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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in Washington.
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 Washington.
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 | 9100 | 62400 | 0.8535 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 5 | University of the Virgin Islands | 10300 | 24500 | 0.5787 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 28700 | 0.5996 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 7 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 12600 | 18400 | 0.3159 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 8 | Fort Hays State University | 13000 | 19900 | 0.347 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 10 | University of South Florida | 13200 | 16300 | 0.1898 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 11 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 39800 | 0.6652 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 11 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 13 | San Francisco State University | 13400 | 47700 | 0.7193 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 14 | Western Carolina University | 13800 | 16500 | 0.1636 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 15 | University of North Alabama | 13900 | 28200 | 0.5074 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 16 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 17 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 18 | Eastern Michigan University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5715 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 19 | Central Connecticut State University | 14600 | 34200 | 0.5728 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 20 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 32500 | 0.5481 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 20 | Salem State University | 14700 | 33900 | 0.567 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 22 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14800 | 55300 | 0.7319 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 23 | Colorado Mesa University | 15000 | 66200 | 0.7732 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 23 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 28600 | 0.4762 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 25 | Troy University | 15100 | 39100 | 0.6135 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 26 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15300 | 40000 | 0.6175 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 27 | Central Michigan University | 15600 | 38700 | 0.5967 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 28 | Northern Michigan University | 15700 | 35600 | 0.559 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 29 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 30 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 16000 | 25000 | 0.3601 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 31 | Ball State University | 16100 | 22400 | 0.2817 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 32 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 16200 | 28400 | 0.4296 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 32 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4471 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 32 | University of North Texas | 16200 | 26100 | 0.379 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 35 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16300 | 62800 | 0.7401 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 35 | Northern Illinois University | 16300 | 30400 | 0.4642 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 37 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 33300 | 0.4926 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 37 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 39 | Delaware State University | 17200 | 43000 | 0.6004 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 39 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 17200 | 24300 | 0.2923 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 41 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3422 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 42 | College of Charleston | 17400 | 43600 | 0.6004 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 43 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4836 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 44 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17700 | 33300 | 0.4685 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 45 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3502 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 46 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 47 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 18100 | 44300 | 0.5918 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 48 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 48 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 61500 | 0.702 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 40600 | 0.5487 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 51 | Columbia College | 18500 | 60700 | 0.6947 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 52 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 53 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 26700 | 0.2701 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 53 | Husson University | 19500 | 48100 | 0.594 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 55 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 56 | Georgia State University | 20400 | 26000 | 0.2155 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 56 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 56 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 28400 | 0.2812 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 59 | Eastern Illinois University | 20600 | 28100 | 0.2663 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 60 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 60 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20800 | 25500 | 0.1844 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 62 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 30200 | 0.3079 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21000 | 48000 | 0.5625 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 63 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 65 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21200 | 48100 | 0.559 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 66 | University of New Orleans | 21200 | 29700 | 0.2862 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 68 | Davis & Elkins College | 21600 | 51200 | 0.5784 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 69 | Grand Canyon University | 22000 | 48300 | 0.5445 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 70 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 71 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 72 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 72 | Montclair State University | 22500 | 36800 | 0.3889 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 74 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 75 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 76 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 77 | Lewis University | 23200 | 59400 | 0.6097 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 78 | Montana State University | 23300 | 73500 | 0.6832 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 79 | Lackawanna College | 23800 | 35500 | 0.3293 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 80 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 48800 | 0.5114 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 81 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24300 | 90700 | 0.7321 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 81 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24300 | 30400 | 0.2007 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 83 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24600 | 36300 | 0.3219 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 84 | Stockton University | 24700 | 32100 | 0.2304 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 85 | Keystone College | 24800 | 50500 | 0.5094 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 86 | Meredith College | 24900 | 67400 | 0.6304 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 87 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25200 | 38400 | 0.3441 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 88 | Saint Leo University | 25700 | 50000 | 0.4858 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 89 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 89 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 91 | Western Kentucky University | 26300 | 47700 | 0.4485 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 92 | University of West Florida | 26400 | 37400 | 0.2938 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 93 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 36000 | 0.2584 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 94 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 26900 | 39800 | 0.3239 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 95 | Virginia State University | 27500 | 34900 | 0.2118 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 96 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 97 | Central Washington University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 98 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 72700 | 0.6079 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 99 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28700 | 50700 | 0.4353 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 100 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28800 | 69000 | 0.5824 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 100 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 102 | Flagler College | 29100 | 60700 | 0.5205 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 103 | Morgan State University | 29300 | 41800 | 0.299 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 104 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29600 | 77600 | 0.6184 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 105 | Southern Utah University | 30200 | 40800 | 0.2599 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 106 | Saint Xavier University | 30300 | 57200 | 0.4706 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 107 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 108 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39400 | 0.2209 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78200 | 0.6058 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 110 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 35300 | 0.1161 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 112 | Lasell University | 31500 | 60000 | 0.4747 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 112 | North Carolina Central University | 31500 | 40000 | 0.2124 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 114 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 114 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32400 | 43200 | 0.2501 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 116 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32500 | 44100 | 0.2632 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 117 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 118 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44700 | 0.2595 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 119 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 120 | Warner University | 33500 | 41000 | 0.183 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 121 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 122 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 123 | Southern Connecticut State University | 34500 | 52900 | 0.348 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 124 | Culinary Institute of America | 35200 | 69900 | 0.4967 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 125 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 125 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 127 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 128 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60000 | 0.4036 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 128 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 130 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 131 | Auburn University | 36400 | 85500 | 0.5741 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 132 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 133 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 36800 | 57400 | 0.359 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 134 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 135 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 37200 | 38800 | 0.0412 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 136 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37900 | 66600 | 0.4307 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 137 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38900 | 60200 | 0.3533 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 138 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 139 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39200 | 66100 | 0.4071 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 140 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 141 | Drexel University | 40100 | 107600 | 0.6271 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 142 | Endicott College | 40200 | 94900 | 0.5763 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 142 | University of Central Florida | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 144 | James Madison University | 40300 | 45100 | 0.1064 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 145 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 145 | University of Mississippi | 40400 | 60300 | 0.3299 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 147 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0855 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 148 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 69100 | 0.4094 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 149 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 41000 | 64200 | 0.3613 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 150 | Middle Tennessee State University | 42300 | 46500 | 0.0904 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 151 | St. John's University-New York | 43300 | 82800 | 0.4772 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 152 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 153 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0894 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 154 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 155 | Florida Atlantic University | 44900 | 44900 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 156 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 157 | University of Delaware | 48100 | 62000 | 0.2245 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 158 | University of Georgia | 48500 | 51800 | 0.0637 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 159 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 160 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 67900 | 0.281 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 161 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 162 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 163 | Lynn University | 51700 | 71600 | 0.2779 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 163 | University of Kentucky | 51700 | 74100 | 0.3021 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 165 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 166 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 66500 | 0.1925 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 167 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 87300 | 0.3827 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 168 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 170 | Mercyhurst University | 65900 | 76400 | 0.1374 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.