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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 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 2 | Arkansas Tech University | 9900 | 22900 | 0.5671 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 3 | Boston University | 10300 | 88800 | 0.8844 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 4 | Northern Arizona University | 10900 | 25400 | 0.5699 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11700 | 30900 | 0.6208 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 12000 | 21100 | 0.4306 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 7 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 12300 | 41000 | 0.6996 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 9 | California State University-Northridge | 13300 | 23200 | 0.4268 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 10 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13900 | 22500 | 0.3828 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 11 | Kansas State University | 14300 | 26100 | 0.4526 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 29300 | 0.4982 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 13 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14900 | 31600 | 0.528 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 14 | University of North Texas | 15300 | 25400 | 0.3983 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 15 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 15400 | 32300 | 0.5239 | 2,836 | 1170 | 0.3787 | |
| 15 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15400 | 24800 | 0.3784 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 17 | Central Michigan University | 15500 | 40600 | 0.6183 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 18 | Livingstone College | 15600 | 29900 | 0.4788 | 799 | 855 | 0.7409 | |
| 19 | California State University-Long Beach | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3877 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 20 | Troy University | 15900 | 26700 | 0.4044 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 21 | Bellevue College | 16300 | 16700 | 0.0242 | 11,472 | 0 | 0.1736 | |
| 22 | Western Carolina University | 16500 | 19600 | 0.1582 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 23 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16600 | 31300 | 0.4702 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 24 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 16700 | 25200 | 0.3372 | 1,905 | 965 | 0.5754 | |
| 25 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16800 | 30700 | 0.4531 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 25 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 27 | New York University | 16900 | 91800 | 0.8157 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 27 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16900 | 30300 | 0.4406 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 27 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 16900 | 32100 | 0.4729 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 30 | Eastern Illinois University | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3585 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 31 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18100 | 28800 | 0.3718 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 32 | Husson University | 18200 | 48100 | 0.621 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 33 | Colorado Mesa University | 18300 | 24800 | 0.2599 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 33 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 22400 | 0.1834 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 35 | University of New Orleans | 18600 | 29500 | 0.3695 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan University | 19100 | 36100 | 0.4709 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 36 | Framingham State University | 19100 | 31000 | 0.384 | 2,817 | 1125 | 0.8491 | |
| 36 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 45500 | 0.5807 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 39 | Western Kentucky University | 19500 | 26800 | 0.27 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 40 | Saint Cloud State University | 19600 | 24500 | 0.2028 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 40 | San Jose State University | 19600 | 29900 | 0.3442 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 40 | Youngstown State University | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3307 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 43 | University of Southern Mississippi | 20000 | 26300 | 0.2392 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 44 | Central Connecticut State University | 20200 | 27600 | 0.2684 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 44 | Davis & Elkins College | 20200 | 47500 | 0.5742 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 46 | Iowa State University | 20300 | 24200 | 0.1626 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 46 | Montclair State University | 20300 | 36300 | 0.441 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 48 | Piedmont University | 20600 | 47200 | 0.5636 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 49 | Salem State University | 20800 | 28500 | 0.2701 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 50 | West Virginia University | 21000 | 28800 | 0.271 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 51 | North Dakota State University | 21200 | 25700 | 0.1744 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 24800 | 0.1281 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 53 | Saint Peter's University | 21900 | 66300 | 0.6694 | 2,101 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 54 | Madonna University | 22000 | 50400 | 0.5635 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 55 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 55 | Cleary University | 22400 | 47200 | 0.5257 | 811 | 1060 | 0.5097 | |
| 57 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22700 | 52500 | 0.5682 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 58 | Bradley University | 22800 | 50900 | 0.5521 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 58 | Columbia College | 22800 | 36800 | 0.381 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 58 | Florida State University | 22800 | 25000 | 0.0881 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 58 | Robert Morris University | 22800 | 56300 | 0.5949 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 62 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 29900 | 0.211 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 63 | Saint Leo University | 23700 | 50000 | 0.5258 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 64 | Keystone College | 23800 | 42900 | 0.445 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 65 | University of the Virgin Islands | 24200 | 37000 | 0.3463 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 66 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24500 | 39200 | 0.3751 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 67 | Meredith College | 24600 | 77200 | 0.681 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 67 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24600 | 37400 | 0.3419 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 69 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24700 | 32900 | 0.2493 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 70 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 25100 | 76300 | 0.6713 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 71 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 71 | Montana State University | 25200 | 31400 | 0.1974 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 71 | Northern Michigan University | 25200 | 32900 | 0.2343 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 74 | Lakeland University | 25300 | 54600 | 0.5363 | 2,318 | 1000 | 0.914 | |
