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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 California.
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 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 | California Institute of Technology | 3400 | 90800 | 0.9626 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 4 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9091 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 5 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10100 | 27800 | 0.6356 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 7 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 10900 | 24800 | 0.561 | 6,809 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 8 | Northern Arizona University | 11600 | 27900 | 0.5837 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11600 | 26900 | 0.5682 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 8 | University of West Florida | 11600 | 21500 | 0.4599 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 11 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 11700 | 28900 | 0.596 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 11 | University of Central Florida | 11700 | 25300 | 0.5369 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 14 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6956 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 15 | Union College | 13500 | 92400 | 0.8538 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 16 | Midwestern State University | 14100 | 21600 | 0.3468 | 4,303 | 1010 | 0.9352 | |
| 17 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 27400 | 0.4784 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 17 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14300 | 30100 | 0.5239 | 6,135 | 1055 | 0.7207 | |
| 17 | Salisbury University | 14300 | 28700 | 0.502 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 20 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 21 | Texas State University | 14700 | 25500 | 0.4238 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 14800 | 24900 | 0.4051 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 23 | Troy University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4381 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 24 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15400 | 25600 | 0.3977 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 24 | University of West Georgia | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3744 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 26 | Tennessee State University | 15500 | 39200 | 0.604 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 27 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 27 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 29 | Eastern Michigan University | 16000 | 36100 | 0.5559 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 31 | Grove City College | 16200 | 39700 | 0.5919 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 32 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4204 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 32 | Sam Houston State University | 16500 | 27000 | 0.389 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 35 | Greensboro College | 17100 | 37800 | 0.5475 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 36 | Rio Hondo College | 17600 | 39500 | 0.5546 | 17,441 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 38 | Youngstown State University | 18100 | 34000 | 0.4677 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 39 | East Tennessee State University | 18200 | 26100 | 0.3022 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 39 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 41 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2011 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 42 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 45000 | 0.5849 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 43 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19200 | 33700 | 0.431 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 44 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.9315 | |
| 44 | University of Arizona | 19300 | 30900 | 0.376 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 46 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19600 | 72100 | 0.728 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 47 | Cleveland State University | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3555 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 48 | Utica University | 20100 | 43400 | 0.5364 | 2,329 | 1118 | 0.9195 | |
| 49 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 50 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20400 | 52900 | 0.6142 | 1,108 | 990 | 0.6578 | |
| 50 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20400 | 27700 | 0.2633 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 52 | South Carolina State University | 20500 | 30000 | 0.3162 | 2,950 | 930 | 0.8262 | |
| 52 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20500 | 27800 | 0.2622 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 54 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 54 | University of Memphis | 20600 | 29600 | 0.3044 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 56 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 56 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 58 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 763 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 59 | Westmont College | 21800 | 76400 | 0.715 | 1,302 | 1335 | 0.7705 | |
| 60 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 61 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 62 | Hope College | 22200 | 60100 | 0.6304 | 3,395 | 1241 | 0.7924 | |
| 62 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 64 | Oklahoma City University | 22300 | 64400 | 0.6539 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 65 | Aquinas College | 22400 | 53400 | 0.581 | 1,088 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 66 | West Texas A & M University | 23100 | 29200 | 0.2087 | 6,926 | 1060 | 0.9868 | |
| 67 | Allegheny College | 23600 | 76200 | 0.6899 | 1,171 | 1279 | 0.5457 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 23700 | 41300 | 0.4262 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 69 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 69 | Lewis University | 23900 | 57700 | 0.5856 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 69 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36400 | 0.3445 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 72 | Boise State University | 24400 | 31200 | 0.218 | 23,983 | 1135 | 0.8721 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24400 | 34400 | 0.2904 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 74 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25000 | 53800 | 0.5355 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 75 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 25400 | 64700 | 0.6077 | 870 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 76 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,301 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 77 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 78 | Western Kentucky University | 25700 | 41800 | 0.3851 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 79 | Azusa Pacific University | 25900 | 63000 | 0.589 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 79 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0928 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 81 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 28900 | 0.0849 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 82 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 83 | University of the Incarnate Word | 26600 | 61400 | 0.567 | 4,638 | 1030 | 0.9814 | |
| 84 | Iowa State University | 26700 | 43300 | 0.3829 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 84 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 86 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36500 | 0.2632 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 87 | Capital University | 27000 | 62400 | 0.5672 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 88 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 89 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 89 | Missouri Valley College | 27400 | 38200 | 0.2828 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6918 | |
