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 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 4 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 6 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 10900 | 20400 | 0.4669 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Tennessee State University | 10900 | 48200 | 0.7731 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 8 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11400 | 24800 | 0.5409 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 9 | Midwestern State University | 11500 | 21600 | 0.467 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11600 | 48200 | 0.7598 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 11 | Wichita State University | 11700 | 29800 | 0.6086 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 12500 | 21500 | 0.4181 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 36900 | 0.6557 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 15 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13000 | 23200 | 0.4396 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 15 | Saginaw Valley State University | 13000 | 28600 | 0.5467 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 17 | University of Idaho | 13100 | 25800 | 0.4912 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 18 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 18 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13200 | 27800 | 0.5243 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 18 | Youngstown State University | 13200 | 26800 | 0.507 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 21 | Union College | 13600 | 92400 | 0.8527 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 22 | Arkansas Tech University | 13900 | 35900 | 0.6121 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 23 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14100 | 26800 | 0.4744 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 24 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14300 | 22600 | 0.3669 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 25 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 26 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 26 | University of Georgia | 14500 | 26600 | 0.4537 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 28 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 30 | University of Memphis | 15400 | 29900 | 0.4846 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 30 | University of North Florida | 15400 | 33000 | 0.5337 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 32 | Oakland University | 15500 | 28200 | 0.4507 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 33 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 34 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 35 | Lamar University | 15900 | 22900 | 0.3053 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 35 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 30300 | 0.4749 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 35 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3801 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 39 | Eastern Michigan University | 16200 | 32000 | 0.492 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 39 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 39 | Salisbury University | 16200 | 28700 | 0.4354 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16200 | 24900 | 0.3489 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 39 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16200 | 22300 | 0.2733 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 44 | Jacksonville State University | 16300 | 27000 | 0.397 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 45 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 46 | Greensboro College | 17000 | 37800 | 0.5502 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 47 | Weber State University | 17100 | 41300 | 0.5854 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 48 | Georgia State University | 17300 | 26000 | 0.3348 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 48 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17300 | 20700 | 0.1642 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 50 | Georgia Southern University | 17600 | 26800 | 0.3439 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 50 | University of Arkansas | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3657 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 50 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 52500 | 0.6647 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 50 | Virginia State University | 17600 | 29500 | 0.403 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 54 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 55 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 26700 | 0.3296 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 57 | University of Arizona | 18200 | 30900 | 0.4117 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 58 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 18400 | 33900 | 0.4571 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 59 | University of West Georgia | 18700 | 48000 | 0.6107 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 60 | Francis Marion University | 18800 | 37100 | 0.4931 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 61 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 62 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 63 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19200 | 33700 | 0.4307 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 64 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 965 | 0.4823 | |
| 65 | South Carolina State University | 19800 | 30000 | 0.3395 | 2,950 | 910 | 0.8262 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 19900 | 41300 | 0.5182 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 67 | Georgia College & State University | 20200 | 52400 | 0.6144 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 67 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 69 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20300 | 31000 | 0.3456 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 70 | Boise State University | 20400 | 59700 | 0.6583 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 70 | Utica University | 20400 | 43400 | 0.5295 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 72 | University of the Incarnate Word | 20600 | 73100 | 0.7184 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 73 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 74 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 27200 | 0.2207 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21400 | 28200 | 0.2415 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 77 | Azusa Pacific University | 21500 | 63000 | 0.6589 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 77 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 79 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 80 | West Texas A & M University | 22100 | 22400 | 0.0134 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 81 | Allegheny College | 22200 | 75400 | 0.706 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 81 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22200 | 59600 | 0.6275 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 83 | SUNY Oneonta | 23300 | 49300 | 0.5279 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 84 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23500 | 26300 | 0.1066 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 85 | Ave Maria University | 23800 | 45400 | 0.4756 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 86 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 23900 | 58100 | 0.5882 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 87 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 24500 | 56100 | 0.563 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 88 | Lewis University | 24900 | 57700 | 0.5682 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 89 | Hope College | 25000 | 60100 | 0.5838 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 90 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 91 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25400 | 75700 | 0.6648 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 92 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 92 | University of Redlands | 25600 | 81400 | 0.6856 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 92 | Westminster University | 25600 | 81400 | 0.6856 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 95 | East Tennessee State University | 25700 | 30600 | 0.16 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 95 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5708 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 95 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 25700 | 61400 | 0.5806 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 98 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0923 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 98 | Westmont College | 25900 | 76400 | 0.6614 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 100 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26000 | 43000 | 0.395 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 100 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 2,803 | 1085 | 0.9576 | |
