Considering a degree in Management Science?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Management Science majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Management Science 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 | Emory University | 7800 | 92500 | 0.9156 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1065 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 9500 | 92900 | 0.8977 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 7 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 9 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11000 | 29100 | 0.6225 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 10 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 39700 | 0.718 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 11 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 31200 | 0.6347 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 12 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Felician University | 11800 | 58700 | 0.7991 | 1,870 | 1020 | 0.9401 | |
| 14 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 15 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12200 | 38800 | 0.6861 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 16 | Trinity University | 13400 | 69600 | 0.8078 | 2,518 | 1423 | 0.2592 | |
| 17 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 13600 | 40600 | 0.6644 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13600 | 19400 | 0.2988 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 17 | University of California-Merced | 13600 | 42000 | 0.6764 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 20 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5445 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 21 | Georgetown University | 14000 | 92700 | 0.849 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 22 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 27400 | 0.4784 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 31000 | 0.5189 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 23 | Wake Forest University | 14900 | 91900 | 0.8375 | 5,490 | 1469 | 0.2167 | |
| 25 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 26 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15500 | 22300 | 0.3046 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 27 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16000 | 40600 | 0.6053 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 29 | University of Southern Maine | 16000 | 23000 | 0.304 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 31 | University of Washington-Bothell Campus | 16100 | 34300 | 0.5308 | 5,472 | 1333 | 0.906 | |
| 32 | Arkansas State University | 16200 | 28100 | 0.4237 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 33 | University of Florida | 16500 | 22500 | 0.2666 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 34 | Mid-America Christian University | 16700 | 36800 | 0.5466 | 1,806 | 970 | 0.9176 | |
| 35 | Salem State University | 17200 | 28500 | 0.3964 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 36 | Rio Hondo College | 17600 | 39500 | 0.5546 | 17,441 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | Boston College | 17700 | 97600 | 0.8185 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 38 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 38 | University of St Francis | 18200 | 57800 | 0.6852 | 1,343 | 1145 | 0.6529 | |
| 40 | Holy Family University | 18300 | 56200 | 0.6749 | 2,643 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 41 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 42 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19300 | 30400 | 0.3648 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 43 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 44 | Eastern Illinois University | 19500 | 28100 | 0.306 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 44 | Farmingdale State College | 19500 | 22500 | 0.1336 | 10,007 | 1145 | 0.6329 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19500 | 32900 | 0.4078 | 624 | 1125 | 0.9664 | |
| 47 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.6415 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 47 | Ouachita Baptist University | 19800 | 58200 | 0.66 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
| 49 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 49 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 51 | Stetson University | 20300 | 79100 | 0.7437 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 51 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 51 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 54 | University of Montevallo | 20400 | 30300 | 0.3268 | 2,642 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 55 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20700 | 23200 | 0.1077 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 55 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 55 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2578 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 58 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21000 | 36400 | 0.4226 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 60 | Piedmont University | 21100 | 47200 | 0.553 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 61 | La Roche University | 21200 | 72600 | 0.7082 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 62 | Sterling College | 21900 | 53900 | 0.5943 | 670 | 1070 | 0.4817 | |
| 63 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 63 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22100 | 53000 | 0.5825 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 65 | Newman University | 22400 | 54000 | 0.5862 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22500 | 45900 | 0.5102 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 67 | New York University | 22700 | 91800 | 0.7524 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 68 | Augustana College | 22800 | 72800 | 0.6862 | 2,522 | 1163 | 0.6268 | |
| 68 | Hamline University | 22800 | 56500 | 0.596 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 70 | Faulkner University | 22900 | 40600 | 0.4364 | 1,758 | 1025 | 0.7307 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23200 | 38200 | 0.3925 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 72 | Indiana State University | 23500 | 32400 | 0.2748 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 72 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 74 | Saint Norbert College | 23700 | 63800 | 0.6283 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 75 | Texas Wesleyan University | 23800 | 64500 | 0.6309 | 1,796 | 1060 | 0.6916 | |
| 76 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 76 | University of Kansas | 23900 | 43000 | 0.4442 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 76 | University of South Dakota | 23900 | 26000 | 0.0809 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 76 | Wittenberg University | 23900 | 65400 | 0.6342 | 1,227 | 1178 | 0.7235 | |
| 80 | Lewis University | 24000 | 57700 | 0.5838 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 80 | Saint Ambrose University | 24000 | 55400 | 0.5664 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 25500 | 37500 | 0.3204 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 83 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5027 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 84 | The University of Findlay | 25800 | 50600 | 0.4897 | 4,062 | 1124 | 0.8337 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 41500 | 0.3684 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 86 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 87 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0833 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 88 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 89 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3819 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26900 | 37700 | 0.2867 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 90 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 90 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36500 | 0.2632 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 93 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27500 | 39800 | 0.3094 | 6,135 | 1055 | 0.7207 | |
