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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 | 34300 | 0.8087 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 8400 | 36500 | 0.7709 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | 9200 | 45100 | 0.7964 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 4 | Western Kentucky University | 10700 | 27500 | 0.612 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 11100 | 51400 | 0.784 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11200 | 27300 | 0.5908 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 6 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11200 | 27400 | 0.5909 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 8 | Marshall University | 11600 | 27800 | 0.5824 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 9 | Eastern Illinois University | 12200 | 24700 | 0.5045 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 10 | Boston University | 12300 | 93200 | 0.868 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 12800 | 22200 | 0.423 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13000 | 29300 | 0.5563 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 14 | Livingstone College | 13100 | 43100 | 0.6963 | 925 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 15 | Framingham State University | 13200 | 31000 | 0.5744 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 27100 | 0.5048 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 17 | Western Carolina University | 13900 | 16500 | 0.1575 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 18 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 19 | San Francisco State University | 14400 | 47700 | 0.6983 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5361 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 19 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14400 | 29600 | 0.5142 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 22 | Salem State University | 14500 | 38300 | 0.621 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 23 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5343 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 23 | Central Connecticut State University | 14600 | 34200 | 0.5728 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 23 | Eastern Michigan University | 14600 | 33900 | 0.5708 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 26 | University of North Alabama | 14800 | 37300 | 0.6033 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 27 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 28 | Colorado Mesa University | 15200 | 66200 | 0.771 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 30 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15300 | 31600 | 0.5164 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 30 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15300 | 20300 | 0.2457 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 30 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15300 | 50100 | 0.6943 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 33 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15500 | 26000 | 0.4034 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 34 | Central Michigan University | 15600 | 38700 | 0.5967 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 34 | University of Mississippi | 15600 | 27000 | 0.4221 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 36 | Northern Michigan University | 15700 | 33100 | 0.5257 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 37 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 38 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15900 | 30100 | 0.4724 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 39 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16600 | 90700 | 0.817 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 40 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16900 | 27800 | 0.3914 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 41 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3413 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 42 | College of Charleston | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4843 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 43 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17600 | 29000 | 0.3933 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 44 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 36500 | 0.509 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 44 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 46 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 42200 | 0.5739 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 47 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | 18100 | 18400 | 0.0163 | 1,184 | 1015 | 0.7989 | |
| 48 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5532 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 48 | Columbia College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.698 | 1,566 | 950 | 0.966 | |
| 48 | Georgia State University | 18300 | 26000 | 0.2963 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 48 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 26700 | 0.3145 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 52 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 53 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18600 | 25200 | 0.2616 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 53 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18600 | 43500 | 0.5721 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 55 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 56 | Delaware State University | 18900 | 62600 | 0.698 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 56 | North Carolina Central University | 18900 | 33000 | 0.4275 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 58 | Husson University | 19500 | 48100 | 0.594 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 59 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19900 | 30600 | 0.3495 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 60 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20200 | 55300 | 0.6345 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 61 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 62 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 63 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 64 | Ferris State University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3328 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20700 | 40900 | 0.4944 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 64 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 20700 | 48300 | 0.5715 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 67 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20800 | 26100 | 0.2028 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 68 | Saint Leo University | 20900 | 50000 | 0.5818 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 69 | College of Coastal Georgia | 21000 | 51600 | 0.5929 | 3,609 | 1005 | 0.9885 | |
| 69 | Stockton University | 21000 | 45800 | 0.5416 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21200 | 38100 | 0.4435 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 71 | University of New Orleans | 21200 | 30000 | 0.2929 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 73 | Davis & Elkins College | 21300 | 51200 | 0.5838 | 663 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 74 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 74 | Grand Canyon University | 21900 | 34000 | 0.3554 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 76 | Meredith College | 22400 | 67400 | 0.6675 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 76 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 78 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 79 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 33400 | 0.3142 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 80 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 81 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 26700 | 0.1336 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 81 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 83 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 84 | Central Washington University | 23800 | 27900 | 0.1472 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 85 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47000 | 0.493 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 86 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 24000 | 89100 | 0.7305 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 87 | University of North Texas | 24300 | 26100 | 0.0689 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 88 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 89 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 90 | Keystone College | 24800 | 50500 | 0.5094 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 91 | Fort Hays State University | 24900 | 28500 | 0.1285 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 92 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 25100 | 37700 | 0.334 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 92 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 94 | Lackawanna College | 25400 | 52100 | 0.5128 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 95 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25600 | 28600 | 0.107 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 96 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25700 | 39400 | 0.3479 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 97 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 97 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 99 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1812 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 100 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 101 | New Jersey City University | 26900 | 39800 | 0.3244 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 40600 | 0.3374 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 103 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 104 | California State University-Long Beach | 27500 | 38800 | 0.2912 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 105 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 106 | Flagler College | 28400 | 61900 | 0.5408 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 107 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28500 | 69700 | 0.5908 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 107 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 109 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28600 | 50700 | 0.4368 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 110 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 111 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 112 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 113 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29600 | 112100 | 0.7358 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 114 | Saint Xavier University | 30200 | 58200 | 0.4808 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 115 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78300 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 117 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 117 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 30800 | 38500 | 0.2001 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 119 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 119 | Warner University | 30900 | 41000 | 0.2455 | 803 | 931 | 0.4281 | |
| 121 | Lasell University | 31200 | 50800 | 0.3861 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 122 | University of Central Florida | 31700 | 42800 | 0.2593 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 123 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 123 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32500 | 35000 | 0.0732 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 125 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3145 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 126 | Wilkes University | 32900 | 61900 | 0.4688 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 127 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5412 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 128 | St. John's University-New York | 33800 | 83800 | 0.597 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 129 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 130 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 130 | Culinary Institute of America | 35000 | 91000 | 0.6154 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 132 | Bay Path University | 35200 | 57500 | 0.388 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 132 | Southern Connecticut State University | 35200 | 42000 | 0.162 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 135 | Mount Mercy University | 35300 | 61200 | 0.4237 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8248 | |
| 136 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 137 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60300 | 0.4064 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 137 | San Diego State University | 35800 | 37100 | 0.0351 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 139 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 139 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 36600 | 37600 | 0.0266 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 139 | University of South Alabama | 36600 | 40200 | 0.0896 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 142 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 143 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66700 | 0.4304 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 144 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 145 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 146 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39200 | 69800 | 0.4386 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 147 | Endicott College | 39500 | 65400 | 0.3958 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 148 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 149 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 39700 | 64500 | 0.3848 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 150 | Drexel University | 40100 | 86400 | 0.5362 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 151 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40300 | 66000 | 0.3892 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 151 | Webber International University | 40300 | 44400 | 0.0917 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 153 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40500 | 53600 | 0.2445 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 154 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 155 | Virginia State University | 41400 | 42800 | 0.0327 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 156 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3318 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 157 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 158 | Campbell University | 43700 | 68700 | 0.3646 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 159 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.093 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 160 | Montclair State University | 44500 | 47000 | 0.0532 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 161 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 162 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 163 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3019 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 164 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 165 | Lynn University | 51500 | 71600 | 0.2807 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 166 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 167 | University of San Francisco | 54600 | 87200 | 0.3739 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 168 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 84300 | 0.3381 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 169 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 170 | Mercyhurst University | 61000 | 68000 | 0.1029 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.