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 | 3000 | 117400 | 0.9744 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 2 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.651 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 6 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 7 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 11400 | 25300 | 0.5487 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 9 | University of North Florida | 12300 | 22400 | 0.4515 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12700 | 19400 | 0.3454 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 11 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13000 | 43000 | 0.6979 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 12 | Coastal Carolina University | 13100 | 72300 | 0.8191 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 43500 | 0.6896 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6085 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 15 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5922 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 15 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 17 | University of Memphis | 14000 | 37800 | 0.6299 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 18 | Midwestern State University | 14100 | 21600 | 0.3468 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 19 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14300 | 30100 | 0.5243 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 20 | Troy University | 14500 | 39100 | 0.6288 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 14800 | 24900 | 0.4051 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 22 | Colorado College | 15000 | 98000 | 0.8466 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 23 | Texas State University | 15100 | 26200 | 0.4234 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 24 | Jacksonville State University | 15300 | 42900 | 0.6427 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 25 | University of West Georgia | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3744 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 26 | Missouri Valley College | 15500 | 38200 | 0.5944 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6922 | |
| 27 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 28 | Sam Houston State University | 15700 | 30100 | 0.4784 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 29 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16100 | 39900 | 0.5978 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16100 | 25900 | 0.3781 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 31 | University of Arizona | 16200 | 41400 | 0.6088 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 33 | Georgia Southern University | 16400 | 20100 | 0.1836 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 34 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 33300 | 0.4897 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 35 | Greensboro College | 17100 | 38300 | 0.553 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 35 | James Madison University | 17100 | 28900 | 0.4088 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 37 | Union College | 17200 | 93400 | 0.8162 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 38 | Francis Marion University | 17300 | 36100 | 0.5204 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 40 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 61500 | 0.7101 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 41 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 41 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18300 | 65300 | 0.7197 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 43 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2615 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 44 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 26900 | 0.2823 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 45 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 46 | Georgia State University | 19900 | 26000 | 0.2348 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 47 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20100 | 25500 | 0.2118 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 48 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 49 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20400 | 52100 | 0.6081 | 1,108 | 990 | 1 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20400 | 36600 | 0.4424 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 20800 | 48500 | 0.5707 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 53 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 54 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4016 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 54 | Oklahoma City University | 21900 | 74300 | 0.7053 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 56 | Hope College | 22000 | 77600 | 0.7167 | 3,427 | 1216 | 0.8712 | |
| 57 | Park University | 22400 | 31300 | 0.2848 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 58 | Lamar University | 22500 | 37500 | 0.4 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22500 | 34400 | 0.3456 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 60 | Westmont College | 22800 | 77400 | 0.7047 | 1,311 | 1315 | 0.8059 | |
| 61 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22900 | 26900 | 0.1487 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 62 | Dillard University | 23000 | 53900 | 0.5734 | 1,070 | 1055 | 0.7371 | |
| 63 | Loyola University New Orleans | 23100 | 74600 | 0.6901 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 63 | West Texas A & M University | 23100 | 29200 | 0.2087 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 65 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3278 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 66 | Bentley University | 23300 | 129500 | 0.8199 | 4,620 | 1323 | 0.4729 | |
| 66 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 66 | University of Maine at Farmington | 23300 | 33700 | 0.3076 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 69 | Tennessee State University | 23500 | 39200 | 0.4001 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 70 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 48800 | 0.511 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 70 | University of Dayton | 23900 | 94000 | 0.7457 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 72 | Boise State University | 24400 | 31200 | 0.218 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 73 | Azusa Pacific University | 24600 | 81100 | 0.6959 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 73 | Susquehanna University | 24600 | 122200 | 0.799 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 24700 | 55700 | 0.5567 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 76 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 24900 | 28900 | 0.1386 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 77 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 74000 | 0.6619 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 77 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2191 | 7,393 | 1125 | 0.8968 | |
| 79 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 25100 | 43500 | 0.423 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 80 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25200 | 53800 | 0.5318 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 81 | Loyola University Maryland | 25400 | 78800 | 0.6778 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 81 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 25400 | 64700 | 0.6077 | 871 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 81 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 36900 | 0.3118 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 84 | University of West Florida | 25700 | 37400 | 0.3125 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 85 | George Fox University | 25800 | 95400 | 0.7298 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 85 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 87 | Jackson State University | 26100 | 35000 | 0.2539 | 4,967 | 940 | 0.9602 | |
