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 | 93000 | 0.9675 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 2 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.6507 | 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 | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 6 | Lamar University | 8700 | 22900 | 0.6193 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 7 | Western Kentucky University | 9900 | 27500 | 0.6383 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 8 | University of Central Florida | 10100 | 31700 | 0.6821 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 9 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10200 | 32800 | 0.6886 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 10 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 10700 | 24800 | 0.5691 | 7,393 | 1125 | 0.8968 | |
| 10 | Washington University in St. Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 12 | Arkansas State University | 11500 | 28400 | 0.596 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 13 | University of West Florida | 12100 | 50500 | 0.7611 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 14 | Northern Arizona University | 12300 | 30400 | 0.5958 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 14 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12300 | 30000 | 0.5901 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12700 | 19400 | 0.3454 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 16 | University of North Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4336 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 18 | Louisiana Tech University | 12900 | 42900 | 0.6992 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 19 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 20 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 13600 | 26800 | 0.4932 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 21 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 13700 | 25600 | 0.464 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.592 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 22 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 24 | Coastal Carolina University | 13900 | 45300 | 0.6935 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 24 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 13900 | 31000 | 0.5523 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 26 | University of Memphis | 14000 | 29100 | 0.5191 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 27 | Troy University | 14400 | 34700 | 0.585 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 28 | Texas State University | 14500 | 26700 | 0.4562 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 73100 | 0.8 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 30 | University of Maine | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4952 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 31 | University of Mississippi | 14900 | 27000 | 0.448 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 32 | Colorado College | 15000 | 98000 | 0.8466 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 33 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15100 | 32600 | 0.537 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 34 | University of West Georgia | 15200 | 24600 | 0.3825 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 35 | Greensboro College | 15400 | 38300 | 0.5974 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 36 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 27000 | 0.4267 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 36 | Oakland University | 15500 | 28200 | 0.4507 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 38 | Missouri Valley College | 15600 | 38200 | 0.5918 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6922 | |
| 38 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 38 | Tennessee State University | 15600 | 55800 | 0.7206 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 15600 | 38700 | 0.5962 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 42 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 43 | Francis Marion University | 16100 | 36100 | 0.5536 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 43 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16100 | 26500 | 0.3942 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 43 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16100 | 27800 | 0.4202 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 46 | Niagara University | 16300 | 57400 | 0.7158 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 46 | Sam Houston State University | 16300 | 30300 | 0.4617 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 46 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16300 | 27800 | 0.4141 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 49 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4251 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 50 | Georgia Southern University | 16500 | 20100 | 0.1787 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 50 | Union College | 16500 | 93300 | 0.8231 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 52 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16600 | 28100 | 0.4099 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 52 | University of Louisville | 16600 | 29100 | 0.43 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 52 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16600 | 26600 | 0.3763 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 55 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 16700 | 20700 | 0.1932 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 56 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 25800 | 0.3413 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 57 | East Tennessee State University | 17300 | 28300 | 0.3891 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 58 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 59 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3501 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 60 | Georgia State University | 17900 | 26000 | 0.3117 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 61 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 18000 | 66900 | 0.7309 | 1,108 | 990 | 1 | |
| 62 | Bentley University | 18100 | 89000 | 0.7969 | 4,620 | 1323 | 0.4729 | |
| 62 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 18100 | 28500 | 0.3653 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 64 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.207 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 64 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 66 | Valdosta State University | 18500 | 29600 | 0.3749 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 67 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2613 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19300 | 30900 | 0.3756 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 69 | Jackson State University | 19400 | 28100 | 0.3091 | 4,967 | 940 | 0.9602 | |
| 69 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 89800 | 0.7841 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 71 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1788 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 72 | Midwestern State University | 20000 | 33600 | 0.4053 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 72 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20000 | 26100 | 0.2334 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 74 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 75 | South Carolina State University | 20600 | 43100 | 0.5224 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 75 | University of Wyoming | 20600 | 27900 | 0.2642 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 77 | West Texas A & M University | 20700 | 29200 | 0.2909 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 20800 | 41300 | 0.4964 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 79 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 79 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21000 | 33600 | 0.3747 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 81 | University of the Incarnate Word | 21600 | 58000 | 0.6274 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 82 | Oklahoma City University | 21900 | 74100 | 0.7047 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 83 | Hope College | 22000 | 60100 | 0.6337 | 3,427 | 1216 | 0.8712 | |
| 84 | Park University | 22400 | 31300 | 0.2848 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 85 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 86 | Westmont College | 22900 | 79300 | 0.7113 | 1,311 | 1315 | 0.8059 | |
| 87 | Dillard University | 23100 | 54600 | 0.5773 | 1,070 | 1055 | 0.7371 | |
