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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 | Boston University | 11900 | 92800 | 0.8719 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 5 | Marshall University | 12200 | 36600 | 0.6663 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9573 | |
| 6 | University of West Florida | 12300 | 21500 | 0.4274 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 7 | California State University-Northridge | 12400 | 22000 | 0.436 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 8 | University of Central Florida | 12500 | 25300 | 0.5053 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 10 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13100 | 26100 | 0.499 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 11 | Livingstone College | 13300 | 29900 | 0.5558 | 924 | 890 | 0.5925 | |
| 12 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13500 | 25700 | 0.4747 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 14 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13700 | 25000 | 0.4513 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 15 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 16 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 34400 | 0.5815 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 17 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37800 | 0.6131 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 18 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30400 | 0.5174 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 19 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14900 | 37400 | 0.601 | 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 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16100 | 31000 | 0.4803 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 24 | Appalachian State University | 16200 | 19500 | 0.1693 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 25 | University of North Texas | 16300 | 26100 | 0.3761 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 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 | 0.5318 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 28 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 30 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 17300 | 41000 | 0.5773 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 32 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17500 | 23200 | 0.2456 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 33 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3502 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 34 | University of Mississippi | 18400 | 27000 | 0.3184 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 35 | Central Washington University | 18800 | 22700 | 0.1716 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 35 | North Carolina Central University | 18800 | 27600 | 0.3186 | 6,595 | 1060 | 0.8696 | |
| 35 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 38 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19100 | 31000 | 0.3843 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 39 | Cleary University | 19200 | 56600 | 0.6604 | 769 | 1060 | 0.6754 | |
| 40 | Madonna University | 19400 | 49200 | 0.606 | 1,828 | 980 | 0.6339 | |
| 41 | University of New Orleans | 19500 | 27200 | 0.283 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 41 | Virginia State University | 19500 | 29500 | 0.3387 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 43 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 43 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19700 | 30600 | 0.3573 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 43 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19700 | 30400 | 0.3518 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.8901 | |
| 46 | Bay Path University | 19800 | 55400 | 0.6424 | 1,177 | 1110 | 0.852 | |
| 46 | Davis & Elkins College | 19800 | 48300 | 0.5898 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 48 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1786 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 19900 | 22400 | 0.1118 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 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 | |
| 50 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 53 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4442 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 53 | Youngstown State University | 20200 | 34000 | 0.4059 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 55 | Eastern Illinois University | 20300 | 28100 | 0.2767 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 56 | Georgia State University | 20400 | 26000 | 0.2155 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 56 | San Diego State University | 20400 | 28900 | 0.2942 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 56 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1896 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 59 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 60 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20700 | 39900 | 0.4815 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 61 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1898 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 62 | Husson University | 20900 | 42900 | 0.5133 | 2,763 | 1174 | 0.8095 | |
| 63 | College of Coastal Georgia | 21000 | 29400 | 0.2857 | 3,468 | 1005 | 0.9813 | |
| 64 | Belhaven University | 21500 | 43300 | 0.5037 | 1,614 | 1105 | 0.4975 | |
| 65 | Northern Michigan University | 21700 | 33100 | 0.3445 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 65 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 25400 | 0.1468 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 67 | Florida State University | 22400 | 22900 | 0.0218 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 67 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 69 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 70 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22800 | 31300 | 0.2719 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 71 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3772 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 72 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1079 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 73 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 74 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.6011 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 75 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 76 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 77 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 78 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 79 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24400 | 67400 | 0.6384 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 80 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 81 | Northern Arizona University | 25500 | 43200 | 0.4101 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 82 | Saint Leo University | 25700 | 50000 | 0.4858 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 83 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25800 | 38400 | 0.3285 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 83 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 27000 | 0.0444 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 85 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5425 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 85 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | 25900 | 34900 | 0.2577 | 1,817 | 905 | 0.4118 | |
| 87 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 26000 | 39700 | 0.3451 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 88 | Fort Hays State University | 26100 | 36100 | 0.2789 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 89 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 89 | Salem State University | 26400 | 43200 | 0.3891 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 91 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 92 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 93 | Flagler College | 26900 | 61200 | 0.5603 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 93 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 95 | Keystone College | 27100 | 36000 | 0.2472 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 97 | Kansas State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0996 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 98 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 66600 | 0.5841 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 99 | University of North Alabama | 28000 | 37300 | 0.2494 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 100 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28100 | 32800 | 0.1428 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 101 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 102 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 103 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28700 | 41800 | 0.3136 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 103 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 28700 | 50700 | 0.4351 | 926 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 105 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28800 | 69300 | 0.5842 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 105 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2152 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 107 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 107 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2124 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 31800 | 0.0849 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 110 | Montana State University | 29800 | 31900 | 0.0657 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 111 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 112 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78100 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 113 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 114 | San Francisco State University | 31000 | 47700 | 0.3502 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 114 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3303 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 116 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31100 | 77600 | 0.599 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 116 | The University of Alabama | 31100 | 55700 | 0.442 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 118 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31800 | 41200 | 0.2284 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 119 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5371 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 120 | Lipscomb University | 32500 | 57800 | 0.4374 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 121 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3124 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 122 | Framingham State University | 33000 | 38100 | 0.1339 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 123 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 124 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 125 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 126 | Colorado Mesa University | 34000 | 40000 | 0.1486 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 127 | Meredith College | 34400 | 64200 | 0.4643 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 128 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34600 | 44300 | 0.2188 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 129 | Southeastern University | 34800 | 60500 | 0.4246 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 129 | University of Denver | 34800 | 76900 | 0.5478 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 131 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 132 | Culinary Institute of America | 35200 | 69900 | 0.4966 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.9115 | |
| 133 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 35300 | 64400 | 0.4522 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 134 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 134 | Temple University | 35400 | 56400 | 0.3724 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 136 | California Lutheran University | 35500 | 70000 | 0.4931 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 136 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 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 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 141 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 37800 | 38500 | 0.0182 | 2,162 | 1025 | 0.725 | |
| 142 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38700 | 52900 | 0.2685 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 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 | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3874 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 146 | Washington State University | 40600 | 56300 | 0.28 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 146 | Webber International University | 40600 | 44400 | 0.0852 | 833 | 950 | 0.694 | |
| 148 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2773 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 149 | Montclair State University | 41900 | 46600 | 0.1009 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 150 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 151 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 152 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3604 | 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 | |
| 156 | High Point University | 45200 | 72900 | 0.3799 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 157 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 159 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1561 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 161 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 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 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 166 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 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.