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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 | Patrick Henry College | 5200 | 42000 | 0.8755 | 425 | 1345 | 0.7744 | |
| 2 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 6200 | 12900 | 0.5189 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Ana College | 6300 | 23100 | 0.7268 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Santa Monica College | 7000 | 15500 | 0.5492 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 5 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 7700 | 34500 | 0.7763 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 6 | Francis Marion University | 9600 | 25400 | 0.6218 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 6 | Washington University in St Louis | 9600 | 96200 | 0.9006 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 8 | Arkansas Tech University | 9800 | 22900 | 0.5715 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 9 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5817 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 10 | University of West Florida | 12200 | 21500 | 0.432 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12400 | 37100 | 0.6653 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 12 | University of Maine at Farmington | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5139 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 24400 | 0.4677 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24900 | 0.4571 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 15 | University of North Florida | 13700 | 22400 | 0.3889 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 16 | Wichita State University | 13800 | 29800 | 0.5369 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 17 | University of Idaho | 14000 | 31300 | 0.5532 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 18 | West Virginia University | 14300 | 23300 | 0.3862 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 19 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.454 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 19 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14500 | 25600 | 0.4328 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 22 | Northern Arizona University | 14700 | 31200 | 0.5296 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 22 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14700 | 28600 | 0.4855 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 24 | University of North Texas | 14800 | 25400 | 0.418 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 25 | Coastal Carolina University | 15100 | 27200 | 0.4449 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 26 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 27 | California State University-Long Beach | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3956 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 27 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 15600 | 38100 | 0.5912 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 27 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15600 | 23400 | 0.3337 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 30 | James Madison University | 15900 | 28600 | 0.4433 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 30 | Troy University | 15900 | 26700 | 0.4044 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 30 | Washburn University | 15900 | 25200 | 0.3686 | 5,331 | 1015 | 1 | |
| 33 | Appalachian State University | 16200 | 19500 | 0.169 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 33 | Grand Valley State University | 16200 | 25300 | 0.3601 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 33 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16200 | 22300 | 0.2733 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 36 | Jacksonville State University | 16900 | 26600 | 0.3649 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 36 | Sam Houston State University | 16900 | 23000 | 0.2652 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16900 | 29300 | 0.4236 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 39 | University of Georgia | 17000 | 27100 | 0.3704 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 40 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.3502 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 41 | Midwestern State University | 17200 | 29000 | 0.4065 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 42 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 33600 | 0.4758 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 43 | University of Louisville | 17800 | 29100 | 0.3887 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 44 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 23800 | 0.2441 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 44 | Greensboro College | 18000 | 37800 | 0.5237 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 46 | Eastern Michigan University | 18300 | 36100 | 0.4931 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 47 | SUNY Oneonta | 18400 | 29300 | 0.372 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 48 | East Tennessee State University | 18500 | 26300 | 0.2968 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 49 | Union College | 18600 | 91000 | 0.7957 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 50 | Georgia College & State University | 18800 | 21600 | 0.1295 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 51 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 52 | University of Memphis | 19000 | 26400 | 0.2808 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 53 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 53 | Youngstown State University | 19100 | 29300 | 0.3477 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 55 | University of Mississippi | 19200 | 45500 | 0.5785 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 56 | Beloit College | 19800 | 75600 | 0.7384 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 57 | Marshall University | 20100 | 36300 | 0.4466 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 58 | University of Wyoming | 20200 | 26700 | 0.2426 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 59 | Iowa State University | 20300 | 24200 | 0.1626 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 59 | Niagara University | 20300 | 57400 | 0.6461 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 61 | Dillard University | 21500 | 50400 | 0.5737 | 1,117 | 1080 | 0.4051 | |
| 61 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 63 | Bradley University | 21700 | 50900 | 0.5737 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 63 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 65 | Ave Maria University | 22300 | 44800 | 0.502 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 66 | Boise State University | 22500 | 41000 | 0.4509 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 67 | Azusa Pacific University | 22600 | 63100 | 0.6416 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 68 | Grove City College | 23100 | 37200 | 0.3791 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 69 | Berry College | 23400 | 60800 | 0.6149 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 69 | Utica University | 23400 | 41100 | 0.4303 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 71 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23500 | 24500 | 0.0407 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 72 | Bentley University | 23900 | 84500 | 0.7169 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 73 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 74 | Old Dominion University | 24600 | 32100 | 0.2338 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 74 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 24600 | 31500 | 0.2192 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 76 | West Texas A & M University | 24900 | 27100 | 0.0811 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 77 | Lewis University | 25000 | 57400 | 0.5641 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 78 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 25100 | 28000 | 0.103 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 79 | Hope College | 25300 | 60100 | 0.5788 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 79 | St Bonaventure University | 25300 | 61000 | 0.5849 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 79 | University of North Dakota | 25300 | 27700 | 0.0863 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 82 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 83 | Westminster University | 25700 | 59500 | 0.5677 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 84 | Allegheny College | 25800 | 75200 | 0.6566 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 84 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 84 | South Dakota State University | 25800 | 28700 | 0.1005 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 87 | Loyola University New Orleans | 25900 | 71100 | 0.636 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 88 | Aquinas College | 26100 | 53300 | 0.5104 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 88 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5966 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 88 | Westmont College | 26100 | 78000 | 0.6658 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 91 | Oakland University | 26200 | 39800 | 0.3419 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26200 | 35600 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 93 | Lamar University | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3021 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 93 | University of Arizona | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3028 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 95 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26400 | 68400 | 0.6141 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 95 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 26400 | 48200 | 0.4525 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 97 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 30800 | 0.1393 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 98 | Tennessee State University | 26900 | 39300 | 0.3158 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 99 | Capital University | 27000 | 68600 | 0.6065 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 99 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 101 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 27100 | 53300 | 0.4914 | 2,803 | 1105 | 0.9576 | |
