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Considering a degree in Business/Managerial Economics?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Business/Managerial Economics majors who live in Alabama.
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 Alabama.
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 | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 3 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11000 | 25000 | 0.5592 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 48200 | 0.7577 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 7 | Wichita State University | 11700 | 29800 | 0.6086 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 9 | Tennessee State University | 11800 | 48200 | 0.7544 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 10 | Midwestern State University | 12500 | 21600 | 0.4208 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 11 | University of North Alabama | 12800 | 28200 | 0.5471 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 12 | Saginaw Valley State University | 13000 | 28600 | 0.5467 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 13 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech University | 13300 | 36900 | 0.6395 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 15 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13700 | 23200 | 0.4094 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 15 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 17 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13800 | 27800 | 0.5028 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 18 | Coastal Carolina University | 14100 | 27200 | 0.4817 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 18 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14100 | 19400 | 0.2733 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 20 | Arkansas Tech University | 14200 | 35900 | 0.6038 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 20 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 14200 | 38900 | 0.6342 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 22 | University of West Florida | 14300 | 21500 | 0.3344 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 23 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 24 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 25 | Union College | 14700 | 92400 | 0.8408 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 26 | University of Georgia | 15000 | 26600 | 0.4344 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 27 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15200 | 26800 | 0.4317 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 29 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 30 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 23000 | 0.3045 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 30 | University of Maine at Farmington | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3116 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 32 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 32 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 34 | University of North Florida | 16200 | 22400 | 0.2771 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 35 | Jacksonville State University | 16600 | 27000 | 0.3864 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 35 | Lamar University | 16600 | 22900 | 0.2748 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 37 | Appalachian State University | 16900 | 19500 | 0.1335 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 37 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 32000 | 0.4701 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 39 | Arkansas State University | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3917 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 40 | University of Maine | 17200 | 29300 | 0.4132 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 40 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 22400 | 0.2355 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 42 | Weber State University | 17500 | 41300 | 0.5757 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 43 | Greensboro College | 17600 | 37800 | 0.5343 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 44 | Francis Marion University | 17700 | 24100 | 0.266 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 44 | Georgia State University | 17700 | 26000 | 0.3194 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 44 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 47 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 48 | Virginia State University | 18000 | 29500 | 0.3895 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 49 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 23800 | 0.2357 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 18200 | 20700 | 0.1207 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 51 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 51 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18300 | 50400 | 0.6372 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 51 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18300 | 52500 | 0.6514 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 51 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18300 | 36500 | 0.4989 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 55 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3355 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 56 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2005 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 57 | East Tennessee State University | 19000 | 26100 | 0.2716 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 58 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 965 | 0.4823 | |
| 59 | University of West Georgia | 19600 | 24900 | 0.213 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 60 | University of Mississippi | 19800 | 27000 | 0.2666 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 61 | Boise State University | 20500 | 59700 | 0.6567 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 61 | South Carolina State University | 20500 | 42000 | 0.5114 | 2,950 | 910 | 0.8262 | |
| 63 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 63 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 65 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 66 | Utica University | 20900 | 43400 | 0.518 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 67 | University of the Incarnate Word | 21100 | 73100 | 0.7115 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 68 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 69 | Kennesaw State University | 21600 | 26600 | 0.1881 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 69 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21600 | 42700 | 0.4943 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 71 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 71 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22100 | 28200 | 0.2167 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 74 | West Texas A & M University | 22200 | 22400 | 0.0089 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 75 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22400 | 59600 | 0.6242 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 76 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22500 | 59900 | 0.6242 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 77 | Allegheny College | 23300 | 75400 | 0.6914 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 78 | SUNY Oneonta | 23600 | 49300 | 0.5218 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 79 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3394 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 80 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 24000 | 58100 | 0.5865 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 81 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.449 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 82 | Ave Maria University | 24200 | 45400 | 0.4668 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 83 | Miami University-Oxford | 25200 | 28400 | 0.1126 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 83 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 85 