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 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Emory University | 7800 | 92500 | 0.9156 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1065 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 20400 | 0.5397 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 9500 | 92900 | 0.8977 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 8 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 9 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 10 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38200 | 0.7339 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 11 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 12 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 31200 | 0.6347 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 13 | Felician University | 11700 | 58700 | 0.8008 | 1,870 | 1020 | 0.9401 | |
| 13 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 16 | University of North Alabama | 12800 | 28200 | 0.5464 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 17 | Trinity University | 13400 | 69600 | 0.8078 | 2,518 | 1423 | 0.2592 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13600 | 19400 | 0.2988 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 18 | University of California-Merced | 13600 | 42000 | 0.6764 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 20 | Grand Valley State University | 13800 | 25300 | 0.4551 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 21 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5445 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 22 | Arkansas Tech University | 14100 | 34400 | 0.5902 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 22 | Georgetown University | 14100 | 92700 | 0.8479 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 24 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 31000 | 0.5189 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 25 | Wake Forest University | 15000 | 91900 | 0.8364 | 5,490 | 1469 | 0.2167 | |
| 26 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 27 | University of Kansas | 15600 | 34900 | 0.5514 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 28 | Arkansas State University | 16200 | 28100 | 0.4237 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16300 | 44500 | 0.6333 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 30 | University of Florida | 16500 | 22500 | 0.2666 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 31 | Mid-America Christian University | 16700 | 36800 | 0.5466 | 1,806 | 970 | 0.9176 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16800 | 43500 | 0.6133 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 33 | Salem State University | 17200 | 28500 | 0.3964 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 34 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26600 | 0.35 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 35 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17500 | 39000 | 0.552 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 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 | Bridgewater State University | 17800 | 25400 | 0.3014 | 8,270 | 1180 | 0.8781 | |
| 39 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 39 | University of St Francis | 18200 | 57800 | 0.6856 | 1,343 | 1145 | 0.6529 | |
| 41 | Holy Family University | 18300 | 56200 | 0.6749 | 2,643 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 42 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18400 | 30100 | 0.3893 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 43 | Quincy University | 18800 | 57800 | 0.6746 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 44 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 44 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 46 | Eastern Illinois University | 19500 | 28100 | 0.3066 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 47 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 48 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.6419 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 48 | Ouachita Baptist University | 19800 | 58200 | 0.66 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
| 50 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.172 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 50 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78700 | 0.7472 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 52 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 53 | Stetson University | 20300 | 79100 | 0.7437 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 53 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 55 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 56 | Piedmont University | 21100 | 47200 | 0.553 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 57 | La Roche University | 21300 | 72600 | 0.7069 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 58 | Sterling College | 21900 | 53900 | 0.5929 | 670 | 1070 | 0.4817 | |
| 59 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22100 | 53000 | 0.5825 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 59 | Old Dominion University | 22100 | 32400 | 0.3177 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 61 | Newman University | 22300 | 54000 | 0.5867 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22500 | 45900 | 0.5102 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 63 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 64 | Augustana College | 22800 | 72800 | 0.6865 | 2,522 | 1163 | 0.6268 | |
| 64 | Hamline University | 22800 | 56500 | 0.596 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 66 | Faulkner University | 22900 | 40600 | 0.4364 | 1,758 | 1025 | 0.7307 | |
| 67 | Illinois State University | 23200 | 36400 | 0.3623 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 67 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23200 | 24900 | 0.0682 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 69 | Indiana State University | 23500 | 32400 | 0.2748 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 69 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 71 | Saint Norbert College | 23700 | 63800 | 0.6283 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 72 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 72 | Texas Wesleyan University | 23900 | 64500 | 0.6293 | 1,796 | 1060 | 0.6916 | |
| 72 | Wittenberg University | 23900 | 65400 | 0.6345 | 1,227 | 1178 | 0.7235 | |
| 75 | Lewis University | 24000 | 57700 | 0.5838 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 75 | Saint Ambrose University | 24000 | 55400 | 0.5664 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 77 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.503 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 78 | The University of Findlay | 25800 | 50600 | 0.4897 | 4,062 | 1124 | 0.8337 | |
| 79 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26000 | 38900 | 0.3327 | 6,135 | 1055 | 0.7207 | |
