Considering a degree in Business/Managerial Economics?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Business/Managerial Economics majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Business/Managerial Economics degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
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 | California Institute of Technology | 4100 | 90800 | 0.9549 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.6543 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 6 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9089 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 8 | Tennessee State University | 10900 | 48200 | 0.7731 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 9 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 11800 | 43000 | 0.7258 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 10 | West Virginia University | 12500 | 57700 | 0.7832 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 36900 | 0.6557 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 12 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13000 | 23200 | 0.4396 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 13100 | 25800 | 0.4914 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 14 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5134 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 14 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13200 | 27800 | 0.5243 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 16 | Youngstown State University | 13500 | 26800 | 0.4958 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 17 | Union College | 13600 | 92400 | 0.8527 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 18 | University of West Florida | 13700 | 39000 | 0.6482 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 19 | Washburn University | 13800 | 24000 | 0.4245 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 20 | Arkansas Tech University | 13900 | 35900 | 0.6121 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 21 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14200 | 22600 | 0.3713 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 22 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 22 | Salisbury University | 15100 | 28700 | 0.4737 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 22 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 25 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5813 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 26 | University of Memphis | 15300 | 29900 | 0.4879 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 27 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 15400 | 39100 | 0.6046 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 | |
| 27 | University of North Florida | 15400 | 33000 | 0.5337 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 29 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 30 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 31 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 32 | Grove City College | 16200 | 39700 | 0.5919 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 32 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 32 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16200 | 22300 | 0.2733 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 35 | Jacksonville State University | 16300 | 27000 | 0.397 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 35 | Sam Houston State University | 16300 | 23000 | 0.2914 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 35 | Texas State University | 16300 | 24500 | 0.3342 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 38 | Eastern Michigan University | 16400 | 39700 | 0.5871 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16400 | 48200 | 0.6601 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 40 | University of Maine | 16600 | 29300 | 0.4337 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 41 | Arkansas State University | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4023 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 41 | Lamar University | 16800 | 41900 | 0.599 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 43 | Greensboro College | 17000 | 37800 | 0.5502 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 44 | Georgia State University | 17200 | 45500 | 0.6214 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 44 | Weber State University | 17200 | 41300 | 0.583 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17300 | 20700 | 0.1642 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 46 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17300 | 52500 | 0.6704 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 48 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17400 | 50400 | 0.6551 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 49 | University of Arkansas | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3655 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 49 | Virginia State University | 17600 | 29500 | 0.403 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 51 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 51 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17700 | 36500 | 0.5154 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 53 | Georgia Southern University | 17800 | 23800 | 0.2525 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 55 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2003 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 55 | East Tennessee State University | 18500 | 26100 | 0.2907 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 57 | Midwestern State University | 18600 | 28600 | 0.3491 | 4,303 | 1010 | 0.9352 | |
| 58 | Francis Marion University | 18800 | 37100 | 0.4931 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 58 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 60 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 61 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 24900 | 0.2331 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 62 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19200 | 33700 | 0.4306 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 63 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.9315 | |
| 64 | South Carolina State University | 19500 | 42000 | 0.5352 | 2,950 | 930 | 0.8262 | |
| 65 | Utica University | 20100 | 43400 | 0.5364 | 2,329 | 1118 | 0.9195 | |
| 66 | Georgia College & State University | 20200 | 52400 | 0.6144 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 67 | Boise State University | 20300 | 59700 | 0.66 | 23,983 | 1135 | 0.8721 | |
| 68 | University of the Incarnate Word | 20500 | 73100 | 0.7197 | 4,638 | 1030 | 0.9814 | |
| 69 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1836 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 70 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21100 | 28200 | 0.2522 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 72 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 27200 | 0.2207 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 73 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 763 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 74 | Southern Connecticut State University | 21600 | 53100 | 0.5934 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 75 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21800 | 59900 | 0.6359 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 76 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 77 | Allegheny College | 22100 | 75400 | 0.7073 | 1,171 | 1279 | 0.5457 | |
| 77 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 36300 | 0.3917 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 79 | West Texas A & M University | 22200 | 28900 | 0.232 | 6,926 | 1060 | 0.9868 | |
| 80 | Azusa Pacific University | 22400 | 63000 | 0.6446 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 81 | SUNY Oneonta | 23300 | 49300 | 0.5279 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 82 | Ave Maria University | 23400 | 45400 | 0.4845 | 1,301 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 82 | Bradley University | 23400 | 50800 | 0.5393 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 84 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 23900 | 58100 | 0.5882 | 1,108 | 990 | 0.6578 | |
| 84 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 86 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 28400 | 0.1443 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 87 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 24500 | 52700 | 0.5351 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 87 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24500 | 28500 | 0.1405 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 89 | Lewis University | 24900 | 57700 | 0.5682 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 89 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 24900 | 42700 | 0.417 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 91 | Hope College | 25000 | 60100 | 0.5838 | 3,395 | 1241 | 0.7924 | |