| 87 | Oakland University | 26100 | 39300 | 0.3355 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 87 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5967 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 90 | Western Kentucky University | 26300 | 47700 | 0.4485 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 90 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 43300 | 0.393 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 92 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 26400 | 57000 | 0.5368 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 93 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 52400 | 0.4945 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 94 | Iowa State University | 26600 | 43300 | 0.3862 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 95 | Capital University | 26800 | 63100 | 0.5754 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 96 | Rider University | 26900 | 60200 | 0.5534 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 97 | Cleveland State University | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2985 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 97 | Wichita State University | 27000 | 30300 | 0.1087 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 99 | Virginia State University | 27100 | 34900 | 0.2232 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 100 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27800 | 27800 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 101 | John Brown University | 28000 | 48300 | 0.4198 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 102 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 102 | Niagara University | 28100 | 57400 | 0.5103 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 102 | Presbyterian College | 28100 | 80400 | 0.6508 | 903 | 1150 | 0.6515 | |
| 102 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64000 | 0.5608 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 106 | Alvernia University | 28900 | 89200 | 0.6762 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 107 | Wheaton College | 30000 | 87500 | 0.6572 | 2,181 | 1357 | 0.8491 | |
| 108 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 109 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30300 | 33600 | 0.098 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 110 | University of Louisville | 30500 | 42100 | 0.2752 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 111 | Wofford College | 30700 | 73200 | 0.5805 | 1,781 | 1305 | 0.5487 | |
| 112 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 112 | South Carolina State University | 30900 | 41600 | 0.2572 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 112 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 83100 | 0.6278 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 115 | East Tennessee State University | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 117 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 118 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 118 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31800 | 108100 | 0.706 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 118 | Villanova University | 31800 | 114000 | 0.7211 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 121 | Westminster University | 31900 | 62600 | 0.4906 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 122 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32100 | 44100 | 0.2722 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 123 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 124 | University of Idaho | 32800 | 34400 | 0.0466 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 125 | Allegheny College | 32900 | 88100 | 0.6262 | 1,125 | 1243 | 0.5877 | |
| 126 | Carroll University | 33000 | 63900 | 0.4838 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 127 | Ursinus College | 33200 | 83700 | 0.6038 | 1,378 | 1303 | 0.9285 | |
| 127 | Utica University | 33200 | 48600 | 0.3171 | 2,191 | 1214 | 0.9187 | |
| 129 | Fort Lewis College | 33400 | 41400 | 0.1934 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 130 | University of the Incarnate Word | 33500 | 55300 | 0.3945 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 131 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 69900 | 0.5196 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 132 | University of Redlands | 33700 | 128400 | 0.7378 | 1,941 | 1233 | 0.8272 | |
| 133 | Southern Connecticut State University | 33800 | 52900 | 0.3612 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 134 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 135 | Berry College | 34400 | 61400 | 0.4395 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 135 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 137 | Bradley University | 35100 | 60000 | 0.4153 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 137 | Washburn University | 35100 | 38400 | 0.0859 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 139 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3736 | 5,794 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53600 | 0.321 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 141 | Beloit College | 37400 | 81100 | 0.5387 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 142 | Xavier University | 37500 | 107200 | 0.6501 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 143 | Widener University | 37800 | 79400 | 0.5241 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 144 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 145 | Seton Hall University | 38300 | 67700 | 0.4344 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 146 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39200 | 40300 | 0.0273 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 147 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4513 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 147 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 147 | State University of New York at Cortland | 39300 | 40600 | 0.0321 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 150 | Saint Francis University | 39400 | 81500 | 0.5166 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 151 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 152 | University of Mississippi | 39800 | 60300 | 0.3399 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 153 | University of Maine | 40000 | 56000 | 0.2859 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 153 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 155 | University of Central Florida | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 156 | Butler University | 41500 | 67900 | 0.389 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 157 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41600 | 46500 | 0.1055 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 158 | Saint Louis University | 41800 | 81100 | 0.4847 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 159 | Marquette University | 41900 | 75900 | 0.4481 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 160 | Seattle University | 42700 | 85100 | 0.498 | 4,370 | 1299 | 0.7313 | |
| 161 | Arkansas State University | 43200 | 45100 | 0.0422 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 162 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43300 | 53400 | 0.1893 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 163 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 164 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 165 | Santa Clara University | 47300 | 107400 | 0.5596 | 6,695 | 1399 | 0.4788 | |
| 166 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 167 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 168 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49300 | 71300 | 0.3086 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 169 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49500 | 72700 | 0.319 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 170 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 171 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 50700 | 57000 | 0.1106 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 172 | University of Kentucky | 50900 | 74100 | 0.3132 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 173 | Loyola University Chicago | 52100 | 74800 | 0.3037 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 174 | Miami University-Oxford | 57300 | 57300 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 175 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 176 | Hofstra University | 58800 | 83400 | 0.2949 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 177 | Chapman University | 63100 | 115100 | 0.4517 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 178 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 76400 | 0.136 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 179 | University of California-Irvine | 68800 | 85400 | 0.1943 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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