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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 Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | 7400 | 91800 | 0.9194 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 3 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 102300 | 0.9104 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10100 | 27800 | 0.6356 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 6 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11300 | 24800 | 0.5449 | 6,809 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 26900 | 0.5645 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 8 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12300 | 28900 | 0.5752 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12400 | 25000 | 0.5033 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13300 | 19400 | 0.3145 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 11 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13400 | 43000 | 0.6883 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 12 | Grand Valley State University | 14200 | 25300 | 0.4393 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 13 | Union College | 14400 | 92400 | 0.8441 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 14 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 27400 | 0.4711 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 15 | Midwestern State University | 14600 | 21600 | 0.3237 | 4,303 | 1010 | 0.9352 | |
| 15 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4513 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 17 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 18 | Texas State University | 15300 | 25500 | 0.4002 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 19 | Lehigh University | 15400 | 89600 | 0.8286 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 20 | Troy University | 15500 | 26700 | 0.4194 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 21 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15600 | 23200 | 0.3258 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 22 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 24 | University of North Texas | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3876 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 24 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16000 | 26800 | 0.4034 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 26 | Jacksonville State University | 16100 | 27000 | 0.4044 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 26 | Tennessee State University | 16100 | 39200 | 0.5887 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 28 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16200 | 23400 | 0.3081 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 29 | Eastern Michigan University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.5429 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 29 | Grove City College | 16500 | 39700 | 0.5851 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 31 | University of Maine | 16700 | 29300 | 0.4303 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 33 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23200 | 0.2543 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 34 | Cornell College | 17600 | 73600 | 0.7606 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 34 | University of Memphis | 17600 | 26400 | 0.334 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 36 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 37 | Greensboro College | 17900 | 37800 | 0.5264 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 38 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2067 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 39 | Youngstown State University | 18400 | 34000 | 0.4589 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 40 | East Tennessee State University | 18600 | 26100 | 0.2869 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 41 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.9315 | |
| 42 | University of Mississippi | 19500 | 27000 | 0.2777 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 43 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1786 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 44 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 44 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20000 | 72100 | 0.7224 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 46 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 47 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 48 | Utica University | 20500 | 43400 | 0.5272 | 2,329 | 1118 | 0.9195 | |
| 49 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20600 | 52900 | 0.6104 | 1,108 | 990 | 0.6578 | |
| 50 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 20700 | 28500 | 0.274 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 51 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 763 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 51 | Louisiana Tech University | 21500 | 26100 | 0.1764 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 53 | South Dakota State University | 21900 | 25200 | 0.1301 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 54 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 55 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 56 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22300 | 33600 | 0.336 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 57 | Hope College | 23000 | 60100 | 0.6171 | 3,395 | 1241 | 0.7924 | |
| 57 | Oklahoma City University | 23000 | 64400 | 0.643 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 59 | Aquinas College | 23400 | 53400 | 0.5622 | 1,088 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 60 | Allegheny College | 23500 | 76200 | 0.6916 | 1,171 | 1279 | 0.5457 | |
| 60 | West Texas A & M University | 23500 | 29200 | 0.195 | 6,926 | 1060 | 0.9868 | |
| 62 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3479 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 63 | Bradley University | 24300 | 50800 | 0.5216 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 24400 | 41300 | 0.4093 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 65 | Boise State University | 24700 | 31200 | 0.2084 | 23,983 | 1135 | 0.8721 | |
| 66 | Lewis University | 24800 | 57700 | 0.57 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25000 | 34400 | 0.273 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 68 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25400 | 53800 | 0.528 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 69 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,301 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 69 | Northern Arizona University | 25500 | 43200 | 0.41 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 71 | Saginaw Valley State University | 25800 | 38900 | 0.3366 | 6,135 | 1055 | 0.7207 | |
| 71 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0973 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 73 | Western Kentucky University | 25900 | 41800 | 0.3803 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 74 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26200 | 64700 | 0.5953 | 870 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 75 | Georgia Southern University | 26600 | 26800 | 0.0075 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.079 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 77 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.109 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 77 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 77 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 45200 | 0.4067 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 80 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38100 | 0.2888 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 80 | University of the Incarnate Word | 27100 | 61400 | 0.5588 | 4,638 | 1030 | 0.9814 | |
| 82 | Capital University | 27300 | 62400 | 0.5624 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 83 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 83 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27400 | 36500 | 0.2495 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 85 | Missouri Valley College | 27600 | 38200 | 0.2775 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6918 | |
