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Considering a degree in Hospitality?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Hospitality majors who live in West Virginia.
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 West Virginia.
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 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10100 | 27800 | 0.6356 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 3 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 22200 | 0.528 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 4 | Marshall University | 11400 | 33400 | 0.6586 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9573 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12200 | 22900 | 0.4681 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 12300 | 92800 | 0.8676 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 7 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13000 | 22800 | 0.4292 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 9 | Eastern Illinois University | 13200 | 24300 | 0.4556 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 9 | University of North Alabama | 13200 | 28200 | 0.5322 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 11 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 924 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 12 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4784 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 14 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.606 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 15 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 27400 | 0.4675 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 15 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37800 | 0.6131 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 15 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 18 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30400 | 0.5173 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 19 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 29600 | 0.4939 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 20 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15200 | 31600 | 0.5196 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 20 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15200 | 20300 | 0.2506 | 14,463 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 22 | California State University-East Bay | 15800 | 30100 | 0.4757 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 22 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 24 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16100 | 31000 | 0.4803 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 25 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 16600 | 24300 | 0.3171 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 26 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 16800 | 28200 | 0.4038 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 26 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 28 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 36100 | 0.5309 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 28 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 28 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 31 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 32 | Colorado Mesa University | 17600 | 28600 | 0.3847 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 32 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 32 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17600 | 23200 | 0.2413 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 35 | Salem State University | 17800 | 28500 | 0.3754 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 35 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3502 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 37 | College of Charleston | 18300 | 33900 | 0.4607 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 38 | University of Mississippi | 18600 | 27000 | 0.311 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 38 | Youngstown State University | 18600 | 34000 | 0.453 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 40 | Central Washington University | 18800 | 22700 | 0.1716 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 41 | Cleary University | 19100 | 56600 | 0.6622 | 769 | 1060 | 0.6754 | |
| 41 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19100 | 31000 | 0.3843 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 43 | Madonna University | 19400 | 49200 | 0.606 | 1,828 | 980 | 0.6339 | |
| 44 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 26700 | 0.2701 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 44 | University of New Orleans | 19500 | 27200 | 0.283 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 44 | Virginia State University | 19500 | 29500 | 0.3387 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 47 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19600 | 30600 | 0.3581 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 48 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5871 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 19900 | 22400 | 0.1118 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 50 | Bay Path University | 20100 | 55400 | 0.637 | 1,177 | 1110 | 0.852 | |
| 50 | Central Connecticut State University | 20100 | 29500 | 0.3185 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 50 | Columbia College | 20100 | 35800 | 0.4386 | 1,391 | 950 | 0.9393 | |
| 53 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 53 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 55 | Bellevue University | 20300 | 36400 | 0.4434 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 56 | San Diego State University | 20400 | 28900 | 0.2942 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 56 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 29400 | 0.3056 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 58 | Husson University | 20900 | 42900 | 0.5133 | 2,763 | 1174 | 0.8095 | |
| 59 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 60 | Washington State University | 21200 | 36200 | 0.4131 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 61 | University of West Florida | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 62 | Belhaven University | 21600 | 43300 | 0.5018 | 1,614 | 1105 | 0.4975 | |
| 63 | Northern Michigan University | 21700 | 33100 | 0.3444 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 64 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 65 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 65 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 67 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 68 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 31000 | 0.2611 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 69 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3737 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 69 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1029 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 69 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 72 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 72 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 74 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 75 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 76 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3459 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 77 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 78 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24400 | 67400 | 0.6384 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 79 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 80 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24600 | 36300 | 0.3219 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.8901 | |
| 81 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 81 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 83 | Northern Arizona University | 25600 | 43200 | 0.4082 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 83 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 85 | Saint Leo University | 25700 | 50000 | 0.4858 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 86 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 27000 | 0.0444 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 87 | Georgia State University | 25900 | 26000 | 0.0038 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 87 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 87 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 25900 | 34900 | 0.2578 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 90 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 26000 | 39700 | 0.3451 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 91 | Fort Hays State University | 26100 | 36100 | 0.2781 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 91 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 93 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 94 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 94 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48800 | 0.4551 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 96 | College of Coastal Georgia | 26700 | 36000 | 0.2584 | 3,468 | 1005 | 0.9813 | |
| 97 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 98 | Flagler College | 26900 | 61200 | 0.5603 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 98 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 100 | Keystone College | 27100 | 36000 | 0.2472 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 101 | California State University-Northridge | 27300 | 36500 | 0.2532 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 102 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 66600 | 0.5841 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 103 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28100 | 32800 | 0.1419 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 104 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28600 | 50700 | 0.4365 | 926 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 105 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28700 | 41800 | 0.3136 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 105 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 105 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 108 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28900 | 69300 | 0.5828 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 108 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 31800 | 0.0849 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 111 | Montana State University | 29800 | 31900 | 0.0657 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 112 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 113 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 114 | North Carolina Central University | 30700 | 40000 | 0.2324 | 6,595 | 1060 | 0.8696 | |
| 115 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 115 | San Francisco State University | 31000 | 47700 | 0.3502 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 117 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31100 | 77600 | 0.599 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 117 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3275 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 119 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31800 | 41200 | 0.2284 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 120 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 121 | Lipscomb University | 32500 | 57800 | 0.4374 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 122 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3115 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 123 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32900 | 35000 | 0.0614 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 124 | Framingham State University | 33000 | 38100 | 0.1339 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 125 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 126 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 127 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 128 | Meredith College | 34500 | 64200 | 0.4628 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 129 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34600 | 44300 | 0.2188 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 130 | Southeastern University | 34800 | 60500 | 0.4246 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 130 | University of Denver | 34800 | 76900 | 0.5478 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 133 | Culinary Institute of America | 35200 | 69900 | 0.4967 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.9115 | |
| 134 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35400 | 64400 | 0.4506 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 135 | California Lutheran University | 35500 | 70000 | 0.4931 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 135 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4206 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 137 | New Jersey City University | 35600 | 39800 | 0.1056 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 138 | Stockton University | 35800 | 44500 | 0.1956 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 139 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36000 | 66100 | 0.4556 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 140 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 141 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38700 | 52900 | 0.2685 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38700 | 38700 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 143 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 144 | Endicott College | 40200 | 64200 | 0.3738 | 3,194 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 145 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3866 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 146 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 147 | Webber International University | 40700 | 44400 | 0.0823 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 148 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 149 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 150 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 151 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 152 | Campbell University | 44100 | 68700 | 0.3586 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 153 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 154 | St. John's University-New York | 44600 | 78000 | 0.4279 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 155 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 155 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 157 | High Point University | 45300 | 72900 | 0.3785 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 158 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 159 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 161 | Lynn University | 51600 | 66000 | 0.2181 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 62800 | 0.1449 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 163 | University of San Francisco | 54000 | 84800 | 0.3631 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 164 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61900 | 64200 | 0.0358 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.