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 86 | University of Redlands | 25400 | 84200 | 0.6987 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 87 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25500 | 31500 | 0.1906 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 88 | Lewis University | 25600 | 57700 | 0.5561 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 88 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 88 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.077 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 91 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 91 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 93 | Hope College | 25800 | 60100 | 0.5705 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 94 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0923 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 95 | Grand Valley State University | 26100 | 36300 | 0.2814 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 95 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 26100 | 39200 | 0.3343 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 97 | Aquinas College | 26200 | 53400 | 0.5098 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 98 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26400 | 43000 | 0.3857 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 98 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26400 | 53800 | 0.5095 | 2,803 | 1085 | 0.9576 | |
| 98 | Westminster University | 26400 | 81400 | 0.6758 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 101 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26500 | 61400 | 0.5676 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma City University | 26700 | 62200 | 0.5706 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 103 | Washburn University | 26900 | 36300 | 0.2587 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 104 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2984 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 104 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 104 | Western Kentucky University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 107 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 107 | Oakland University | 27300 | 39700 | 0.3124 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 109 | Capital University | 27500 | 80300 | 0.6576 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 110 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27800 | 67800 | 0.5902 | 936 | 995 | 0.8003 | |
| 111 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 112 | George Fox University | 28000 | 76800 | 0.6354 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 113 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 28100 | 30600 | 0.0796 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 114 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6229 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 114 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4166 | 1,882 | 1220 | 0.6764 | |
| 114 | Missouri Valley College | 28200 | 38200 | 0.2618 | 1,558 | 1010 | 0.5269 | |
| 117 | Marquette University | 28300 | 66200 | 0.5722 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 118 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 119 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 119 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0688 | 4,525 | 1000 | 0.7118 | |
| 121 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 122 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 122 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 122 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 82600 | 0.6261 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 122 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5784 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 126 | Beloit College | 31000 | 97600 | 0.6823 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 127 | Carroll University | 31200 | 61500 | 0.4929 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 128 | Samford University | 31400 | 78000 | 0.5971 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 129 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31800 | 59600 | 0.4661 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 130 | University of Dayton | 32100 | 64200 | 0.5001 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 130 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 85400 | 0.6238 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 132 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 133 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32300 | 93400 | 0.6544 | 1,525 | 1283 | 0.556 | |
| 134 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 134 | Rider University | 32500 | 60600 | 0.4637 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 136 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 137 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 138 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 139 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55900 | 0.3956 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 140 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 142 | Hofstra University | 34900 | 77000 | 0.5466 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 143 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 144 | Loyola University Chicago | 35400 | 73600 | 0.5191 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 145 | Berry College | 35900 | 60900 | 0.4107 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 145 | Cedarville University | 35900 | 57000 | 0.3709 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 145 | Loyola University Maryland | 35900 | 78800 | 0.5445 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 148 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 149 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 36400 | 42500 | 0.1434 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 150 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 150 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 152 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 153 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37600 | 40700 | 0.077 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 154 | California State University-Long Beach | 37700 | 38600 | 0.0233 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 155 | Westmont College | 38300 | 80300 | 0.523 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 156 | Saint Francis University | 38400 | 62800 | 0.3888 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 157 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 38500 | 42300 | 0.0899 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 158 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 159 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 159 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 161 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 162 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 163 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 164 | Seattle University | 41600 | 74600 | 0.4422 | 4,103 | 1243 | 0.7703 | |
| 165 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 166 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 167 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 168 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44300 | 53700 | 0.175 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 169 | Saint Louis University | 44400 | 80900 | 0.451 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 170 | Molloy University | 48800 | 62300 | 0.2168 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 171 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 172 | Chapman University | 51300 | 94000 | 0.4544 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 173 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 52000 | 60000 | 0.1332 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 174 | Santa Clara University | 57700 | 85400 | 0.3244 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 175 | Presbyterian College | 60000 | 62700 | 0.043 | 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 | 72700 | 74700 | 0.0268 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.