| 86 | Rider University | 27700 | 60600 | 0.5426 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 87 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 88 | Wichita State University | 27900 | 39800 | 0.3007 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 89 | John Brown University | 28100 | 48300 | 0.4196 | 1,948 | 1197 | 0.7614 | |
| 89 | Oakland University | 28100 | 39300 | 0.2849 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 91 | Weber State University | 28400 | 33900 | 0.1621 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 91 | Westminster University | 28400 | 62600 | 0.5466 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 93 | Francis Marion University | 28500 | 40200 | 0.2914 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 93 | George Fox University | 28500 | 69400 | 0.5897 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 95 | University of Iowa | 28800 | 31100 | 0.0733 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 95 | Western Illinois University | 28800 | 31000 | 0.0734 | 4,525 | 1015 | 0.7118 | |
| 97 | University of Dayton | 28900 | 64200 | 0.5499 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 98 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 34000 | 0.1413 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 99 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29400 | 56200 | 0.4764 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 100 | University of West Georgia | 30200 | 46800 | 0.3546 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 100 | Wheaton College | 30200 | 87500 | 0.6548 | 2,150 | 1363 | 0.874 | |
| 102 | University of West Florida | 30700 | 38000 | 0.192 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 102 | Wofford College | 30700 | 73200 | 0.5804 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 104 | South Carolina State University | 30800 | 41600 | 0.2596 | 2,950 | 930 | 0.8262 | |
| 104 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 82600 | 0.6279 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 106 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 106 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 108 | Lamar University | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1829 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 109 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 109 | University of North Florida | 31400 | 33000 | 0.0485 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 111 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31500 | 75700 | 0.5836 | 1,525 | 1281 | 0.556 | |
| 112 | University of Louisville | 31600 | 42000 | 0.2474 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 113 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 114 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 115 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5371 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 115 | Marquette University | 32400 | 66500 | 0.5127 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 117 | Berry College | 32500 | 60900 | 0.4666 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 118 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 118 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 120 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 121 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 122 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 123 | Salisbury University | 33900 | 41700 | 0.1868 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 124 | Beloit College | 34500 | 81400 | 0.5758 | 1,004 | 1299 | 0.6304 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 126 | Coastal Carolina University | 34800 | 45100 | 0.2281 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 127 | Virginia State University | 35400 | 42200 | 0.1613 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 128 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3734 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 129 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 129 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 36200 | 56700 | 0.3613 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 131 | Loyola University Maryland | 36500 | 78800 | 0.5369 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 132 | Georgia State University | 36600 | 45400 | 0.1939 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 133 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 134 | Westmont College | 37400 | 80000 | 0.5322 | 1,302 | 1335 | 0.7705 | |
| 135 | Northwest Nazarene University | 37600 | 62800 | 0.4011 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.6474 | |
| 136 | University of Redlands | 38100 | 84200 | 0.5478 | 2,049 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 137 | Hofstra University | 38200 | 76900 | 0.5032 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 138 | Clark Atlanta University | 38500 | 51900 | 0.2581 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 139 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38600 | 52900 | 0.2704 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 140 | Saint Francis University | 38700 | 63100 | 0.3867 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 141 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 142 | Loyola University Chicago | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 143 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4512 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 143 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3915 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 143 | Xavier University | 39300 | 68100 | 0.4232 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 146 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 147 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 147 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 149 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 150 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1166 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 151 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 152 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40400 | 50000 | 0.1922 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 153 | Arkansas State University | 40500 | 41000 | 0.0122 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 154 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 155 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41000 | 53600 | 0.2352 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 156 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 157 | Seattle University | 42000 | 74600 | 0.4368 | 4,078 | 1305 | 0.7692 | |
| 157 | Susquehanna University | 42000 | 76800 | 0.4533 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 159 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 160 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 160 | Widener University | 43500 | 79400 | 0.4523 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 162 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2328 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 163 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 164 | Georgia College & State University | 45400 | 52400 | 0.1336 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 165 | Saint Louis University | 46000 | 80900 | 0.4312 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 166 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47900 | 48600 | 0.0144 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 167 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51600 | 0.0581 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 169 | Chapman University | 51300 | 93100 | 0.449 | 7,713 | 1353 | 0.6543 | |
| 170 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 170 | Santa Clara University | 57400 | 85400 | 0.3279 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 172 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 173 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 174 | Presbyterian College | 61000 | 62700 | 0.0271 | 853 | 1120 | 0.6837 | |
| 175 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 176 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.