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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 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 117400 | 0.9284 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 3 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 4 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 5 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 10700 | 24800 | 0.5691 | 7,393 | 1125 | 0.8968 | |
| 5 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 7 | Francis Marion University | 12100 | 30100 | 0.5982 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 8 | Colorado College | 12300 | 98000 | 0.8748 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 8 | University of West Florida | 12300 | 22200 | 0.4455 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 10 | Lamar University | 12900 | 22900 | 0.4361 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 11 | University of North Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4202 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 12 | Valdosta State University | 13300 | 23500 | 0.4346 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 13 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13500 | 43000 | 0.686 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 15 | Coastal Carolina University | 13700 | 72300 | 0.8108 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 16 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 43500 | 0.6712 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 16 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14300 | 25600 | 0.4406 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 16 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5361 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5715 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 21 | University of Memphis | 14600 | 37800 | 0.6141 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 22 | Troy University | 15100 | 39200 | 0.6139 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 22 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 43700 | 0.6547 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 24 | University of Maine | 15500 | 33300 | 0.5347 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 25 | Jacksonville State University | 15600 | 43000 | 0.6359 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 25 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 27 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 27100 | 0.4168 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 28 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15900 | 25500 | 0.3741 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 29 | Texas State University | 16200 | 25700 | 0.3702 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 29 | University of North Texas | 16200 | 26100 | 0.379 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 31 | Missouri Valley College | 16400 | 38200 | 0.5709 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6922 | |
| 32 | Appalachian State University | 16500 | 22800 | 0.2766 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 32 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16500 | 22300 | 0.2598 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16800 | 25900 | 0.3511 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 34 | University of Arizona | 16800 | 41400 | 0.5937 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 36 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 33300 | 0.4926 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 37 | East Tennessee State University | 17200 | 26100 | 0.3404 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 38 | University of Louisville | 17400 | 29100 | 0.4024 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 38 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 40 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 46800 | 0.6172 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 41 | Greensboro College | 18100 | 38300 | 0.5269 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 41 | James Madison University | 18100 | 28900 | 0.3742 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 43 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 43 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 43 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 61500 | 0.702 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 40700 | 0.5496 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 47 | Union College | 18900 | 93400 | 0.798 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 48 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2615 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 49 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 26900 | 0.2823 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 50 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 51 | Georgia Southern University | 19800 | 20100 | 0.0149 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 52 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3529 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 54 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 55 | Georgia State University | 20400 | 26000 | 0.2155 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 56 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20500 | 36600 | 0.4396 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 57 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20600 | 52100 | 0.6043 | 1,108 | 990 | 1 | |
| 58 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 59 | South Carolina State University | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3062 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 60 | Midwestern State University | 21600 | 38900 | 0.445 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 21800 | 48500 | 0.5501 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 62 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4016 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 63 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 22000 | 65300 | 0.6633 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 64 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 22300 | 57000 | 0.6087 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 65 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22500 | 33600 | 0.3301 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 66 | Park University | 22600 | 31300 | 0.2784 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 67 | Oklahoma City University | 23000 | 74300 | 0.6905 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 67 | University of North Alabama | 23000 | 37300 | 0.3834 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 69 | Loyola University New Orleans | 23100 | 74600 | 0.6901 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 70 | Bentley University | 23200 | 129500 | 0.8207 | 4,620 | 1323 | 0.4729 | |
| 70 | Hope College | 23200 | 77600 | 0.7012 | 3,427 | 1216 | 0.8712 | |
| 70 | Lewis University | 23200 | 59400 | 0.6097 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 73 | Dillard University | 23600 | 53900 | 0.5622 | 1,070 | 1055 | 0.7371 | |
| 73 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23600 | 26900 | 0.1227 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 75 | West Texas A & M University | 23700 | 29200 | 0.1882 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 76 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 48800 | 0.5114 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 77 | University of Dayton | 24300 | 94000 | 0.7415 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 78 | Susquehanna University | 24400 | 122200 | 0.8006 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 78 | Tennessee State University | 24400 | 39200 | 0.3772 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 80 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 28300 | 0.1272 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 81 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 74000 | 0.6619 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 81 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25000 | 55700 | 0.5514 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 83 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 84 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 25600 | 28900 | 0.1144 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 85 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25800 | 53800 | 0.5206 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 86 | Loyola University Maryland | 26100 | 78800 | 0.6689 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 86 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5967 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 88 | Jackson State University | 26300 | 35000 | 0.2484 | 4,967 | 940 | 0.9602 | |
