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 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | Western Kentucky University | 9900 | 30200 | 0.6708 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 6 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10300 | 33800 | 0.6957 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 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 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11600 | 35500 | 0.6731 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 11600 | 22200 | 0.477 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 11 | Francis Marion University | 11700 | 30100 | 0.6115 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 11 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12700 | 19400 | 0.3454 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 14 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12800 | 27600 | 0.5357 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 15 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13000 | 43000 | 0.6979 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 16 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 43500 | 0.6896 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 16 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6085 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 18 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5922 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 18 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina University | 13900 | 72300 | 0.808 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 21 | University of Memphis | 14000 | 37800 | 0.6299 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 22 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14300 | 23400 | 0.3884 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 23 | Troy University | 14500 | 39100 | 0.6288 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 24 | University of Maine | 14800 | 33300 | 0.5558 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 25 | Colorado College | 15000 | 98000 | 0.8466 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 25 | University of Mississippi | 15000 | 37400 | 0.5992 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 27 | Texas State University | 15100 | 26200 | 0.4234 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 27 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 43700 | 0.6548 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 27 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15100 | 25500 | 0.4081 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 30 | Jacksonville State University | 15300 | 42900 | 0.6427 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 31 | University of West Georgia | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3744 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 32 | Missouri Valley College | 15500 | 38200 | 0.5944 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6922 | |
| 33 | Appalachian State University | 15600 | 22800 | 0.3161 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 33 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 35 | Tennessee State University | 16100 | 31000 | 0.4808 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 36 | Sam Houston State University | 16500 | 27100 | 0.391 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 37 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 23200 | 0.2716 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 38 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 33300 | 0.4897 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 39 | Greensboro College | 17100 | 38300 | 0.553 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 39 | University of Kentucky | 17100 | 46800 | 0.6348 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 41 | East Tennessee State University | 17200 | 26100 | 0.3404 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 41 | Union College | 17200 | 93400 | 0.8162 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 43 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 44 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 61500 | 0.7101 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 45 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 45 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18300 | 65300 | 0.7197 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 47 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2615 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 48 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19300 | 26900 | 0.2825 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 49 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 50 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 51 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 52 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20400 | 52100 | 0.6081 | 1,108 | 990 | 1 | |
| 53 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 54 | Midwestern State University | 20900 | 38900 | 0.463 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 55 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4016 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 55 | Oklahoma City University | 21900 | 74300 | 0.7053 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 55 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21900 | 33600 | 0.3479 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 58 | Hope College | 22000 | 77600 | 0.7167 | 3,427 | 1216 | 0.8712 | |
| 59 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 60 | Park University | 22400 | 31300 | 0.2848 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 61 | Lamar University | 22500 | 37500 | 0.4 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22500 | 34400 | 0.3456 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 63 | Westmont College | 22800 | 77400 | 0.7047 | 1,311 | 1315 | 0.8059 | |
| 64 | Dillard University | 23000 | 53900 | 0.5734 | 1,070 | 1055 | 0.7371 | |
| 65 | Loyola University New Orleans | 23100 | 74600 | 0.6901 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 65 | West Texas A & M University | 23100 | 29200 | 0.2087 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 67 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3278 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 68 | Bentley University | 23300 | 129500 | 0.8199 | 4,620 | 1323 | 0.4729 | |
| 68 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 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 | Miami University-Oxford | 24000 | 28300 | 0.1519 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 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 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 81 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 36900 | 0.3118 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 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 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 43300 | 0.393 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 91 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 26400 | 57000 | 0.5368 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 92 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 52400 | 0.4945 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 93 | Capital University | 26800 | 63100 | 0.5754 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 93 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1094 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 95 | Rider University | 26900 | 60200 | 0.5534 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 95 | West Virginia University | 26900 | 51100 | 0.4738 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 97 | Cleveland State University | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2985 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 98 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27300 | 39800 | 0.314 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 99 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27800 | 27800 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 100 | John Brown University | 28000 | 48300 | 0.4198 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 101 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 101 | Niagara University | 28100 | 57400 | 0.5103 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 101 | Presbyterian College | 28100 | 80400 | 0.6508 | 903 | 1150 | 0.6515 | |