| 102 | Aquinas College | 26100 | 53400 | 0.5116 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 103 | Washburn University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2779 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 104 | Grand Valley State University | 26300 | 36300 | 0.2759 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 104 | Oklahoma City University | 26300 | 62200 | 0.577 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 106 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3826 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 107 | Capital University | 27000 | 80300 | 0.6639 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 107 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 109 | Marquette University | 27200 | 66200 | 0.5888 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 110 | George Fox University | 27400 | 76800 | 0.6432 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 110 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27400 | 67800 | 0.5961 | 936 | 995 | 0.8003 | |
| 112 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 113 | Missouri Valley College | 28000 | 38200 | 0.2671 | 1,558 | 1010 | 0.5269 | |
| 114 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6229 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 114 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4166 | 1,882 | 1220 | 0.6764 | |
| 116 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0688 | 4,525 | 1000 | 0.7118 | |
| 117 | Beloit College | 29800 | 97600 | 0.6946 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 118 | University of North Texas | 30100 | 37400 | 0.1951 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 119 | Samford University | 30200 | 78000 | 0.6125 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 120 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30400 | 59600 | 0.4896 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 121 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 121 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5784 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 123 | Coastal Carolina University | 31000 | 45100 | 0.3127 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 124 | The College of Wooster | 31100 | 83100 | 0.6259 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 125 | Carroll University | 31200 | 61500 | 0.4929 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 126 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4803 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 126 | University of Dayton | 31500 | 82700 | 0.6192 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 128 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 129 | Hampton University | 32000 | 62400 | 0.4868 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 130 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 85400 | 0.6238 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 131 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 131 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32500 | 93400 | 0.6522 | 1,525 | 1283 | 0.556 | |
| 131 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 134 | Cleveland State University | 32600 | 37900 | 0.1397 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 135 | University of Louisville | 33000 | 42000 | 0.2145 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 136 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 137 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55900 | 0.3992 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 138 | Hofstra University | 34400 | 77000 | 0.5531 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 140 | Loyola University Chicago | 35600 | 73600 | 0.5164 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 141 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 142 | Cedarville University | 35900 | 57000 | 0.3709 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 143 | Berry College | 36100 | 60900 | 0.4074 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 144 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 145 | Clark Atlanta University | 36400 | 61700 | 0.4102 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 146 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 147 | Loyola University Maryland | 36900 | 86600 | 0.5738 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 148 | Saint Francis University | 37500 | 62800 | 0.4031 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 149 | Xavier University | 37600 | 67500 | 0.4431 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 150 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 151 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 152 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 153 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 153 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 155 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4092 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 156 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 157 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40900 | 0.015 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 158 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 159 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 160 | Seattle University | 42000 | 74600 | 0.4368 | 4,103 | 1243 | 0.7703 | |
| 161 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 162 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 53700 | 0.2066 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 163 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 163 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 165 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 166 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 167 | Saint Louis University | 44800 | 80900 | 0.446 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 168 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 169 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 170 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 170 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 64300 | 0.2394 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 172 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 49800 | 63600 | 0.2169 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 173 | Santa Clara University | 51900 | 84500 | 0.386 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 174 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 175 | Presbyterian College | 59600 | 62700 | 0.0494 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 176 | Chapman University | 61900 | 87200 | 0.2904 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 177 | University of California-Irvine | 72800 | 74700 | 0.0254 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 178 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 76200 | 82000 | 0.0708 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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