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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 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | MiraCosta College | 7100 | 22400 | 0.6813 | 12,125 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 6 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 7 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 10900 | 24800 | 0.561 | 7,393 | 1125 | 0.8968 | |
| 8 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11600 | 26900 | 0.5682 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 10 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 11700 | 28900 | 0.596 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11700 | 25000 | 0.5312 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12700 | 19400 | 0.3454 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 14 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12800 | 30000 | 0.5734 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 15 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6956 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 16 | Union College | 13500 | 92400 | 0.8538 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 17 | Grand Valley State University | 13800 | 25300 | 0.4551 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 18 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14300 | 23400 | 0.3884 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 14800 | 24900 | 0.4051 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 20 | Colorado College | 15000 | 98000 | 0.8466 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 20 | Troy University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4381 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina University | 15100 | 27200 | 0.445 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 22 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15100 | 23200 | 0.3496 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 24 | Appalachian State University | 15500 | 19500 | 0.2053 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 24 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 24 | Oakland University | 15500 | 28200 | 0.4507 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 27 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 28 | Tennessee State University | 15700 | 39200 | 0.5989 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 29 | Jacksonville State University | 15800 | 27000 | 0.4155 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 29 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15800 | 23400 | 0.3252 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 16100 | 36100 | 0.5542 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 32 | Arkansas State University | 16200 | 28100 | 0.4237 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 33 | Georgia Southern University | 16400 | 20100 | 0.1836 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 34 | Sam Houston State University | 16500 | 27000 | 0.389 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University | 16500 | 40900 | 0.5963 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 36 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 23200 | 0.2715 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 37 | Greensboro College | 17100 | 37800 | 0.5475 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 37 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 39 | University of Memphis | 17200 | 26400 | 0.3491 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 40 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26600 | 0.35 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 41 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 42 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 42 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 44 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18600 | 31000 | 0.4005 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 45 | Virginia State University | 19000 | 29500 | 0.3556 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 46 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 47 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2615 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 48 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,967 | 940 | 0.9602 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19400 | 29000 | 0.3315 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 50 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 72100 | 0.7294 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 51 | Youngstown State University | 19700 | 34000 | 0.4206 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 52 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 53 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 54 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 54 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 56 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 56 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20400 | 52900 | 0.6142 | 1,108 | 990 | 1 | |
| 56 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 56 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 20400 | 28500 | 0.2846 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 60 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 61 | Midwestern State University | 20800 | 28600 | 0.2723 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 62 | Louisiana Tech University | 20900 | 26100 | 0.1994 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 63 | Bradley University | 21400 | 50800 | 0.5787 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 64 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 65 | Oklahoma City University | 22100 | 64400 | 0.657 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 66 | Hope College | 22200 | 60100 | 0.6304 | 3,427 | 1216 | 0.8712 | |
| 67 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22800 | 41000 | 0.4441 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 68 | West Texas A & M University | 23100 | 29200 | 0.2087 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 68 | Westmont College | 23100 | 76400 | 0.698 | 1,311 | 1315 | 0.8059 | |
| 70 | East Tennessee State University | 23200 | 30600 | 0.2416 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 70 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23200 | 24900 | 0.0682 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 72 | Bentley University | 23300 | 85500 | 0.7274 | 4,620 | 1323 | 0.4729 | |
| 73 | Utica University | 23400 | 43400 | 0.4604 | 2,191 | 1214 | 0.9187 | |
| 74 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3476 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 75 | Allegheny College | 24000 | 76200 | 0.6852 | 1,125 | 1243 | 0.5877 | |
| 75 | Miami University-Oxford | 24000 | 27500 | 0.1274 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 77 | Park University | 24100 | 31300 | 0.2304 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 78 | Boise State University | 24400 | 31200 | 0.218 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 78 | Lewis University | 24400 | 57700 | 0.5769 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 78 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3533 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 81 | Dillard University | 24900 | 53600 | 0.5359 | 1,070 | 1055 | 0.7371 | |
| 82 | University of Dayton | 25100 | 64200 | 0.6091 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 83 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25200 | 53800 | 0.5318 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 84 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 25400 | 64700 | 0.6077 | 871 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 85 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 86 | Wheaton College | 25600 | 87500 | 0.7072 | 2,181 | 1357 | 0.8491 | |