| 101 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64000 | 0.5608 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 105 | Alvernia University | 28900 | 89200 | 0.6762 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 106 | Wheaton College | 30000 | 87500 | 0.6572 | 2,181 | 1357 | 0.8491 | |
| 107 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 107 | University of North Florida | 30100 | 30500 | 0.0131 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 109 | University of Louisville | 30500 | 42100 | 0.2752 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 110 | Wofford College | 30700 | 73200 | 0.5805 | 1,781 | 1305 | 0.5487 | |
| 111 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 111 | South Carolina State University | 30900 | 41600 | 0.2572 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 111 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 83100 | 0.6278 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 114 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 115 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 115 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31800 | 108100 | 0.706 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 115 | Villanova University | 31800 | 114000 | 0.7211 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 118 | Westminster University | 31900 | 62600 | 0.4906 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 119 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32100 | 44100 | 0.2722 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 120 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 121 | Wichita State University | 32600 | 40100 | 0.1869 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 122 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 123 | University of Idaho | 32800 | 34400 | 0.0466 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 123 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 32800 | 34200 | 0.0409 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 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 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 130 | Fort Lewis College | 33400 | 41400 | 0.1934 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 131 | University of the Incarnate Word | 33500 | 55300 | 0.3945 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 132 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 69900 | 0.5196 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 133 | University of Redlands | 33700 | 128400 | 0.7378 | 1,941 | 1233 | 0.8272 | |
| 134 | Southern Connecticut State University | 33800 | 52900 | 0.3612 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 135 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 136 | Berry College | 34400 | 61400 | 0.4395 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 136 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 138 | Georgia State University | 34500 | 45700 | 0.2449 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 139 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35000 | 56700 | 0.3825 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 140 | Bradley University | 35100 | 60000 | 0.4153 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 141 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3736 | 5,794 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 142 | Beloit College | 37400 | 81100 | 0.5387 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 143 | Xavier University | 37500 | 107200 | 0.6501 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 144 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 144 | Widener University | 37800 | 79400 | 0.5241 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 146 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 37900 | 60200 | 0.3697 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 147 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 148 | Seton Hall University | 38300 | 67700 | 0.4344 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 149 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39200 | 40300 | 0.0273 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 150 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4513 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 150 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 150 | State University of New York at Cortland | 39300 | 40600 | 0.0321 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 153 | Saint Francis University | 39400 | 81500 | 0.5166 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 154 | James Madison University | 39500 | 45100 | 0.1242 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 155 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 156 | University of Central Florida | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 157 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40600 | 42700 | 0.0491 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 158 | Virginia State University | 41200 | 42800 | 0.0374 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 159 | Butler University | 41500 | 67900 | 0.389 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 160 | Saint Louis University | 41800 | 81100 | 0.4847 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 161 | Marquette University | 41900 | 75900 | 0.4481 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 162 | Boise State University | 42400 | 50100 | 0.1535 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 163 | Seattle University | 42700 | 85100 | 0.498 | 4,370 | 1299 | 0.7313 | |
| 164 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 165 | Arkansas State University | 43200 | 45100 | 0.0422 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 166 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 167 | Georgia College & State University | 44800 | 52400 | 0.145 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 168 | Georgia Southern University | 46900 | 47900 | 0.0209 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 169 | Santa Clara University | 47300 | 107400 | 0.5596 | 6,695 | 1399 | 0.4788 | |
| 170 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 171 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 172 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49300 | 71300 | 0.3086 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 173 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 50700 | 57000 | 0.1106 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 174 | Loyola University Chicago | 52100 | 74800 | 0.3037 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 179 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 76400 | 0.136 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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