| 93 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27500 | 32800 | 0.1619 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 95 | University of North Alabama | 27600 | 37300 | 0.2601 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 96 | University of Northern Iowa | 28100 | 36200 | 0.224 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 96 | Weber State University | 28100 | 33900 | 0.171 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 98 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6226 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 99 | Bridgewater State University | 28700 | 35500 | 0.1923 | 8,270 | 1180 | 0.8781 | |
| 100 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.214 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 101 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0677 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 102 | Southern Methodist University | 29100 | 90100 | 0.677 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 103 | William Peace University | 29200 | 50200 | 0.4179 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 104 | Creighton University | 29300 | 68000 | 0.5694 | 4,377 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 105 | Ferrum College | 29400 | 49500 | 0.4063 | 724 | 990 | 0.8898 | |
| 105 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1354 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 107 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3627 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 108 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30400 | 77600 | 0.6081 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 109 | Jacksonville University | 30500 | 74200 | 0.5888 | 2,946 | 1195 | 0.5694 | |
| 110 | Otterbein University | 30600 | 57300 | 0.4659 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 111 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 112 | Ohio Northern University | 31000 | 63500 | 0.5115 | 2,706 | 1269 | 0.744 | |
| 113 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 114 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5356 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 114 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5869 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 116 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 70300 | 0.5362 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 117 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3111 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 118 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33500 | 36100 | 0.072 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 119 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 120 | Drake University | 33800 | 68500 | 0.5064 | 2,585 | 1259 | 0.6385 | |
| 121 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 122 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34300 | 44300 | 0.2256 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 123 | Washburn University | 34600 | 38400 | 0.0989 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 124 | Loyola Marymount University | 35400 | 90800 | 0.6104 | 7,273 | 1353 | 0.4508 | |
| 124 | New Jersey City University | 35400 | 39800 | 0.1107 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 124 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 127 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36200 | 41600 | 0.1298 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 128 | Western Washington University | 36300 | 36300 | 0 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 129 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 130 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 131 | Hardin-Simmons University | 37200 | 49700 | 0.2514 | 1,291 | 1110 | 0.9 | |
| 132 | University of Connecticut | 37400 | 53600 | 0.3025 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 133 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 37500 | 57100 | 0.3435 | 1,831 | 1108 | 0.9143 | |
| 134 | Hofstra University | 38000 | 76900 | 0.5058 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 135 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0523 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 136 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39100 | 57900 | 0.3246 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 136 | University of Charleston | 39100 | 51200 | 0.2361 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.6152 | |
| 138 | Xavier University | 39200 | 68100 | 0.4246 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 139 | Cumberland University | 39300 | 47500 | 0.1708 | 2,745 | 1055 | 0.6733 | |
| 140 | Saint Vincent College | 39500 | 64600 | 0.3888 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 141 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40100 | 48500 | 0.1731 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 142 | Pace University | 40600 | 74800 | 0.4571 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 143 | McKendree University | 40800 | 52900 | 0.2289 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 144 | Susquehanna University | 41800 | 76800 | 0.4559 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 145 | Seattle University | 42100 | 75000 | 0.4384 | 4,078 | 1305 | 0.7692 | |
| 146 | Old Dominion University | 42500 | 47700 | 0.109 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 147 | Bryant University | 42700 | 75900 | 0.4372 | 3,200 | 1265 | 0.6546 | |
| 148 | Manhattan University | 43800 | 74100 | 0.4088 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 149 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44900 | 50600 | 0.1127 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 150 | Duquesne University | 45400 | 70500 | 0.3561 | 5,371 | 1274 | 0.8356 | |
| 151 | Illinois State University | 46000 | 49100 | 0.0633 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 152 | Saint Louis University | 46400 | 80900 | 0.4262 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 153 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47000 | 59700 | 0.2127 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 154 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83900 | 0.4172 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 155 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 156 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 157 | University of Portland | 51100 | 84800 | 0.3974 | 2,986 | 1277 | 0.8917 | |
| 158 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0392 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 159 | California Lutheran University | 53400 | 70000 | 0.2374 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 160 | George Mason University | 53900 | 61000 | 0.1164 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 161 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 54800 | 66400 | 0.1747 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 162 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 56800 | 0.0194 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 163 | Elon University | 57000 | 68900 | 0.1728 | 6,452 | 1215 | 0.6635 | |
| 164 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0356 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 165 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 166 | Mercyhurst University | 60800 | 68000 | 0.1059 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 169 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 170 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 171 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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