| 89 | Oakland University | 27400 | 39300 | 0.3027 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 92 | George Fox University | 27700 | 69400 | 0.6012 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 93 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 93 | Wichita State University | 27900 | 39800 | 0.2999 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 95 | Francis Marion University | 28100 | 40200 | 0.3013 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 95 | Weber State University | 28100 | 33900 | 0.171 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 97 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.623 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 97 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4169 | 1,948 | 1197 | 0.7614 | |
| 97 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 100 | Westminster University | 28400 | 62600 | 0.5466 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 101 | University of North Texas | 28500 | 37400 | 0.2378 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 102 | Marquette University | 28700 | 63800 | 0.5503 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 102 | University of Dayton | 28700 | 64200 | 0.5531 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 104 | Jacksonville State University | 28900 | 38200 | 0.2433 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 104 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0693 | 4,525 | 1015 | 0.7118 | |
| 106 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29000 | 56200 | 0.4847 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 107 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1354 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 107 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29400 | 39700 | 0.2596 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 109 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30400 | 33600 | 0.0938 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 109 | Wheaton College | 30400 | 87500 | 0.6525 | 2,150 | 1363 | 0.874 | |
| 111 | Lamar University | 30700 | 38300 | 0.1986 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 112 | Wofford College | 30800 | 73200 | 0.5786 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 113 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 114 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 114 | University of North Florida | 31000 | 33000 | 0.0607 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 31100 | 54800 | 0.4325 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 116 | The College of Wooster | 31100 | 83100 | 0.6261 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 116 | University of Louisville | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2593 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 119 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 120 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31800 | 75700 | 0.5796 | 1,525 | 1281 | 0.556 | |
| 121 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 121 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 123 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 70300 | 0.5362 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 124 | Berry College | 32800 | 60900 | 0.4617 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 125 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 126 | Coastal Carolina University | 34400 | 45100 | 0.237 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 127 | Beloit College | 35100 | 81400 | 0.5685 | 1,004 | 1299 | 0.6304 | |
| 128 | Cedarville University | 35800 | 57000 | 0.3711 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 129 | Georgia State University | 36300 | 45400 | 0.2005 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 130 | Virginia State University | 36500 | 42200 | 0.1352 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 131 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 132 | Loyola University Maryland | 37500 | 78800 | 0.5242 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 133 | Northwest Nazarene University | 37600 | 62800 | 0.4011 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.6474 | |
| 134 | Southern Connecticut State University | 37900 | 52900 | 0.2837 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 135 | Hofstra University | 38000 | 76900 | 0.5058 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 135 | Saint Francis University | 38000 | 63100 | 0.3978 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 135 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38000 | 38700 | 0.0181 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 138 | Clark Atlanta University | 38200 | 51900 | 0.2638 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 138 | University of Redlands | 38200 | 81400 | 0.5309 | 2,049 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53100 | 0.2711 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 141 | Loyola University Chicago | 39200 | 74100 | 0.4708 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39200 | 39800 | 0.0151 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 141 | Xavier University | 39200 | 68100 | 0.4246 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 144 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4493 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 144 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3895 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 146 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 146 | University of Maine | 39600 | 45200 | 0.124 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 148 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 53600 | 0.2576 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 148 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4092 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 150 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40100 | 47500 | 0.1558 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 150 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40100 | 44100 | 0.0907 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 150 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 153 | Santa Clara University | 40300 | 84500 | 0.5233 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 154 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 154 | Arkansas State University | 40600 | 41000 | 0.0098 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 156 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41100 | 46000 | 0.1065 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 156 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 41100 | 42300 | 0.0284 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 158 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 159 | Susquehanna University | 41800 | 76800 | 0.4559 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 160 | Seattle University | 42100 | 75000 | 0.4384 | 4,078 | 1305 | 0.7692 | |
| 161 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 162 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 163 | Widener University | 43600 | 79400 | 0.451 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 164 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 165 | Georgia College & State University | 45000 | 52400 | 0.1412 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 166 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 167 | Saint Louis University | 46300 | 80900 | 0.4275 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 168 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48200 | 48600 | 0.0082 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 169 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 170 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51300 | 52800 | 0.0284 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 171 | University of Georgia | 51600 | 52800 | 0.0227 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 172 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 173 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 174 | Mercyhurst University | 60800 | 68000 | 0.1059 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 175 | Presbyterian College | 60900 | 62700 | 0.0287 | 853 | 1120 | 0.6837 | |
| 176 | Chapman University | 62000 | 91500 | 0.3226 | 7,713 | 1353 | 0.6543 | |
| 177 | University of California-Irvine | 68900 | 75600 | 0.0886 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 178 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 76100 | 82400 | 0.0764 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.