Considering a degree in Business/Managerial Economics?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Business/Managerial Economics majors who live in Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | 6800 | 91800 | 0.9264 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 3 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9024 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10300 | 27800 | 0.6285 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 6 | Tennessee State University | 11400 | 48200 | 0.7627 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 7 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11500 | 24800 | 0.5368 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 8 | Wichita State University | 11800 | 29800 | 0.6057 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 9 | Midwestern State University | 12000 | 21600 | 0.4439 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 10 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12100 | 43000 | 0.7186 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 11 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 25300 | 0.5014 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 12 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,975 | 1065 | 0.9721 | |
| 13 | University of West Florida | 12900 | 21500 | 0.3995 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 14 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 15 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5115 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5437 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 17 | University of Idaho | 13400 | 25800 | 0.4809 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 17 | Youngstown State University | 13400 | 26800 | 0.4996 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 19 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13600 | 27600 | 0.508 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina University | 13700 | 27200 | 0.4964 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 14000 | 35900 | 0.6093 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 22 | Union College | 14100 | 92400 | 0.8473 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 23 | University of North Florida | 14200 | 22400 | 0.3665 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 24 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 36900 | 0.6124 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 25 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14400 | 28000 | 0.4854 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 25 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14400 | 26800 | 0.4632 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 27 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 28 | University of North Texas | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4169 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 29 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 29 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 31 | Grand Valley State University | 15300 | 25300 | 0.3957 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 32 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 33 | Salisbury University | 15600 | 28700 | 0.4563 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 34 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89600 | 0.8252 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 35 | University of Memphis | 15800 | 26400 | 0.4023 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 36 | James Madison University | 15900 | 28900 | 0.4502 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 37 | Lamar University | 16200 | 22900 | 0.2922 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 38 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16300 | 23200 | 0.2974 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 39 | Jacksonville State University | 16500 | 27000 | 0.3896 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 39 | Lewis University | 16500 | 57700 | 0.7138 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 32000 | 0.4799 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 41 | North Carolina State University | 16600 | 28500 | 0.4168 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16600 | 24900 | 0.3329 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 41 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16600 | 22300 | 0.2554 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 45 | Sam Houston State University | 16800 | 23000 | 0.2697 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16800 | 48200 | 0.6518 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 47 | Greensboro College | 17400 | 37800 | 0.5396 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 47 | Weber State University | 17400 | 41300 | 0.5782 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 49 | Francis Marion University | 17500 | 24100 | 0.2743 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 49 | Georgia State University | 17500 | 26000 | 0.3271 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 49 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3515 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 52 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17700 | 20700 | 0.1449 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 52 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 54 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 52500 | 0.659 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 55 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 23800 | 0.2441 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 56 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 26700 | 0.3221 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 57 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3427 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 58 | SUNY Oneonta | 18400 | 29300 | 0.372 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 59 | University of Arizona | 18600 | 30900 | 0.3987 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 60 | East Tennessee State University | 18700 | 26100 | 0.283 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 61 | University of Mississippi | 18900 | 45000 | 0.5806 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 62 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 48000 | 0.6024 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 63 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19200 | 33700 | 0.4294 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 64 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 965 | 0.4823 | |
| 65 | Wheaton College | 19400 | 84800 | 0.7712 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 66 | Bradley University | 20100 | 48500 | 0.5849 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 66 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1691 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 66 | South Carolina State University | 20100 | 42000 | 0.5209 | 2,950 | 910 | 0.8262 | |
| 69 | Boise State University | 20300 | 59700 | 0.66 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 70 | Georgia College & State University | 20400 | 52400 | 0.6106 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 70 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 72 | Utica University | 20600 | 43400 | 0.5249 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 73 | South Dakota State University | 20700 | 25200 | 0.1804 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 74 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20900 | 72100 | 0.7099 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 74 | University of the Incarnate Word | 20900 | 73100 | 0.7143 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 74 | Western Illinois University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3258 | 4,525 | 1000 | 0.7118 | |
