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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 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.6524 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 7400 | 34500 | 0.785 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 3 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 4 | Francis Marion University | 9600 | 25400 | 0.6218 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 5 | Arkansas Tech University | 9800 | 22900 | 0.5715 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5817 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 10700 | 29000 | 0.6306 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 8 | Tennessee State University | 11400 | 30300 | 0.6233 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 8 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11400 | 24800 | 0.5409 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 10 | Santa Monica College | 11800 | 20900 | 0.4365 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 11 | University of Central Florida | 12100 | 23600 | 0.4873 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12400 | 37100 | 0.6653 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 13 | Saginaw Valley State University | 12900 | 28600 | 0.5491 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 13 | University of Maine at Farmington | 12900 | 26500 | 0.514 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 15 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13400 | 19400 | 0.3093 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 17 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24900 | 0.4571 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 18 | Northern Arizona University | 13600 | 25400 | 0.4659 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 19 | West Virginia University | 14000 | 23300 | 0.3991 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 20 | Union College | 14100 | 91000 | 0.8451 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 20 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 31300 | 0.55 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 22 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14300 | 25600 | 0.4406 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 23 | Lehigh University | 14500 | 85700 | 0.8313 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 24 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 25 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 26 | California State University-Long Beach | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3918 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 26 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 15700 | 38100 | 0.5886 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 26 | Washburn University | 15700 | 25200 | 0.3765 | 5,331 | 1015 | 1 | |
| 29 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Troy University | 15900 | 26700 | 0.4044 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 31 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16000 | 26800 | 0.4032 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 32 | Midwestern State University | 17200 | 29000 | 0.4065 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 33 | University of Arkansas | 17500 | 27700 | 0.3683 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 34 | Greensboro College | 18000 | 37800 | 0.5237 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 35 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 36 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3391 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 36 | SUNY Oneonta | 18300 | 29300 | 0.3754 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 38 | Eastern Michigan University | 18400 | 36100 | 0.4909 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 39 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 45500 | 0.5895 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 39 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3079 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 41 | Youngstown State University | 19100 | 29300 | 0.3477 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 42 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 43 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 44 | Marshall University | 20100 | 36300 | 0.4466 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 45 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 46 | Niagara University | 20300 | 57400 | 0.6461 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 47 | University of Miami | 21000 | 70800 | 0.7038 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 48 | Dillard University | 21500 | 50400 | 0.5737 | 1,117 | 1080 | 0.4051 | |
| 48 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 50 | Bradley University | 21700 | 50900 | 0.5737 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 51 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21900 | 28000 | 0.2177 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 52 | Bentley University | 22000 | 84500 | 0.7394 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 53 | Ave Maria University | 22300 | 44800 | 0.502 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 54 | University of Memphis | 22400 | 30000 | 0.2538 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 55 | Azusa Pacific University | 22600 | 63100 | 0.6416 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 56 | Berry College | 23200 | 60800 | 0.6182 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 57 | Beloit College | 23300 | 75600 | 0.6921 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 58 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23500 | 24500 | 0.0407 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 58 | Utica University | 23500 | 41100 | 0.4279 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 60 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23700 | 28300 | 0.1627 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 61 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3387 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 62 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 62 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24500 | 28500 | 0.1405 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 64 | Lewis University | 24900 | 57400 | 0.5658 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 64 | West Texas A & M University | 24900 | 27100 | 0.0811 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 66 | Hope College | 25300 | 60100 | 0.5788 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 66 | Marquette University | 25300 | 65700 | 0.6145 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 68 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 69 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 70 | Westminster University | 25700 | 59500 | 0.5677 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 71 | Allegheny College | 25800 | 75200 | 0.6567 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 71 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 73 | Westmont College | 25900 | 76400 | 0.6614 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 74 | Oakland University | 26200 | 39800 | 0.3419 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26200 | 35600 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 74 | University of Evansville | 26200 | 64700 | 0.5954 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 77 | Lamar University | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3021 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 77 | University of Arizona | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3028 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 79 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 79 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26400 | 68400 | 0.6141 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 79 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 26400 | 48200 | 0.4525 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 82 | Iowa State University | 26700 | 43300 | 0.3842 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 83 | Capital University | 27000 | 68600 | 0.6065 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 83 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 85 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 27100 | 53300 | 0.4914 | 2,803 | 1105 | 0.9576 | |
| 86 | University of North Texas | 27200 | 37400 | 0.2729 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 87 | Aquinas College | 27300 | 53300 | 0.4879 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 88 | University of Louisville | 27400 | 42200 | 0.3505 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 88 | Weber State University | 27400 | 33300 | 0.1772 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 90 | Missouri Valley College | 27500 | 38100 | 0.2782 | 1,558 | 985 | 0.5269 | |
