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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 | Utah State University | 0 | 30000 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 3 | Utah Valley University | 9600 | 17000 | 0.4313 | 43,796 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 4 | Arkansas Tech University | 9900 | 22900 | 0.5671 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 5 | Boston University | 10300 | 88800 | 0.8844 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 6 | Northern Arizona University | 10900 | 25400 | 0.5699 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 7 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 11800 | 41000 | 0.7118 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 8 | Southern Utah University | 12300 | 21200 | 0.4188 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 10 | University of Central Florida | 13000 | 23600 | 0.4492 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 11 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4863 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 12 | California State University-Northridge | 13500 | 23200 | 0.4181 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 12 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13500 | 20300 | 0.3342 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 14 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 14100 | 25000 | 0.4355 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 15 | University of South Florida | 14200 | 17100 | 0.1695 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 16 | Kansas State University | 14300 | 26100 | 0.4526 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 17 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 29300 | 0.5084 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14700 | 31600 | 0.5343 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 19 | Florida International University | 15100 | 23700 | 0.3621 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 15300 | 40600 | 0.6233 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 21 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 15500 | 32300 | 0.5208 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 23 | Livingstone College | 15600 | 29900 | 0.4788 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 24 | California State University-Long Beach | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 24 | Florida State University | 15900 | 23100 | 0.3116 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 24 | James Madison University | 15900 | 28600 | 0.4433 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 15900 | 26700 | 0.4044 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 28 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16100 | 22600 | 0.2872 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 29 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16300 | 28800 | 0.4339 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 30 | Western Carolina University | 16500 | 19600 | 0.1582 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4069 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 32 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16700 | 30300 | 0.4496 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 33 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 34 | University of Southern Mississippi | 17200 | 23100 | 0.2552 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 35 | University of Georgia | 17300 | 27100 | 0.3599 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 36 | Central Washington University | 17400 | 22700 | 0.2332 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 36 | Eastern Illinois University | 17400 | 27700 | 0.3724 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 38 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17500 | 24300 | 0.28 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 39 | Husson University | 17900 | 48100 | 0.6272 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 40 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 18100 | 26700 | 0.3226 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 40 | San Francisco State University | 18100 | 33300 | 0.4564 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 42 | Colorado Mesa University | 18400 | 24800 | 0.2559 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 43 | College of Coastal Georgia | 18800 | 32900 | 0.4291 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 44 | Eastern Michigan University | 19300 | 36100 | 0.4654 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 44 | Framingham State University | 19300 | 31000 | 0.3775 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 46 | Youngstown State University | 19400 | 29300 | 0.3375 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 47 | Western Kentucky University | 19600 | 26800 | 0.269 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 48 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 49 | Central Connecticut State University | 20200 | 27600 | 0.2684 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 49 | Davis & Elkins College | 20200 | 47500 | 0.5742 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 49 | Montclair State University | 20200 | 36300 | 0.4438 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 52 | Iowa State University | 20300 | 24200 | 0.1626 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 52 | Piedmont University | 20300 | 47200 | 0.5699 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 52 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20300 | 28600 | 0.2907 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 55 | South Dakota State University | 20800 | 25200 | 0.1739 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 55 | West Virginia University | 20800 | 28800 | 0.278 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 57 | North Dakota State University | 21200 | 25700 | 0.1744 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 57 | San Diego State University | 21200 | 28100 | 0.2457 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 59 | Saint Peter's University | 21500 | 66300 | 0.6755 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 60 | Madonna University | 21900 | 50400 | 0.5655 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 61 | Cleary University | 22300 | 47200 | 0.5279 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 61 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 22300 | 33900 | 0.342 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 63 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 63 | Bradley University | 22400 | 50900 | 0.5599 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 65 | New York University | 22500 | 91800 | 0.7547 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 66 | Columbia College | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3864 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 67 | Robert Morris University | 22800 | 56300 | 0.5949 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 67 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22800 | 37800 | 0.3964 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 69 | Saint Leo University | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 70 | The University of Alabama | 23700 | 29900 | 0.2077 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 71 | Keystone College | 23900 | 35800 | 0.3326 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 72 | University of the Virgin Islands | 24100 | 37000 | 0.349 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 73 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24200 | 39200 | 0.3828 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 74 | Meredith College | 24400 | 66500 | 0.6332 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 74 | University of New Orleans | 24400 | 31000 | 0.2129 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 76 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 77 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24600 | 65700 | 0.6256 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 78 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 24800 | 35700 | 0.3057 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 79 | Northern Michigan University | 24900 | 32900 | 0.2435 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 