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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 | 7900 | 34500 | 0.7705 | 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 | Northern Arizona University | 10900 | 25400 | 0.5699 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12800 | 24400 | 0.4759 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 13 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24900 | 0.4571 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 15 | Wichita State University | 13800 | 29800 | 0.5369 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 16 | University of Idaho | 14000 | 31300 | 0.5532 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 17 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.454 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 17 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14500 | 25600 | 0.4328 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 20 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14700 | 25700 | 0.4275 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 21 | Midwestern State University | 14900 | 21600 | 0.3098 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina University | 15300 | 27200 | 0.4375 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 23 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 24 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 15600 | 38100 | 0.5912 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 25 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15800 | 23200 | 0.3193 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 26 | James Madison University | 15900 | 28600 | 0.4433 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 26 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15900 | 22600 | 0.2961 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 28 | Washburn University | 16000 | 25200 | 0.3646 | 5,331 | 1015 | 1 | |
| 29 | Oakland University | 16200 | 28000 | 0.422 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 30 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16300 | 26800 | 0.392 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 31 | University of Arizona | 16500 | 30900 | 0.4668 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 32 | Sam Houston State University | 16700 | 23000 | 0.2739 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 33 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 23200 | 0.2713 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 34 | Weber State University | 17200 | 22100 | 0.2219 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 35 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17600 | 18900 | 0.0689 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 35 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 33600 | 0.4758 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 37 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 37 | University of Maine | 17900 | 29000 | 0.3821 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 39 | Greensboro College | 18000 | 37800 | 0.5237 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 40 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan University | 18300 | 36100 | 0.4931 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 42 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3355 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 43 | Union College | 18600 | 91000 | 0.7957 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 44 | Angelo State University | 18700 | 23100 | 0.1897 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 45 | Georgia College & State University | 18900 | 21600 | 0.1248 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 46 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 46 | University of Memphis | 19100 | 26400 | 0.277 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 46 | Youngstown State University | 19100 | 29300 | 0.3477 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 49 | University of Mississippi | 19200 | 45500 | 0.5785 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 50 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19300 | 27000 | 0.2856 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 51 | Beloit College | 19800 | 75600 | 0.7384 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 52 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 20000 | 27200 | 0.265 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 53 | Marshall University | 20100 | 36300 | 0.4466 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 53 | University of West Georgia | 20100 | 23600 | 0.1481 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 55 | Iowa State University | 20300 | 24200 | 0.1626 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 55 | Niagara University | 20300 | 57400 | 0.6461 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 57 | West Virginia University | 20400 | 28800 | 0.2919 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 29400 | 0.279 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 59 | Dillard University | 21500 | 50400 | 0.5737 | 1,117 | 1080 | 0.4051 | |
| 59 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 61 | Bradley University | 21700 | 50900 | 0.5737 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 61 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 63 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22100 | 28000 | 0.2106 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 64 | Ave Maria University | 22300 | 44800 | 0.502 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 65 | Azusa Pacific University | 22600 | 63100 | 0.6416 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 66 | Boise State University | 22700 | 41000 | 0.4461 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 67 | West Texas A & M University | 22800 | 24600 | 0.0732 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 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 | Tennessee Technological University | 24200 | 32600 | 0.2574 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 74 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 75 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 24600 | 31500 | 0.2192 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 76 | Lewis University | 25000 | 57400 | 0.5641 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 77 | Hope College | 25300 | 60100 | 0.5788 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 77 | St Bonaventure University | 25300 | 61000 | 0.5849 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 79 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 80 | Westminster University | 25700 | 59500 | 0.5677 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 81 | Allegheny College | 25800 | 75200 | 0.6566 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 81 | South Dakota State University | 25800 | 28700 | 0.1005 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 84 | Loyola University New Orleans | 25900 | 71100 | 0.636 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 85 | Marquette University | 26000 | 65700 | 0.6039 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 86 | Aquinas College | 26100 | 53300 | 0.5104 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 86 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5966 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 86 | Westmont College | 26100 | 96600 | 0.7301 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 89 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26200 | 38900 | 0.3264 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 90 | Lamar University | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3021 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 91 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26400 | 68400 | 0.6141 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 91 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 26400 | 48200 | 0.4525 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 93 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 30800 | 0.1393 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 94 | California State University-Long Beach | 26800 | 38400 | 0.3025 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 95 | Tennessee State University | 26900 | 39300 | 0.3158 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 96 | Capital University | 27000 | 68600 | 0.6065 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 96 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 98 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 27100 | 53300 | 0.4914 | 2,803 | 1105 | 0.9576 | |
