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 | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9024 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 9900 | 25000 | 0.6031 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 6 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 8 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 10900 | 20400 | 0.4676 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Tennessee State University | 10900 | 48200 | 0.7731 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 10 | Midwestern State University | 11500 | 21600 | 0.467 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11600 | 48200 | 0.7598 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 12 | Wichita State University | 11800 | 29800 | 0.6057 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 13 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 14 | Saginaw Valley State University | 13100 | 28600 | 0.5437 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 13100 | 25800 | 0.4913 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 16 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13200 | 27800 | 0.5243 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 16 | Youngstown State University | 13200 | 26800 | 0.507 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 18 | Coastal Carolina University | 13400 | 27200 | 0.5075 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13500 | 19400 | 0.3042 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 19 | University of West Florida | 13500 | 39000 | 0.6533 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 21 | Union College | 13600 | 92400 | 0.8527 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 22 | Arkansas Tech University | 13700 | 35900 | 0.6177 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 36900 | 0.6205 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 14300 | 28900 | 0.5059 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 25 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 26 | University of North Texas | 14600 | 25700 | 0.4325 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 27 | Grand Valley State University | 14800 | 25300 | 0.4155 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 28 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15100 | 26700 | 0.4344 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 28 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15100 | 23200 | 0.3493 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 31 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 15400 | 39100 | 0.6046 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 31 | University of Memphis | 15400 | 29900 | 0.4846 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 31 | University of North Florida | 15400 | 33000 | 0.5337 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 34 | Oakland University | 15500 | 28200 | 0.4507 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 34 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 36 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89600 | 0.8252 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 37 | Lamar University | 15900 | 22900 | 0.3053 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 37 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 30300 | 0.4749 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 37 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | Appalachian State University | 16100 | 19500 | 0.1746 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan University | 16200 | 32000 | 0.4924 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 42 | Jacksonville State University | 16300 | 27000 | 0.397 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 43 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16400 | 23200 | 0.2931 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 44 | University of Maine | 16600 | 29300 | 0.4337 | 9,601 | 1178 | 0.9664 | |
| 45 | Greensboro College | 17000 | 37800 | 0.5502 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 46 | Weber State University | 17100 | 41300 | 0.5854 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 47 | Francis Marion University | 17300 | 24100 | 0.2827 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 47 | Georgia State University | 17300 | 26000 | 0.3348 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17400 | 50400 | 0.6551 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 50 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3539 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 51 | Georgia Southern University | 17600 | 26800 | 0.3439 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 51 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 52500 | 0.6647 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 53 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 54 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 26700 | 0.3296 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 56 | SUNY Oneonta | 18300 | 29300 | 0.3754 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 57 | Angelo State University | 18600 | 23100 | 0.1968 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 58 | University of Mississippi | 18900 | 45000 | 0.5806 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 58 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 60 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 24900 | 0.2331 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 61 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 965 | 0.4823 | |
| 62 | South Carolina State University | 19600 | 42000 | 0.5328 | 2,950 | 910 | 0.8262 | |
| 63 | Boise State University | 19900 | 59700 | 0.6667 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 19900 | 41300 | 0.5182 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 65 | Georgia College & State University | 20200 | 52400 | 0.6144 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 65 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 67 | Utica University | 20400 | 43400 | 0.5295 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20500 | 26600 | 0.2292 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 69 | University of the Incarnate Word | 20600 | 73100 | 0.7184 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 70 | South Dakota State University | 20700 | 25200 | 0.1804 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 71 | University of Wyoming | 20800 | 27900 | 0.2558 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 72 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20900 | 72100 | 0.7099 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 73 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 74 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 27200 | 0.2207 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 74 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21200 | 42700 | 0.5036 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 76 | Azusa Pacific University | 21500 | 63000 | 0.6589 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 76 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 78 | Southern Connecticut State University | 21600 | 59600 | 0.6376 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 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 | 0.7062 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 82 | Ave Maria University | 23800 | 45400 | 0.4756 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 83 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 23900 | 58100 | 0.5882 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 83 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 83 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3363 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 86 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 33100 | 0.2718 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 87 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 28400 | 0.1443 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 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 | |
