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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 | 4100 | 90800 | 0.9549 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4400 | 12900 | 0.6547 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 6 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 9900 | 25000 | 0.6031 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 8 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 9 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 10 | Tennessee State University | 10900 | 48200 | 0.7731 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11600 | 48200 | 0.7598 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 12 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 11800 | 43000 | 0.7258 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 36900 | 0.6557 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 15 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13000 | 23200 | 0.4396 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 15 | Saginaw Valley State University | 13000 | 28600 | 0.5467 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 17 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 25700 | 0.4897 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 17 | University of Idaho | 13100 | 25800 | 0.4912 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 19 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13200 | 27800 | 0.5243 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 19 | Youngstown State University | 13200 | 26800 | 0.507 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 21 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13500 | 19400 | 0.3042 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 21 | University of West Florida | 13500 | 39000 | 0.6533 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 23 | Union College | 13600 | 92400 | 0.8527 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 24 | University of North Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3844 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 25 | Arkansas Tech University | 13900 | 35900 | 0.6121 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 26 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 14300 | 28900 | 0.5059 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 27 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 28 | Grand Valley State University | 14800 | 25300 | 0.4155 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 29 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 29 | Salisbury University | 15100 | 28700 | 0.4737 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 29 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 32 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5813 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 33 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 15400 | 39100 | 0.6046 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 33 | University of Memphis | 15400 | 29900 | 0.4846 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 35 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 36 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 37 | Lamar University | 15900 | 22900 | 0.3053 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 37 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 30300 | 0.4749 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 39 | Appalachian State University | 16100 | 19500 | 0.1746 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan University | 16200 | 32000 | 0.492 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 40 | Jacksonville State University | 16200 | 36100 | 0.551 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 40 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16200 | 24900 | 0.3489 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 40 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16200 | 22300 | 0.2733 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 45 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 46 | University of Maine | 16600 | 29300 | 0.4337 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 47 | Arkansas State University | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4023 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 48 | Greensboro College | 17000 | 37800 | 0.5502 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 49 | Georgia State University | 17200 | 45500 | 0.6214 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 49 | Weber State University | 17200 | 41300 | 0.583 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 51 | Francis Marion University | 17300 | 24100 | 0.2827 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 52 | University of Arkansas | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3657 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 52 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 52500 | 0.6647 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 52 | Virginia State University | 17600 | 29500 | 0.403 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 55 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 55 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17700 | 36500 | 0.5154 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 57 | Georgia Southern University | 17800 | 23800 | 0.2525 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 59 | SUNY Oneonta | 18300 | 29300 | 0.3754 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 60 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2005 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 61 | University of West Georgia | 18700 | 48000 | 0.6107 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 62 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 63 | Midwestern State University | 18900 | 28600 | 0.3386 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 64 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19200 | 33700 | 0.4307 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 65 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 965 | 0.4823 | |
| 66 | South Carolina State University | 19600 | 42000 | 0.5328 | 2,950 | 910 | 0.8262 | |
| 67 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 68 | Georgia College & State University | 20200 | 52400 | 0.6144 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 68 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 70 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20300 | 31000 | 0.3456 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 71 | Boise State University | 20400 | 59700 | 0.6583 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 71 | Utica University | 20400 | 43400 | 0.5295 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20500 | 26600 | 0.2292 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 74 | University of the Incarnate Word | 20600 | 73100 | 0.7184 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 75 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 76 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 77 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 78 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 27200 | 0.2207 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 79 | Azusa Pacific University | 21500 | 63000 | 0.6589 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 79 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 81 | Southern Connecticut State University | 21600 | 59600 | 0.6376 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 82 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21800 | 59900 | 0.6359 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 83 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 84 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22100 | 43000 | 0.4856 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 84 | West Texas A & M University | 22100 | 22400 | 0.0134 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 86 | Allegheny College | 22200 | 75400 | 0.706 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 87 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23500 | 26300 | 0.1066 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 88 | Ave Maria University | 23800 | 45400 | 0.4756 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 89 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 23900 | 58100 | 0.5882 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 89 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 89 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3383 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 92 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 33100 | 0.2719 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 93 | Lewis University | 24900 | 57700 | 0.5682 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 94 | Hope College | 25000 | 60100 | 0.5838 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 95 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 96 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25400 | 75700 | 0.6648 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 96 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 25400 | 39200 | 0.3521 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 98 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25500 | 31500 | 0.1906 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 99 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 99 | University of Redlands | 25600 | 81400 | 0.6856 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 99 | Westminster University | 25600 | 81400 | 0.6856 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 102 | East Tennessee State University | 25700 | 30600 | 0.16 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 25700 | 61400 | 0.5806 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 104 | Westmont College | 25900 | 76400 | 0.6614 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 105 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 2,803 | 1085 | 0.9576 | |
| 106 | Aquinas College | 26100 | 53400 | 0.5116 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 107 | Oakland University | 26200 | 39700 | 0.3401 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 107 | Washburn University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2779 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 109 | Oklahoma City University | 26300 | 62200 | 0.577 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 110 | Capital University | 27000 | 80300 | 0.6639 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 110 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 112 | Marquette University | 27200 | 66200 | 0.5888 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 113 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 114 | George Fox University | 27400 | 76800 | 0.6432 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 114 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27400 | 67800 | 0.5961 | 936 | 995 | 0.8003 | |
| 114 | University of Arizona | 27400 | 37700 | 0.2736 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 117 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 118 | Missouri Valley College | 28000 | 38200 | 0.2671 | 1,558 | 1010 | 0.5269 | |
| 119 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6229 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 119 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4166 | 1,882 | 1220 | 0.6764 | |
| 119 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 122 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0688 | 4,525 | 1000 | 0.7118 | |
| 122 | Wichita State University | 28900 | 40600 | 0.2888 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 124 | Beloit College | 29800 | 97600 | 0.6946 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 125 | University of North Texas | 30100 | 37400 | 0.1951 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 126 | Samford University | 30200 | 78000 | 0.6125 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 127 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 127 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5784 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 129 | Coastal Carolina University | 31000 | 45100 | 0.3127 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 130 | The College of Wooster | 31100 | 83100 | 0.6259 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 130 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 132 | Carroll University | 31200 | 61500 | 0.4929 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 133 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4803 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 133 | University of Dayton | 31500 | 64200 | 0.5094 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 135 | Hampton University | 32000 | 62400 | 0.4868 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 136 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 85400 | 0.6238 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 137 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 137 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32500 | 93400 | 0.6522 | 1,525 | 1283 | 0.556 | |
| 137 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 137 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 141 | University of Louisville | 33000 | 42000 | 0.2145 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 142 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 143 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55900 | 0.3992 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 144 | Hofstra University | 34400 | 77000 | 0.5531 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 145 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35300 | 42800 | 0.1754 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 146 | Loyola University Chicago | 35600 | 73600 | 0.5164 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 147 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 35700 | 42500 | 0.1599 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 148 | California State University-Long Beach | 35800 | 38600 | 0.0725 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 148 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 150 | Cedarville University | 35900 | 57000 | 0.3709 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 151 | Berry College | 36100 | 60900 | 0.4074 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 152 | Clark Atlanta University | 36400 | 61700 | 0.4102 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 153 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 154 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 155 | Loyola University Maryland | 37100 | 78800 | 0.5293 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 156 | Saint Francis University | 37500 | 62800 | 0.4031 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 157 | Xavier University | 37600 | 67500 | 0.4431 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 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 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 161 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4092 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 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 | 42000 | 74600 | 0.4368 | 4,103 | 1243 | 0.7703 | |
| 165 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42300 | 42300 | 0 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 166 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 167 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 168 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 169 | Saint Louis University | 44800 | 80900 | 0.446 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 170 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 171 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 172 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 173 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 174 | Santa Clara University | 51900 | 84500 | 0.386 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 175 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 176 | Presbyterian College | 59600 | 62700 | 0.0494 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 177 | Chapman University | 61900 | 87200 | 0.2904 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 178 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.