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 | 0.6514 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Washington University in St Louis | 7500 | 102300 | 0.9267 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 6 | Lamar University | 8700 | 22900 | 0.6193 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31900 | 0.6867 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 8 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10300 | 33000 | 0.688 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 9 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 10600 | 25300 | 0.5815 | 7,393 | 1125 | 0.8968 | |
| 10 | Midwestern State University | 11600 | 21600 | 0.4624 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 11 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech University | 11900 | 42900 | 0.7225 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | University of West Florida | 12100 | 50500 | 0.7611 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 14 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12300 | 30000 | 0.5901 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 16 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13000 | 43000 | 0.6979 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 16 | University of North Florida | 13000 | 28100 | 0.5375 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 18 | Coastal Carolina University | 13100 | 27200 | 0.5185 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 19 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5923 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 19 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 21 | Valdosta State University | 13900 | 29700 | 0.5316 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 22 | Appalachian State University | 14000 | 25500 | 0.4512 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 23 | University of Memphis | 14100 | 26400 | 0.4668 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 14500 | 26700 | 0.4568 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 25 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 73100 | 0.8 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 26 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14800 | 23400 | 0.3671 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 27 | Colorado College | 15000 | 98000 | 0.8465 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 27 | University of California-Irvine | 15000 | 40400 | 0.6285 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 29 | Greensboro College | 15400 | 38300 | 0.5974 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 30 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 27000 | 0.4267 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 30 | University of North Texas | 15500 | 26200 | 0.4091 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 32 | Missouri Valley College | 15600 | 38200 | 0.5918 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6922 | |
| 32 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 32 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 15600 | 39600 | 0.6053 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 32 | University of West Georgia | 15600 | 57700 | 0.7303 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 36 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89800 | 0.8252 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 36 | Tennessee State University | 15700 | 55800 | 0.7188 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 38 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 39 | Francis Marion University | 16100 | 36100 | 0.5536 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 39 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 39 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16100 | 26500 | 0.3937 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 42 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16300 | 27800 | 0.4141 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 43 | Georgia Southern University | 16500 | 20100 | 0.1787 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16500 | 28100 | 0.4126 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 43 | Union College | 16500 | 93300 | 0.8231 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 43 | University of Miami | 16500 | 96300 | 0.8288 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 47 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16600 | 26600 | 0.3763 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 48 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 16700 | 20700 | 0.1932 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 49 | James Madison University | 17100 | 28900 | 0.4081 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17200 | 58900 | 0.7075 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 50 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17200 | 44100 | 0.6103 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 52 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3501 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 53 | Bentley University | 18000 | 92400 | 0.805 | 4,620 | 1323 | 0.4729 | |
| 53 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 18000 | 66800 | 0.7301 | 1,108 | 990 | 1 | |
| 55 | Texas State University | 18200 | 26100 | 0.3026 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 56 | Louisiana Christian University | 19100 | 26000 | 0.2656 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19300 | 30900 | 0.3756 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 58 | Jackson State University | 19400 | 28100 | 0.3091 | 4,967 | 940 | 0.9602 | |
| 58 | Sam Houston State University | 19400 | 30300 | 0.3594 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 60 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20000 | 26100 | 0.2334 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 61 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 62 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 63 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 63 | West Texas A & M University | 20400 | 29200 | 0.3011 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 65 | South Carolina State University | 20500 | 30000 | 0.3162 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 66 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 20800 | 27800 | 0.2516 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 67 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21100 | 29900 | 0.2948 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 68 | University of the Incarnate Word | 21600 | 60000 | 0.64 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma City University | 21900 | 74100 | 0.7047 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 70 | Hope College | 22100 | 60700 | 0.6364 | 3,427 | 1216 | 0.8712 | |
| 71 | Park University | 22400 | 31300 | 0.2848 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 72 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 73 | Dillard University | 23000 | 54900 | 0.581 | 1,070 | 1055 | 0.7371 | |
| 74 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4478 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 75 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23400 | 34500 | 0.322 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 76 | University of Dayton | 23900 | 64400 | 0.6286 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 77 | Seton Hall University | 24000 | 67400 | 0.6436 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 78 | Washburn University | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3722 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 79 | Azusa Pacific University | 24700 | 62800 | 0.6066 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 80 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 80 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 25000 | 82600 | 0.6976 | 871 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 82 | South Dakota State University | 25300 | 28700 | 0.1183 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 83 | Loyola University Maryland | 25400 | 78800 | 0.6778 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 84 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25600 | 54300 | 0.5282 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 85 | George Fox University | 25800 | 92800 | 0.7222 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 86 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5968 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 87 | Oakland University | 26200 | 39600 | 0.3385 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 88 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 44500 | 0.4063 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 89 | Capital University | 26800 | 63800 | 0.5798 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 90 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 26900 | 46500 | 0.4214 