| 77 | Kennesaw State University | 21400 | 27200 | 0.2133 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 77 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21400 | 42700 | 0.499 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 79 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21700 | 28200 | 0.2309 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 81 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 82 | West Texas A & M University | 22200 | 22400 | 0.0089 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 83 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22500 | 59600 | 0.6225 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 84 | Allegheny College | 22800 | 75400 | 0.6983 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 85 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 86 | Ave Maria University | 24000 | 45400 | 0.4712 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 87 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 24100 | 58100 | 0.5848 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 88 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25000 | 56100 | 0.5541 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 89 | University of North Dakota | 25100 | 27700 | 0.0922 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 90 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 91 | Hope College | 25400 | 60100 | 0.5772 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 92 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25500 | 75700 | 0.6635 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 92 | University of Redlands | 25500 | 84200 | 0.6975 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 94 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25900 | 59900 | 0.5675 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 95 | Westminster University | 26000 | 81400 | 0.6807 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 96 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26100 | 38900 | 0.3307 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 97 | Aquinas College | 26200 | 53400 | 0.5098 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 97 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26200 | 61400 | 0.5727 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 97 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26200 | 53800 | 0.5132 | 2,803 | 1085 | 0.9576 | |
| 100 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26300 | 43000 | 0.388 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 101 | Benedictine University | 26500 | 48900 | 0.4581 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 101 | Oklahoma City University | 26500 | 62200 | 0.5738 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 103 | Washburn University | 26600 | 36300 | 0.2669 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 104 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 29600 | 0.0996 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 105 | Oakland University | 26800 | 39700 | 0.325 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 106 | Capital University | 27200 | 80300 | 0.6614 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 107 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 108 | Cornell College | 27600 | 74800 | 0.6314 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 109 | George Fox University | 27700 | 76800 | 0.6393 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 109 | Marquette University | 27700 | 66200 | 0.5813 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 111 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27800 | 67800 | 0.5902 | 936 | 995 | 0.8003 | |
| 112 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 113 | John Brown University | 28300 | 48300 | 0.4148 | 1,882 | 1220 | 0.6764 | |
| 113 | Missouri Valley College | 28300 | 38200 | 0.2592 | 1,558 | 1010 | 0.5269 | |
| 115 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33900 | 0.1358 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 116 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5527 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 116 | Beloit College | 30300 | 97600 | 0.6894 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 118 | Samford University | 30600 | 78000 | 0.6074 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 119 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 82400 | 0.6254 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 119 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5773 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 121 | Azusa Pacific University | 31000 | 66600 | 0.5342 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 122 | Carroll University | 31300 | 61500 | 0.4912 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 123 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1003 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 123 | University of Dayton | 31800 | 64200 | 0.5048 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 125 | DePaul University | 32000 | 67100 | 0.5231 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 125 | Rider University | 32000 | 60600 | 0.472 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 127 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 128 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32500 | 93400 | 0.6522 | 1,525 | 1283 | 0.556 | |
| 129 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 130 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 131 | University of Louisville | 33500 | 42000 | 0.2026 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 132 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55900 | 0.3974 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 133 | Loyola University Chicago | 34000 | 68100 | 0.5008 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 134 | Hofstra University | 34700 | 77000 | 0.5492 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 135 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34800 | 37800 | 0.0807 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 136 | Virginia State University | 35400 | 42200 | 0.1613 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 137 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35700 | 42800 | 0.1647 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 138 | Cedarville University | 35900 | 57000 | 0.3694 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 139 | Berry College | 36000 | 60900 | 0.4091 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 139 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 36000 | 42500 | 0.1528 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 141 | Loyola University Maryland | 36400 | 78800 | 0.5381 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 141 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2784 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 141 | Seattle University | 36400 | 74600 | 0.5118 | 4,103 | 1243 | 0.7703 | |
| 144 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 145 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0527 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 146 | California State University-Long Beach | 37400 | 38600 | 0.0311 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 147 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 148 | Saint Francis University | 37900 | 62800 | 0.3967 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 149 | Westmont College | 38300 | 80300 | 0.523 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 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 | 39500 | 71600 | 0.4479 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 153 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 154 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 155 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1115 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 156 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40800 | 0.0125 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 157 | Saint Vincent College | 41500 | 64600 | 0.3569 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 158 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42300 | 42300 | 0 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 158 | Widener University | 42300 | 79400 | 0.4674 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 160 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 161 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 53700 | 0.1917 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 162 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 163 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 164 | Mercyhurst University | 43900 | 66400 | 0.339 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 165 | Saint Louis University | 44700 | 80900 | 0.4472 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 166 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 9,601 | 1178 | 0.9664 | |
| 167 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 168 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 169 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48300 | 60000 | 0.1949 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 170 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 170 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1355 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 172 | Chapman University | 51400 | 94000 | 0.4534 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 173 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 174 | Santa Clara University | 57800 | 85400 | 0.3232 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 175 | Presbyterian College | 59800 | 62700 | 0.0462 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 176 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 177 | University of California-Irvine | 72800 | 74700 | 0.0254 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 178 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82000 | 82000 | 0 | 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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