| 87 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 88 | Azusa Pacific University | 25900 | 63000 | 0.589 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 89 | St Bonaventure University | 26000 | 61200 | 0.5751 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 90 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5967 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 91 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0828 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 91 | University of the Incarnate Word | 26500 | 61400 | 0.5686 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 93 | Capital University | 26700 | 62400 | 0.572 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 93 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 26700 | 43000 | 0.3798 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 95 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1094 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 95 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 95 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 41800 | 0.3588 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 98 | George Fox University | 26900 | 69400 | 0.6127 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 99 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27300 | 39800 | 0.314 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 100 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 100 | Missouri Valley College | 27400 | 38200 | 0.2828 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6922 | |
| 102 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 102 | Wichita State University | 27800 | 39800 | 0.3034 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 104 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 105 | John Brown University | 28000 | 48300 | 0.4198 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 105 | University of North Texas | 28000 | 37400 | 0.2512 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 107 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 107 | Francis Marion University | 28100 | 40200 | 0.3013 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28400 | 39700 | 0.2848 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 110 | Westminster University | 28500 | 62600 | 0.545 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 111 | University of West Florida | 29600 | 38000 | 0.2209 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 112 | University of West Georgia | 29800 | 46800 | 0.3632 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 113 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 113 | University of North Florida | 30100 | 33000 | 0.0879 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 115 | Lamar University | 30600 | 38300 | 0.2012 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 116 | Wofford College | 30700 | 73200 | 0.5805 | 1,781 | 1305 | 0.5487 | |
| 117 | University of Louisville | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2665 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 118 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 118 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 83100 | 0.6278 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 120 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 120 | South Carolina State University | 31000 | 41600 | 0.2548 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 122 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 123 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 124 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31700 | 75700 | 0.5809 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 125 | Marquette University | 32300 | 66500 | 0.5142 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 126 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 128 | Berry College | 32700 | 60900 | 0.4633 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 128 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 130 | Ursinus College | 33200 | 83700 | 0.6038 | 1,378 | 1303 | 0.9285 | |
| 131 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 132 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 132 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.1864 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 134 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 135 | Washburn University | 34200 | 38400 | 0.1093 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 136 | Loyola University Maryland | 34900 | 78800 | 0.5572 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 137 | Beloit College | 35100 | 81400 | 0.5685 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 138 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3736 | 5,794 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 139 | Hofstra University | 36200 | 76900 | 0.5292 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 140 | Georgia State University | 36300 | 45400 | 0.2005 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53100 | 0.3144 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 142 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 143 | Marymount Manhattan College | 37700 | 69900 | 0.4606 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 144 | Saint Francis University | 38000 | 63100 | 0.3978 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 145 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 146 | University of Redlands | 38200 | 81400 | 0.5309 | 1,941 | 1233 | 0.8272 | |
| 147 | Seton Hall University | 38300 | 67400 | 0.4315 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 148 | Xavier University | 38400 | 68100 | 0.4364 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 149 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 150 | Alvernia University | 38900 | 69400 | 0.4394 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 151 | University of Maine | 39200 | 45200 | 0.1328 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 151 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39200 | 39800 | 0.0151 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 153 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4513 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 153 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 155 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39500 | 50000 | 0.2102 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 156 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 157 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 158 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40000 | 53600 | 0.2539 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 159 | Santa Clara University | 40200 | 84500 | 0.5245 | 6,695 | 1399 | 0.4788 | |
| 160 | Loyola University Chicago | 41000 | 74100 | 0.4465 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 161 | Butler University | 41600 | 72400 | 0.4255 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 162 | Susquehanna University | 41800 | 76800 | 0.4559 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 163 | Seattle University | 42700 | 85100 | 0.498 | 4,370 | 1299 | 0.7313 | |
| 164 | Widener University | 43300 | 79400 | 0.4548 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 165 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 166 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 167 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 168 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 169 | Saint Louis University | 48700 | 80900 | 0.3978 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 170 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 171 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 172 | University of Georgia | 51600 | 52800 | 0.0227 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 173 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52000 | 52800 | 0.0151 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 174 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 175 | Presbyterian College | 62700 | 62700 | 0 | 903 | 1150 | 0.6515 | |
| 176 | Chapman University | 63200 | 91500 | 0.3095 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 177 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 178 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 68000 | 0.0294 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 179 | University of California-Irvine | 68900 | 75600 | 0.0886 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.