| 90 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27500 | 54800 | 0.498 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 92 | Grand Valley State University | 27700 | 35700 | 0.2241 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 93 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 94 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 95 | John Brown University | 28100 | 48300 | 0.418 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 95 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 97 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6235 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 97 | Jacksonville State University | 28200 | 38200 | 0.2616 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 99 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 100 | Western Illinois University | 28800 | 31000 | 0.071 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 101 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 29400 | 41000 | 0.2827 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 102 | South Carolina State University | 29700 | 41600 | 0.286 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
| 103 | University of North Dakota | 29800 | 32500 | 0.0831 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 104 | Gannon University | 30000 | 45300 | 0.3378 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 104 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30000 | 41800 | 0.2824 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 106 | Belmont University | 30200 | 67800 | 0.554 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 106 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30200 | 33100 | 0.0877 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 108 | Georgia State University | 30600 | 44400 | 0.3105 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 108 | St Bonaventure University | 30600 | 61000 | 0.4981 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 110 | Carroll University | 30700 | 61400 | 0.4999 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 110 | East Tennessee State University | 30700 | 30700 | 0 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 112 | University of Redlands | 30800 | 80100 | 0.6158 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 112 | Wofford College | 30800 | 73200 | 0.5794 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 114 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 114 | University of West Georgia | 30900 | 36000 | 0.1418 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 116 | The College of Wooster | 31000 | 83100 | 0.6268 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 117 | Rider University | 31200 | 64300 | 0.5146 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 118 | Sam Houston State University | 31400 | 39900 | 0.213 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 118 | Samford University | 31400 | 65200 | 0.5183 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 118 | University of North Florida | 31400 | 37900 | 0.1715 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 121 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 122 | Hampton University | 32000 | 47000 | 0.3192 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 123 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 82700 | 0.6119 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 124 | Widener University | 32300 | 75300 | 0.5708 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 125 | University of Dayton | 32600 | 64100 | 0.4914 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 126 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 127 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 33000 | 73700 | 0.552 | 1,525 | 1241 | 0.556 | |
| 127 | Virginia State University | 33000 | 42200 | 0.2182 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 129 | Appalachian State University | 33200 | 35800 | 0.0726 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 129 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33200 | 42800 | 0.2243 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 131 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 132 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 133 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2936 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 134 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34600 | 37800 | 0.0848 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 135 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70800 | 0.5096 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 135 | DePaul University | 34700 | 59100 | 0.4127 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 137 | Coastal Carolina University | 34800 | 44700 | 0.2213 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 138 | Cedarville University | 34900 | 55100 | 0.3664 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 139 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35100 | 38100 | 0.0802 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 140 | Boise State University | 35300 | 48800 | 0.2766 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 140 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35300 | 42400 | 0.1674 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 140 | University of West Florida | 35300 | 44600 | 0.2086 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 143 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35500 | 43500 | 0.184 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 144 | University of Maine | 35800 | 45100 | 0.2062 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 145 | Salisbury University | 36100 | 40900 | 0.1175 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 145 | Western Kentucky University | 36100 | 41900 | 0.1385 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 147 | Tennessee Technological University | 36300 | 38500 | 0.0572 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 148 | Clark Atlanta University | 36500 | 49800 | 0.2673 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 149 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 36600 | 46700 | 0.2163 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 150 | Loyola University Chicago | 37200 | 73500 | 0.4937 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 150 | Seattle University | 37200 | 69800 | 0.4668 | 4,103 | 1256 | 0.7703 | |
| 152 | Wichita State University | 37300 | 39600 | 0.0581 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 153 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37500 | 51000 | 0.2648 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 154 | Hofstra University | 38500 | 74600 | 0.4837 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 154 | Xavier University | 38500 | 67500 | 0.4297 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 156 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 156 | Suffolk University | 38600 | 73600 | 0.4758 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 156 | University of Wyoming | 38600 | 43800 | 0.1187 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 159 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 52900 | 0.2645 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 160 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 161 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 162 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4093 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 163 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 164 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40700 | 68600 | 0.4064 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 41300 | 41300 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 165 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 41300 | 42500 | 0.0282 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 167 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 168 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41700 | 52100 | 0.1996 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 169 | Arkansas State University | 41900 | 45700 | 0.0832 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 170 | Loyola University Maryland | 42000 | 78800 | 0.4671 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 171 | Old Dominion University | 42400 | 52400 | 0.1907 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 171 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 173 | Mercyhurst University | 42900 | 66400 | 0.3541 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 174 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 175 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 176 | Alvernia University | 44700 | 68700 | 0.3494 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 177 | Georgia College & State University | 44900 | 52400 | 0.1431 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 178 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 178 | Saint Louis University | 45800 | 74500 | 0.3853 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 180 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 181 | Presbyterian College | 47200 | 62700 | 0.247 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 182 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 183 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49900 | 52300 | 0.0458 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 184 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 185 | University of California-Irvine | 52200 | 64800 | 0.1944 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 186 | Santa Clara University | 52700 | 82900 | 0.3643 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 187 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 188 | Chapman University | 61600 | 86200 | 0.2845 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.