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 91 | Cleveland State University | 27000 | 38600 | 0.3007 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 92 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27200 | 39800 | 0.3167 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 93 | Boise State University | 27700 | 50100 | 0.4469 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 94 | John Brown University | 27900 | 48300 | 0.422 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 95 | Cornell College | 28000 | 74800 | 0.6252 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 95 | Wichita State University | 28000 | 30600 | 0.0849 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 97 | Lewis University | 28700 | 59800 | 0.52 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 98 | Georgia State University | 28800 | 45700 | 0.3696 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 98 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 45200 | 0.3626 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 100 | Alvernia University | 28900 | 69400 | 0.5834 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 101 | California State University-Long Beach | 29400 | 38800 | 0.2422 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 102 | Mississippi State University | 30000 | 34400 | 0.1276 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 103 | Wheaton College | 30100 | 70600 | 0.5732 | 2,181 | 1357 | 0.8491 | |
| 104 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30200 | 33600 | 0.1011 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 104 | University of Maine | 30200 | 43100 | 0.2994 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 106 | Wofford College | 30600 | 73200 | 0.582 | 1,781 | 1305 | 0.5487 | |
| 107 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 83100 | 0.6291 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 108 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 108 | Presbyterian College | 30900 | 64600 | 0.5213 | 903 | 1150 | 0.6515 | |
| 108 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 111 | Marquette University | 31100 | 75900 | 0.5901 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 111 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31100 | 75700 | 0.5888 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 113 | Carroll University | 31300 | 63900 | 0.5105 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 114 | Angelo State University | 31500 | 35400 | 0.1101 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 114 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 116 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 116 | Villanova University | 31800 | 92900 | 0.658 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 118 | Westminster University | 31900 | 94100 | 0.6612 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 119 | University of Louisville | 32000 | 42100 | 0.2396 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 120 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 32100 | 51900 | 0.3814 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 121 | Allegheny College | 32500 | 77700 | 0.5818 | 1,125 | 1243 | 0.5877 | |
| 122 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 122 | St Bonaventure University | 32600 | 64800 | 0.4967 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 124 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 33400 | 0.0209 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 125 | Ursinus College | 33100 | 83700 | 0.6046 | 1,378 | 1303 | 0.9285 | |
| 126 | Utica University | 33200 | 48600 | 0.3171 | 2,191 | 1214 | 0.9187 | |
| 127 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 128 | Middle Tennessee State University | 33400 | 48300 | 0.3086 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 129 | Elizabethtown College | 33500 | 57500 | 0.4172 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 130 | University of Redlands | 33700 | 90700 | 0.6288 | 1,941 | 1233 | 0.8272 | |
| 131 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 132 | Bradley University | 35000 | 60600 | 0.4223 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 133 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 35500 | 39700 | 0.1058 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 134 | Berry College | 35600 | 62400 | 0.4293 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 134 | Cedarville University | 35600 | 57000 | 0.3754 | 5,794 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 134 | Rider University | 35600 | 60200 | 0.4088 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 137 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54400 | 0.3346 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 137 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 43300 | 0.1639 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 139 | Loyola University New Orleans | 36700 | 74600 | 0.5079 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 139 | Molloy University | 36700 | 62300 | 0.4112 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 141 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37000 | 40800 | 0.0932 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 141 | Westmont College | 37000 | 79300 | 0.5336 | 1,311 | 1315 | 0.8059 | |
| 143 | Beloit College | 37400 | 81700 | 0.542 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 144 | Xavier University | 37500 | 68100 | 0.4496 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 145 | Widener University | 37900 | 79400 | 0.5228 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 146 | East Tennessee State University | 38100 | 38500 | 0.0104 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 147 | Loyola University Chicago | 38600 | 74800 | 0.4842 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 148 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 149 | University of Arizona | 38900 | 48300 | 0.1944 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 149 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 38900 | 40300 | 0.0347 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 151 | Arcadia University | 39200 | 71600 | 0.4528 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 151 | Saint Vincent College | 39200 | 64600 | 0.3932 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 153 | Saint Francis University | 39400 | 67300 | 0.4144 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 154 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 155 | University of Mississippi | 39700 | 45200 | 0.1216 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 155 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39700 | 42800 | 0.0725 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 157 | Virginia State University | 41200 | 43500 | 0.0529 | 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 | Saint Louis University | 42500 | 84300 | 0.4956 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 161 | Seattle University | 42700 | 85300 | 0.4993 | 4,370 | 1299 | 0.7313 | |
| 162 | Arkansas State University | 43100 | 44600 | 0.0336 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 163 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 164 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 165 | Santa Clara University | 47300 | 84500 | 0.4405 | 6,695 | 1399 | 0.4788 | |
| 166 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47800 | 47800 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 167 | University of Kentucky | 48100 | 59900 | 0.1975 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 168 | University of Georgia | 48500 | 52300 | 0.0726 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 169 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 170 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49400 | 58800 | 0.1599 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 171 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49700 | 75000 | 0.3372 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 172 | Northwest Nazarene University | 50200 | 87600 | 0.4268 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 173 | Georgia College & State University | 52400 | 52400 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 174 | Miami University-Oxford | 57500 | 57500 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 175 | Hofstra University | 58900 | 83300 | 0.293 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 176 | Chapman University | 62900 | 93000 | 0.3238 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 177 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 64000 | 64000 | 0 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 178 | Mercyhurst University | 66100 | 68000 | 0.0279 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 179 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 76200 | 82900 | 0.0809 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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