| 88 | University of North Texas | 23500 | 37400 | 0.3714 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 89 | University of Dayton | 23900 | 64400 | 0.6286 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 90 | Seton Hall University | 24000 | 67400 | 0.6436 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 90 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 24000 | 53800 | 0.5541 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 92 | Lewis University | 24600 | 59800 | 0.5885 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 93 | Azusa Pacific University | 24700 | 62800 | 0.6066 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 94 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 94 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 25000 | 82600 | 0.6976 | 871 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 96 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25100 | 54300 | 0.5374 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 96 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 25100 | 43500 | 0.423 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 98 | Wichita State University | 25300 | 30600 | 0.1729 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 99 | Loyola University Maryland | 25400 | 78800 | 0.6778 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 99 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1144 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 101 | George Fox University | 25800 | 92800 | 0.7222 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 102 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5966 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 103 | Presbyterian College | 26400 | 64600 | 0.5914 | 903 | 1150 | 0.6515 | |
| 103 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 44700 | 0.4091 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 105 | Capital University | 26700 | 63800 | 0.5814 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 106 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27300 | 39800 | 0.3139 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 107 | Marquette University | 27600 | 63800 | 0.5675 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 108 | John Brown University | 28000 | 48300 | 0.4197 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 109 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 109 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64100 | 0.5617 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 111 | Alvernia University | 28900 | 69400 | 0.5834 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 112 | Wheaton College | 30000 | 88200 | 0.66 | 2,181 | 1357 | 0.8491 | |
| 113 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30300 | 33600 | 0.0979 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 114 | Wofford College | 30700 | 73200 | 0.5805 | 1,781 | 1305 | 0.5487 | |
| 115 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 115 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 83100 | 0.6278 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 117 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0825 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 118 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 119 | Cleveland State University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 120 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31700 | 75700 | 0.5809 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 121 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 121 | Villanova University | 31800 | 92900 | 0.658 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 123 | Westminster University | 31900 | 94100 | 0.6612 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 124 | Rider University | 32000 | 60200 | 0.4685 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 125 | Carroll University | 32500 | 63900 | 0.4916 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 126 | University of Idaho | 32800 | 34400 | 0.0466 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 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 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 33400 | 59100 | 0.4346 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 130 | Allegheny College | 33500 | 77600 | 0.569 | 1,125 | 1243 | 0.5877 | |
| 130 | Elizabethtown College | 33500 | 57500 | 0.4172 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 132 | University of Redlands | 33700 | 90700 | 0.6288 | 1,941 | 1233 | 0.8272 | |
| 133 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 133 | Washburn University | 34400 | 38400 | 0.1041 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 135 | Southern Connecticut State University | 34500 | 42000 | 0.1786 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 136 | Berry College | 34600 | 62400 | 0.4456 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 137 | Bradley University | 35000 | 60300 | 0.4197 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 137 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35000 | 46400 | 0.2454 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 139 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3735 | 5,794 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 54000 | 0.326 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 141 | Fort Lewis College | 36700 | 41400 | 0.1136 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 141 | Loyola University New Orleans | 36700 | 74600 | 0.5079 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 143 | Beloit College | 37200 | 81700 | 0.5445 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 144 | Middle Tennessee State University | 37500 | 48300 | 0.2237 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 144 | Xavier University | 37500 | 68100 | 0.4496 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 146 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 147 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.057 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 148 | Loyola University Chicago | 38600 | 74800 | 0.4842 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 149 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 38800 | 40300 | 0.0372 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 150 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2674 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 151 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4512 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 151 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3915 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 153 | Saint Francis University | 39400 | 67300 | 0.4144 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 154 | Boise State University | 39500 | 50100 | 0.2114 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 155 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 156 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40600 | 42700 | 0.0491 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 157 | Virginia State University | 41200 | 42800 | 0.0374 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 158 | Butler University | 41600 | 68400 | 0.3921 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 159 | Susquehanna University | 41700 | 85600 | 0.5127 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 160 | Seattle University | 42700 | 85300 | 0.4993 | 4,370 | 1299 | 0.7313 | |
| 161 | James Madison University | 43100 | 45100 | 0.0443 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 162 | Saint Louis University | 43200 | 84300 | 0.4873 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 163 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4478 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 164 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 165 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 166 | Santa Clara University | 47300 | 84500 | 0.4405 | 6,695 | 1399 | 0.4788 | |
| 167 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47500 | 47500 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 168 | University of Kentucky | 48000 | 59900 | 0.1978 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 169 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 48300 | 57000 | 0.1527 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 170 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 171 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49400 | 74900 | 0.3406 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 172 | Northwest Nazarene University | 51500 | 87600 | 0.412 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 173 | University of Georgia | 52100 | 52100 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 174 | Molloy University | 56200 | 62300 | 0.098 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 175 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 176 | Hofstra University | 58900 | 83300 | 0.293 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 177 | Mercyhurst University | 61200 | 68000 | 0.1 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 178 | Chapman University | 63200 | 93000 | 0.3205 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 179 | University of California-Irvine | 68800 | 75000 | 0.0826 | 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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