| 91 | Northwood University | 25000 | 54500 | 0.5417 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 93 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25100 | 75700 | 0.6688 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.6474 | |
| 94 | Westmont College | 25300 | 76400 | 0.6692 | 1,302 | 1335 | 0.7705 | |
| 95 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 25500 | 61400 | 0.5838 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 95 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25500 | 31500 | 0.1906 | 6,809 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 97 | University of Redlands | 25600 | 81400 | 0.6856 | 2,049 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 97 | Westminster University | 25600 | 81400 | 0.6856 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 99 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26000 | 38900 | 0.3327 | 6,135 | 1055 | 0.7207 | |
| 99 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 101 | Aquinas College | 26100 | 53400 | 0.5116 | 1,088 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 101 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26100 | 43000 | 0.3926 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 103 | Oklahoma City University | 26200 | 62200 | 0.5786 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 103 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 26200 | 39200 | 0.3317 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 105 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3825 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 106 | Capital University | 27000 | 80300 | 0.6639 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 106 | Cleveland State University | 27000 | 37300 | 0.2763 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 106 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.104 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 109 | Loyola University New Orleans | 27200 | 72100 | 0.6226 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 109 | Marquette University | 27200 | 66200 | 0.5888 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 111 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27300 | 67800 | 0.5975 | 870 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 111 | University of Arizona | 27300 | 37700 | 0.2762 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 113 | George Fox University | 27400 | 76800 | 0.6432 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 113 | Missouri Valley College | 27400 | 38200 | 0.2828 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6918 | |
| 113 | Oakland University | 27400 | 39700 | 0.3099 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 116 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 117 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6228 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 117 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4165 | 1,948 | 1197 | 0.7614 | |
| 119 | Wichita State University | 28800 | 40600 | 0.2911 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 120 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0686 | 4,525 | 1015 | 0.7118 | |
| 121 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 33900 | 0.1328 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 122 | Beloit College | 29700 | 97600 | 0.6956 | 1,004 | 1299 | 0.6304 | |
| 123 | University of North Texas | 30100 | 37400 | 0.1951 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 124 | Samford University | 30200 | 78000 | 0.6125 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 125 | University of Dayton | 30600 | 64200 | 0.5235 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 126 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 126 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5783 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 128 | Coastal Carolina University | 31000 | 45100 | 0.3127 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 129 | The College of Wooster | 31100 | 83100 | 0.6259 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 129 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0779 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 131 | Carroll University | 31200 | 61500 | 0.4929 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 132 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4803 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 133 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31800 | 93400 | 0.6597 | 1,525 | 1281 | 0.556 | |
| 133 | Wheaton College | 31800 | 85400 | 0.6273 | 2,150 | 1363 | 0.874 | |
| 135 | Hampton University | 32000 | 62400 | 0.4868 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 136 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 136 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 138 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 139 | University of Louisville | 33000 | 42000 | 0.2145 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 140 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55900 | 0.3992 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 141 | Hofstra University | 33900 | 77000 | 0.5596 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 142 | Western Kentucky University | 35000 | 42300 | 0.1726 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 143 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35200 | 42800 | 0.1757 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 144 | Loyola University Chicago | 35600 | 73600 | 0.5164 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 145 | California State University-Long Beach | 35800 | 38600 | 0.0725 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 145 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 147 | Cedarville University | 35900 | 57000 | 0.3708 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 148 | Berry College | 36100 | 60900 | 0.4074 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 149 | Clark Atlanta University | 36300 | 61700 | 0.4118 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 149 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.28 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 151 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0547 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 152 | Saint Francis University | 37500 | 62800 | 0.4031 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 153 | Loyola University Maryland | 37600 | 78800 | 0.5229 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 153 | Xavier University | 37600 | 67500 | 0.4431 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 155 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 156 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 157 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 157 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3891 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 159 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 159 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 161 | Seattle University | 39700 | 74600 | 0.4676 | 4,078 | 1305 | 0.7692 | |
| 162 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4092 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 163 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1133 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 164 | Mercyhurst University | 40800 | 66400 | 0.3857 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 165 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41200 | 53700 | 0.2327 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 166 | Widener University | 42000 | 79400 | 0.4712 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 167 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 168 | Saint Louis University | 42500 | 80900 | 0.4744 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 169 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 169 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4471 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 171 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 172 | DePaul University | 48500 | 67100 | 0.2772 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 173 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1356 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 174 | Santa Clara University | 51900 | 84500 | 0.386 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 175 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 176 | Presbyterian College | 60600 | 62700 | 0.0335 | 853 | 1120 | 0.6837 | |
| 177 | Chapman University | 62100 | 87200 | 0.2881 | 7,713 | 1353 | 0.6543 | |
| 178 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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