| 90 | University of North Dakota | 25100 | 27700 | 0.0922 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 92 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25300 | 75700 | 0.6661 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 25400 | 39200 | 0.3521 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 94 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25500 | 31500 | 0.1906 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 95 | University of Redlands | 25600 | 81400 | 0.6856 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 95 | Westminster University | 25600 | 81400 | 0.6856 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 97 | East Tennessee State University | 25700 | 30600 | 0.16 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 97 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5708 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 97 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 25700 | 61400 | 0.5809 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 100 | Westmont College | 25900 | 76400 | 0.6614 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 101 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26000 | 43000 | 0.395 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 101 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 2,803 | 1085 | 0.9576 | |
| 103 | Aquinas College | 26100 | 53400 | 0.5116 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 104 | Oklahoma City University | 26200 | 62200 | 0.5786 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 104 | Washburn University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2779 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 106 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 29600 | 0.1063 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 107 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3806 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 108 | Capital University | 27000 | 80300 | 0.6639 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 109 | Marquette University | 27200 | 66200 | 0.5888 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 110 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 111 | George Fox University | 27400 | 76800 | 0.6432 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 111 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27400 | 67800 | 0.5961 | 936 | 995 | 0.8003 | |
| 111 | University of Arizona | 27400 | 37700 | 0.2736 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 114 | Missouri Valley College | 28000 | 38200 | 0.2671 | 1,558 | 1010 | 0.5269 | |
| 114 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 116 | Cornell College | 28300 | 74800 | 0.6221 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 116 | John Brown University | 28300 | 48300 | 0.4148 | 1,882 | 1220 | 0.6764 | |
| 118 | Western Illinois University | 29000 | 31000 | 0.066 | 4,525 | 1000 | 0.7118 | |
| 119 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 33900 | 0.1328 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 120 | Beloit College | 29800 | 97600 | 0.6946 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 121 | Samford University | 30200 | 78000 | 0.6125 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 122 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5527 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 123 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30400 | 59600 | 0.4896 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 124 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 124 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5773 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 126 | The College of Wooster | 31100 | 83100 | 0.6261 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 127 | Carroll University | 31300 | 61500 | 0.4912 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 128 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4803 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 128 | University of Dayton | 31500 | 64200 | 0.5094 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 130 | Hampton University | 32000 | 62400 | 0.4868 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 131 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 85400 | 0.6238 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 132 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 133 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32600 | 93400 | 0.6512 | 1,525 | 1283 | 0.556 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32600 | 35100 | 0.0713 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 135 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3989 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 136 | University of Louisville | 33000 | 42000 | 0.2145 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 137 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 138 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55900 | 0.3992 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 139 | Hofstra University | 34400 | 77000 | 0.5531 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 139 | Salisbury University | 34400 | 41700 | 0.1749 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 141 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34800 | 37800 | 0.0807 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 142 | Virginia State University | 35000 | 42200 | 0.1708 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 143 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35200 | 42800 | 0.1756 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 144 | Loyola University Chicago | 35700 | 73600 | 0.515 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 145 | California State University-Long Beach | 35800 | 38600 | 0.0725 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 145 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 147 | Cedarville University | 35900 | 57000 | 0.3694 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 148 | Berry College | 36100 | 60900 | 0.4074 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 149 | Clark Atlanta University | 36400 | 61700 | 0.4102 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 149 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2784 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 151 | Loyola University Maryland | 37100 | 78800 | 0.5293 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 152 | Saint Francis University | 37500 | 62800 | 0.4031 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 153 | Xavier University | 37600 | 67500 | 0.4431 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 154 | Arcadia University | 39500 | 71600 | 0.4479 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 155 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 155 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 157 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 158 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4092 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 159 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40900 | 0.0155 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 160 | Widener University | 41200 | 79400 | 0.4813 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 161 | Saint Vincent College | 41500 | 64600 | 0.3569 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 162 | Seattle University | 42100 | 74600 | 0.4355 | 4,103 | 1243 | 0.7703 | |
| 163 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42300 | 42300 | 0 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 164 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 165 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 53700 | 0.2066 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 166 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 167 | Mercyhurst University | 43900 | 66400 | 0.339 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 168 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2287 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 169 | Saint Louis University | 44900 | 80900 | 0.4448 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 170 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 171 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 172 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 173 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 174 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 175 | Santa Clara University | 51900 | 84500 | 0.386 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 176 | Presbyterian College | 59600 | 62700 | 0.0494 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 177 | Chapman University | 62100 | 87200 | 0.2881 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 178 | University of California-Irvine | 72900 | 74700 | 0.0241 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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