| 88 | Western Kentucky University | 26300 | 47700 | 0.4485 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 90 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26400 | 64700 | 0.5922 | 871 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 91 | Rider University | 26700 | 60200 | 0.5567 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 92 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1094 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 93 | Wichita State University | 27000 | 30300 | 0.1087 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 94 | George Fox University | 27100 | 95400 | 0.7162 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 94 | University of Arkansas | 27100 | 52400 | 0.4831 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 94 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 43300 | 0.3745 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 97 | Oakland University | 27200 | 39300 | 0.3075 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 97 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 99 | Capital University | 27300 | 63100 | 0.5674 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 99 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27300 | 39800 | 0.314 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 101 | West Virginia University | 27600 | 40900 | 0.325 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 102 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27800 | 27800 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 103 | John Brown University | 28000 | 48300 | 0.4198 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 104 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 104 | Presbyterian College | 28100 | 80400 | 0.6508 | 903 | 1150 | 0.6515 | |
| 104 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64000 | 0.5608 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 107 | Niagara University | 28600 | 57400 | 0.5015 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 108 | Alvernia University | 29500 | 89200 | 0.6695 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 108 | Marquette University | 29500 | 63800 | 0.5377 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 110 | Wheaton College | 30000 | 87500 | 0.6572 | 2,181 | 1357 | 0.8491 | |
| 111 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 112 | The College of Wooster | 30700 | 82600 | 0.628 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 112 | Wofford College | 30700 | 73200 | 0.5805 | 1,781 | 1305 | 0.5487 | |
| 114 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 115 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 117 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31600 | 108100 | 0.7078 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 118 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 118 | Westminster University | 31700 | 62600 | 0.4938 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 120 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 84000 | 0.6169 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 121 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32300 | 54400 | 0.4062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 122 | Villanova University | 32500 | 114000 | 0.715 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 123 | Allegheny College | 32600 | 88100 | 0.6296 | 1,125 | 1243 | 0.5877 | |
| 124 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 125 | Carroll University | 33000 | 63900 | 0.4838 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 126 | Ursinus College | 33200 | 83700 | 0.6038 | 1,378 | 1303 | 0.9285 | |
| 127 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 128 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33500 | 34200 | 0.0204 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 129 | Utica University | 33700 | 48600 | 0.3068 | 2,191 | 1214 | 0.9187 | |
| 130 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 69900 | 0.5167 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 131 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 132 | Berry College | 34200 | 61400 | 0.4427 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 132 | University of the Incarnate Word | 34200 | 55300 | 0.3818 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 134 | Southern Connecticut State University | 34500 | 52900 | 0.348 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 135 | University of Idaho | 34700 | 48700 | 0.2875 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 136 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 137 | Washburn University | 35200 | 38400 | 0.0833 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 138 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3736 | 5,794 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 138 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35700 | 56700 | 0.3701 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 140 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60000 | 0.4036 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 141 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36300 | 57000 | 0.3629 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 143 | Beloit College | 37200 | 81100 | 0.5412 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 144 | Xavier University | 37500 | 107200 | 0.6501 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 145 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 146 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 147 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38000 | 62800 | 0.3948 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 148 | Seton Hall University | 38200 | 67700 | 0.4359 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 149 | Westmont College | 38700 | 80300 | 0.518 | 1,311 | 1315 | 0.8059 | |
| 150 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38900 | 60200 | 0.3533 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 151 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 152 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4513 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 152 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 152 | State University of New York at Cortland | 39300 | 40600 | 0.0321 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 155 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 156 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 157 | Saint Francis University | 40400 | 81500 | 0.5043 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 157 | University of Mississippi | 40400 | 60300 | 0.3299 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 159 | University of Redlands | 41100 | 128400 | 0.6801 | 1,941 | 1233 | 0.8272 | |
| 160 | Butler University | 41200 | 67900 | 0.3934 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 161 | Virginia State University | 41400 | 42800 | 0.0327 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 162 | Saint Louis University | 41500 | 81100 | 0.4884 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 163 | Middle Tennessee State University | 42300 | 46500 | 0.0904 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 164 | Seattle University | 42400 | 85100 | 0.5015 | 4,370 | 1299 | 0.7313 | |
| 165 | Boise State University | 43000 | 50100 | 0.1416 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 166 | Arkansas State University | 43300 | 45100 | 0.0399 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 167 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 168 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47800 | 57000 | 0.1615 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 169 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49000 | 71300 | 0.3128 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 170 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 171 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51300 | 72700 | 0.2943 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 172 | Chapman University | 52400 | 115100 | 0.5446 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 173 | Loyola University Chicago | 52600 | 74800 | 0.297 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 174 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 175 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83400 | 0.2901 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 176 | Mercyhurst University | 65900 | 76400 | 0.1374 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 177 | Santa Clara University | 69400 | 109300 | 0.3651 | 6,695 | 1399 | 0.4788 | |
| 178 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82900 | 82900 | 0 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.