80 | Montana State University | 25000 | 31400 | 0.2038 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 81 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 81 | Flagler College | 25200 | 37800 | 0.3336 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 83 | Lakeland University | 25300 | 54600 | 0.5363 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 84 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 85 | Fort Hays State University | 26300 | 35200 | 0.2532 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 85 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26300 | 36500 | 0.2796 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 87 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 26400 | 39000 | 0.323 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 88 | University of North Alabama | 26900 | 41500 | 0.352 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 89 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 90 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 91 | University of North Texas | 27700 | 37400 | 0.2595 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 92 | York College of Pennsylvania | 27900 | 41400 | 0.3262 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 93 | Florida Atlantic University | 28300 | 39200 | 0.2782 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 93 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28300 | 50700 | 0.4431 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 95 | Mitchell College | 28500 | 65900 | 0.5672 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 97 | Lipscomb University | 28600 | 57600 | 0.5039 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 98 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2125 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 99 | Delaware State University | 29300 | 36700 | 0.2018 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 100 | Salem State University | 29400 | 38900 | 0.244 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 101 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 29700 | 29700 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 102 | California State University-East Bay | 29900 | 43000 | 0.3044 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 103 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 30000 | 34000 | 0.1176 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 103 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 105 | Roosevelt University | 30100 | 43300 | 0.3054 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 106 | University of South Alabama | 30200 | 35000 | 0.1372 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 107 | Belmont University | 30400 | 67800 | 0.5512 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 107 | San Jose State University | 30400 | 41000 | 0.2583 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 109 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30500 | 39500 | 0.2277 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 110 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30700 | 33100 | 0.0726 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 110 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 30700 | 43700 | 0.2972 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 112 | Culinary Institute of America | 30800 | 69500 | 0.5566 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 112 | Georgia State University | 30800 | 44400 | 0.306 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 114 | Lasell University | 30900 | 47000 | 0.3423 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 114 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78100 | 0.6044 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 117 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 31100 | 63700 | 0.5114 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 117 | New Jersey City University | 31100 | 39800 | 0.2188 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 119 | Siena Heights University | 31400 | 46300 | 0.3218 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 120 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31800 | 33700 | 0.056 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 121 | Baldwin Wallace University | 32100 | 47300 | 0.3213 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 122 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 122 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32200 | 44800 | 0.2812 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 124 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 47600 | 0.3171 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 124 | Widener University | 32500 | 75300 | 0.5682 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 126 | Virginia State University | 32600 | 42200 | 0.2277 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 127 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 127 | Southeastern University | 32700 | 60500 | 0.4592 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 130 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 131 | Appalachian State University | 33700 | 35800 | 0.0587 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 132 | Stockton University | 33800 | 44500 | 0.2406 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 133 | Charleston Southern University | 34600 | 48400 | 0.2866 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 134 | DePaul University | 34900 | 59100 | 0.4093 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 135 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35800 | 43500 | 0.1771 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 135 | University of West Florida | 35800 | 44600 | 0.1974 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 137 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 137 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 139 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 140 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 37200 | 64400 | 0.4227 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 141 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 37600 | 43600 | 0.1376 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 141 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 62000 | 0.3936 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 143 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 144 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 145 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 146 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39300 | 52900 | 0.2569 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 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 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40600 | 66000 | 0.3849 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 153 | Temple University | 40800 | 56100 | 0.2726 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 154 | Endicott College | 40900 | 63200 | 0.3528 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 155 | Webber International University | 41000 | 44400 | 0.0763 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 156 | Campbell University | 41900 | 65100 | 0.3562 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 157 | St. John's University-New York | 42100 | 80100 | 0.4742 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 158 | Saint Joseph's University | 42400 | 74500 | 0.4308 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 159 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 160 | Mercyhurst University | 43900 | 66400 | 0.339 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 161 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 162 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 162 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 164 | College of Charleston | 49900 | 59000 | 0.1543 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 165 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 166 | Lynn University | 51800 | 64200 | 0.1932 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 167 | University of San Francisco | 53600 | 83200 | 0.3556 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 168 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 169 | Dallas Baptist University | 55900 | 56100 | 0.0036 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.