhurst University | 61100 | 68000 | 0.1014 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 171 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.