| 99 | Lehigh University | 27200 | 85700 | 0.683 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 99 | University of North Texas | 27200 | 37400 | 0.2729 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 101 | University of Louisville | 27300 | 42200 | 0.3529 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 102 | Cleveland State University | 27400 | 37300 | 0.2656 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 102 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 104 | Cornell College | 27500 | 72200 | 0.6189 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 104 | Missouri Valley College | 27500 | 38100 | 0.2782 | 1,558 | 985 | 0.5269 | |
| 104 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27500 | 54800 | 0.498 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 107 | Grand Valley State University | 27700 | 35700 | 0.2241 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 107 | Salisbury University | 27700 | 28700 | 0.0348 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 109 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 110 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 111 | Jacksonville State University | 28200 | 38200 | 0.2616 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 112 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 113 | John Brown University | 28400 | 48300 | 0.4114 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 114 | Mississippi State University | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1201 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 115 | Western Illinois University | 29200 | 31000 | 0.0607 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 116 | The College of Wooster | 29300 | 79700 | 0.6322 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 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 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30200 | 33100 | 0.0877 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 119 | University of North Dakota | 30200 | 32500 | 0.0733 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 121 | Belmont University | 30400 | 67800 | 0.5512 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 122 | Georgia State University | 30600 | 44400 | 0.3105 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 123 | East Tennessee State University | 30700 | 30700 | 0 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 124 | University of Redlands | 30800 | 80100 | 0.6158 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 125 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 125 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30900 | 73700 | 0.5805 | 1,525 | 1241 | 0.556 | |
| 127 | Carroll University | 31000 | 61400 | 0.495 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 127 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 129 | Rider University | 31100 | 64300 | 0.5162 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 129 | Wofford College | 31100 | 73200 | 0.575 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 131 | North Carolina State University | 31300 | 53000 | 0.4091 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 131 | University of North Florida | 31300 | 37900 | 0.1742 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 133 | Samford University | 31400 | 65200 | 0.5183 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 134 | Hampton University | 32000 | 47000 | 0.3192 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 135 | Wheaton College | 32200 | 82800 | 0.6115 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 136 | Virginia State University | 32300 | 42200 | 0.2348 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 136 | Widener University | 32300 | 75300 | 0.5708 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 138 | University of Dayton | 32500 | 64100 | 0.493 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 139 | Appalachian State University | 33200 | 35800 | 0.0726 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 140 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 141 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 142 | Arkansas State University | 33700 | 41900 | 0.1956 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 143 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2936 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 144 | DePaul University | 34600 | 59100 | 0.4144 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 145 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 34700 | 42200 | 0.1776 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 146 | Baylor University | 34800 | 70800 | 0.5082 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 147 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34900 | 37800 | 0.0763 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 148 | Cedarville University | 35300 | 55100 | 0.3606 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 148 | University of West Florida | 35300 | 44600 | 0.2086 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 150 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35400 | 38100 | 0.0718 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 151 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35500 | 43500 | 0.184 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 152 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 41900 | 0.1361 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 153 | Alvernia University | 36300 | 68700 | 0.4717 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 154 | Clark Atlanta University | 36400 | 49800 | 0.2693 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 155 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 36600 | 46700 | 0.2163 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 156 | University of Central Florida | 36800 | 39600 | 0.0707 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 157 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37000 | 38900 | 0.0484 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 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 | |
| 164 | University of Wyoming | 39000 | 43800 | 0.1114 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 166 | Loyola University Chicago | 39200 | 73500 | 0.4665 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 167 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 168 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39500 | 52900 | 0.2532 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 169 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 170 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4093 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 171 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 172 | SUNY Oneonta | 40400 | 45300 | 0.1081 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 173 | Marymount Manhattan College | 41000 | 68600 | 0.4021 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 174 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 41300 | 41300 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 174 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 41300 | 42500 | 0.0282 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 176 | Hofstra University | 41900 | 74600 | 0.4382 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 177 | Loyola University Maryland | 42200 | 78800 | 0.4645 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 178 | Old Dominion University | 42400 | 52400 | 0.1907 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 178 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 180 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 181 | Mercyhurst University | 44000 | 66400 | 0.3375 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 182 | Saint Louis University | 44700 | 74500 | 0.4001 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 183 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 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.