| 102 | Lehigh University | 27200 | 85700 | 0.683 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 103 | Cleveland State University | 27400 | 37300 | 0.2656 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 103 | Weber State University | 27400 | 33300 | 0.1772 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 105 | Cornell College | 27500 | 72200 | 0.6189 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 105 | Missouri Valley College | 27500 | 38100 | 0.2782 | 1,558 | 985 | 0.5269 | |
| 105 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27500 | 54800 | 0.498 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 108 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 109 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 110 | John Brown University | 28400 | 48300 | 0.4114 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 111 | Mississippi State University | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1201 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 111 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28500 | 39700 | 0.2822 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 113 | Western Illinois University | 29200 | 31000 | 0.0607 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 113 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29200 | 36500 | 0.2001 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 115 | The College of Wooster | 29300 | 79700 | 0.6322 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 116 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 29400 | 41000 | 0.2827 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 117 | South Carolina State University | 29600 | 41600 | 0.2884 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
| 118 | Gannon University | 30000 | 45300 | 0.3378 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 119 | Belmont University | 30400 | 67800 | 0.5512 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 120 | Georgia State University | 30600 | 44400 | 0.3105 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 121 | University of Redlands | 30800 | 80100 | 0.6158 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 121 | University of West Georgia | 30800 | 36000 | 0.1445 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 123 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 123 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30900 | 73700 | 0.5805 | 1,525 | 1241 | 0.556 | |
| 125 | Carroll University | 31000 | 61400 | 0.495 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 126 | Rider University | 31100 | 64300 | 0.5162 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 126 | Wofford College | 31100 | 73200 | 0.575 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 128 | North Carolina State University | 31300 | 53000 | 0.4091 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 128 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31300 | 36700 | 0.1472 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 130 | Samford University | 31400 | 65200 | 0.5183 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 131 | Angelo State University | 32000 | 35400 | 0.0956 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 131 | Hampton University | 32000 | 47000 | 0.3192 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 133 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 82700 | 0.6119 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 134 | Virginia State University | 32300 | 42200 | 0.2348 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 134 | Widener University | 32300 | 75300 | 0.5708 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 136 | University of Dayton | 32500 | 64100 | 0.493 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 137 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32800 | 34700 | 0.0547 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 138 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33200 | 42800 | 0.2243 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 139 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 140 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 141 | Arkansas State University | 33700 | 41900 | 0.1956 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 142 | DePaul University | 34600 | 59100 | 0.4144 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 143 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 34700 | 42200 | 0.1776 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 144 | Baylor University | 34800 | 70800 | 0.5082 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 145 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35200 | 42400 | 0.1698 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 146 | Cedarville University | 35300 | 55100 | 0.3606 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 146 | Tennessee Technological University | 35300 | 37100 | 0.0508 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 148 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35400 | 38100 | 0.0718 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 149 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35500 | 43500 | 0.184 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 150 | University of Maine | 35700 | 45100 | 0.2085 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 151 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 41900 | 0.1361 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 152 | Alvernia University | 36300 | 68700 | 0.4717 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 152 | Salisbury University | 36300 | 40900 | 0.1126 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 152 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 155 | Clark Atlanta University | 36400 | 49800 | 0.2693 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 156 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 36600 | 46700 | 0.2163 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 157 | University of Central Florida | 36800 | 39600 | 0.0707 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 158 | Seattle University | 37200 | 69800 | 0.4668 | 4,103 | 1256 | 0.7703 | |
| 159 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37600 | 51000 | 0.2625 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 160 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 161 | Xavier University | 38500 | 67500 | 0.4297 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 162 | Saint Vincent College | 38800 | 60700 | 0.3605 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 163 | Suffolk University | 38900 | 73600 | 0.4717 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 164 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 39000 | 39000 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 165 | Loyola University Chicago | 39200 | 73500 | 0.4665 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 166 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 167 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4093 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 168 | Marymount Manhattan College | 41000 | 68600 | 0.4021 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 41300 | 41300 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 169 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 41300 | 42500 | 0.0282 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 171 | Marquette University | 41500 | 75100 | 0.4475 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 172 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41700 | 52100 | 0.1996 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 41900 | 74600 | 0.4382 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 174 | Loyola University Maryland | 42200 | 78800 | 0.4645 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 175 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 176 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43300 | 50300 | 0.1392 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 177 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 178 | Mercyhurst University | 44000 | 66400 | 0.3375 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 179 | Saint Louis University | 44700 | 74500 | 0.4001 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 180 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 181 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 182 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 183 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 56000 | 0.1236 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 184 | Santa Clara University | 49300 | 82900 | 0.4053 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 185 | Chapman University | 51500 | 86200 | 0.4018 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 186 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 187 | University of California-Irvine | 52100 | 64800 | 0.1959 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 188 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 189 | Presbyterian College | 61900 | 62700 | 0.0128 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | 
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.