| 74 | Temple University | 25300 | 36300 | 0.3033 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 76 | Flagler College | 25500 | 37800 | 0.3256 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 77 | South Dakota State University | 25800 | 28700 | 0.1005 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 78 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 79 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 26500 | 39000 | 0.3204 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 79 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26500 | 36500 | 0.2741 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 81 | Fort Hays State University | 26600 | 35200 | 0.2446 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 82 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 83 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 83 | University of North Alabama | 27100 | 41500 | 0.3472 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 85 | Central Washington University | 27800 | 27800 | 0 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 86 | York College of Pennsylvania | 27900 | 41400 | 0.3262 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28200 | 41900 | 0.3269 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 88 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28300 | 35400 | 0.2008 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 89 | College of Coastal Georgia | 28500 | 43200 | 0.3399 | 3,468 | 985 | 0.9813 | |
| 90 | Florida Atlantic University | 28600 | 39200 | 0.2706 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 91 | Lipscomb University | 28700 | 57600 | 0.5014 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 91 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28700 | 50700 | 0.4352 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 93 | Mitchell College | 28800 | 65900 | 0.5626 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 94 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2125 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 95 | Delaware State University | 29200 | 36700 | 0.2045 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 96 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 29700 | 29700 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 97 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 98 | California State University-East Bay | 30100 | 43000 | 0.2997 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 98 | Roosevelt University | 30100 | 43300 | 0.3054 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 100 | Belmont University | 30400 | 67800 | 0.5512 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 101 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30500 | 39500 | 0.2277 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 102 | Lasell University | 30900 | 47000 | 0.3423 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 102 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78100 | 0.6044 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 102 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30900 | 33100 | 0.0665 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 105 | Culinary Institute of America | 31000 | 69500 | 0.5537 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 105 | Georgia State University | 31000 | 44400 | 0.3015 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 105 | New Jersey City University | 31000 | 39800 | 0.2213 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 108 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 31100 | 63700 | 0.5114 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 109 | San Francisco State University | 31400 | 45200 | 0.3055 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 109 | Siena Heights University | 31400 | 46300 | 0.3218 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 31400 | 38500 | 0.1845 | 2,067 | 1025 | 0.6918 | |
| 112 | Baldwin Wallace University | 32000 | 47300 | 0.3234 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 113 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 113 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32200 | 44800 | 0.2812 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 115 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 47600 | 0.3171 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 115 | Virginia State University | 32500 | 42200 | 0.23 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 117 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 117 | Widener University | 32600 | 75300 | 0.5668 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 119 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 120 | Southeastern University | 32800 | 60500 | 0.4576 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 120 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32800 | 34700 | 0.0547 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 122 | Appalachian State University | 33900 | 35800 | 0.0531 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 122 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 124 | Stephen F Austin State University | 34100 | 42800 | 0.2033 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 125 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 34200 | 46200 | 0.2599 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 126 | Stockton University | 34300 | 44500 | 0.2293 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 127 | Charleston Southern University | 34600 | 48400 | 0.2866 | 2,914 | 1070 | 0.7609 | |
| 128 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 129 | DePaul University | 35100 | 59100 | 0.4059 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 130 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0634 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 131 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35900 | 43500 | 0.1748 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 132 | University of West Florida | 36100 | 44600 | 0.1907 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 133 | Florida International University | 36300 | 36800 | 0.0136 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 134 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 134 | University of Denver | 36400 | 76800 | 0.5259 | 6,619 | 1323 | 0.7729 | |
| 136 | University of Central Florida | 36500 | 39600 | 0.0783 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 137 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 137 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 37100 | 64400 | 0.4242 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 139 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 140 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 62000 | 0.3872 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 141 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38400 | 44400 | 0.135 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 143 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 144 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 144 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 57800 | 0.315 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 146 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40000 | 53300 | 0.2495 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 147 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 148 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 148 | San Diego State University | 40300 | 40500 | 0.0049 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 148 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 151 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40600 | 66000 | 0.3849 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 152 | Webber International University | 41000 | 44400 | 0.0763 | 879 | 965 | 0.7756 | |
| 153 | Endicott College | 41100 | 63200 | 0.3496 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 154 | Campbell University | 41900 | 65100 | 0.3562 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 155 | St. John's University-New York | 42200 | 80100 | 0.4729 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 156 | Saint Joseph's University | 42500 | 74500 | 0.4294 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 157 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 158 | Mercyhurst University | 43900 | 66400 | 0.339 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 159 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 160 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 161 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 161 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 163 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 56000 | 0.1251 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 164 | College of Charleston | 49700 | 59000 | 0.1577 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 165 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 166 | Lynn University | 51800 | 64200 | 0.1932 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 167 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 83200 | 0.352 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 168 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 169 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 56100 | 0.0018 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.