| 80 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 80 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 28900 | 0.0842 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26500 | 48100 | 0.4494 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 82 | University of South Dakota | 26500 | 29600 | 0.1056 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 84 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 85 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3825 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26900 | 37700 | 0.2867 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 86 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 88 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27500 | 32800 | 0.1596 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 89 | Weber State University | 28100 | 33900 | 0.171 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 90 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6228 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 91 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0978 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 92 | Southern Methodist University | 29100 | 90100 | 0.677 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 93 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 37000 | 0.2106 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 93 | William Peace University | 29200 | 50200 | 0.4178 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 95 | Creighton University | 29300 | 68000 | 0.5694 | 4,377 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 96 | Ferrum College | 29400 | 49500 | 0.4068 | 724 | 990 | 0.8898 | |
| 97 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3632 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 98 | George Mason University | 30400 | 35700 | 0.1483 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 98 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30400 | 77600 | 0.6081 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 100 | Jacksonville University | 30500 | 74200 | 0.5888 | 2,946 | 1195 | 0.5694 | |
| 100 | Otterbein University | 30500 | 57300 | 0.4677 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 102 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 103 | Ohio Northern University | 31000 | 63500 | 0.5119 | 2,706 | 1269 | 0.744 | |
| 104 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 105 | Farmingdale State College | 32000 | 37800 | 0.1533 | 10,007 | 1145 | 0.6329 | |
| 106 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 106 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 108 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 70300 | 0.5362 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 109 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3113 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 110 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 110 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 112 | Drake University | 33800 | 68500 | 0.5068 | 2,585 | 1259 | 0.6385 | |
| 113 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 114 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34300 | 44300 | 0.2256 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 115 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 34500 | 61100 | 0.4354 | 624 | 1125 | 0.9664 | |
| 116 | Washburn University | 34700 | 38400 | 0.0963 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 117 | University of Montevallo | 35200 | 44900 | 0.2162 | 2,642 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 118 | Loyola Marymount University | 35400 | 90800 | 0.6104 | 7,273 | 1353 | 0.4508 | |
| 118 | New Jersey City University | 35400 | 39800 | 0.1107 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 118 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 121 | Hardin-Simmons University | 36100 | 49700 | 0.2736 | 1,291 | 1110 | 0.9 | |
| 122 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36200 | 41600 | 0.1298 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 123 | Western Washington University | 36300 | 36300 | 0 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 124 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36400 | 38100 | 0.0446 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 125 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 126 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 127 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 37500 | 57100 | 0.3435 | 1,831 | 1108 | 0.9143 | |
| 127 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 129 | Hofstra University | 38000 | 76900 | 0.5058 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 130 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0529 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 131 | University of Charleston | 39100 | 51200 | 0.2361 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.6152 | |
| 132 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39200 | 57900 | 0.3229 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 132 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39200 | 39800 | 0.0151 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 132 | Xavier University | 39200 | 68100 | 0.4246 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 135 | Cumberland University | 39300 | 47500 | 0.1713 | 2,745 | 1055 | 0.6733 | |
| 136 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3891 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 137 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2323 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 138 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40200 | 52100 | 0.2285 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 138 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1133 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 140 | Pace University | 40600 | 74800 | 0.4571 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 141 | Susquehanna University | 41800 | 76800 | 0.4559 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 142 | Seattle University | 42100 | 74600 | 0.4355 | 4,078 | 1305 | 0.7692 | |
| 143 | Bryant University | 42600 | 75900 | 0.4385 | 3,200 | 1265 | 0.6546 | |
| 143 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53600 | 0.2054 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 145 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 56200 | 0.2385 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 146 | Manhattan University | 43800 | 74100 | 0.4088 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 147 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 148 | University of California-San Diego | 45300 | 74600 | 0.3925 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 149 | Duquesne University | 45400 | 70500 | 0.3565 | 5,371 | 1274 | 0.8356 | |
| 150 | Saint Louis University | 46400 | 80900 | 0.4262 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 151 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0513 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83900 | 0.4172 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 153 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 154 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 155 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 156 | University of Portland | 51000 | 84800 | 0.3986 | 2,986 | 1277 | 0.8917 | |
| 157 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.04 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 158 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 159 | California Lutheran University | 53400 | 70000 | 0.2374 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 160 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 54700 | 66400 | 0.1762 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 161 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56800 | 0.0176 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 162 | Elon University | 57000 | 68900 | 0.1728 | 6,452 | 1215 | 0.6635 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60400 | 64100 | 0.0577 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 165 | Mercyhurst University | 60800 | 68000 | 0.1059 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 166 | University of Washington-Bothell Campus | 61000 | 66000 | 0.0758 | 5,472 | 1333 | 0.906 | |
| 167 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 63200 | 0.0332 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 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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