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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 | Patrick Henry College | 6000 | 42000 | 0.8565 | 425 | 1345 | 0.7744 | |
| 2 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 7900 | 34500 | 0.7705 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 3 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 4 | Arkansas Tech University | 9900 | 22900 | 0.5671 | 8,145 | 1055 | 0.9589 | |
| 4 | Francis Marion University | 9900 | 25400 | 0.61 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 7 | Marshall University | 11500 | 27100 | 0.5747 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 8 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 12800 | 21500 | 0.4041 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 11 | University of Central Florida | 12900 | 23600 | 0.4534 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 11 | University of Maine at Farmington | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5142 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 13 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 14 | Wichita State University | 13800 | 29800 | 0.5369 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 15 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 24900 | 0.4411 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 16 | Midwestern State University | 14000 | 21600 | 0.3514 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 17 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14400 | 25600 | 0.4367 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 17 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4542 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 19 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 23300 | 0.3776 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 20 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina University | 15600 | 27200 | 0.4265 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 22 | North Carolina State University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4331 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 22 | Oakland University | 15600 | 28000 | 0.4434 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 25 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16000 | 23400 | 0.3166 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 26 | Appalachian State University | 16300 | 19500 | 0.1639 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 27 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16800 | 22300 | 0.2464 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 28 | Cornell College | 16900 | 71000 | 0.7617 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 28 | Sam Houston State University | 16900 | 23000 | 0.2652 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 30 | Jacksonville State University | 17000 | 26600 | 0.3612 | 8,663 | 1065 | 0.7769 | |
| 30 | Weber State University | 17000 | 22100 | 0.2309 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 32 | Arkansas State University | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3917 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 33 | University of Louisville | 17400 | 29100 | 0.4024 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 34 | Lehigh University | 17900 | 85700 | 0.7916 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 35 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18000 | 33600 | 0.4639 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 36 | Virginia State University | 18100 | 29300 | 0.3829 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 18200 | 18900 | 0.0371 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 38 | Georgia Southern University | 18300 | 23800 | 0.2315 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 38 | Union College | 18300 | 91000 | 0.799 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 40 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3355 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 41 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.1979 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 41 | Greensboro College | 18500 | 37800 | 0.5105 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 43 | Georgia College & State University | 18700 | 21600 | 0.1341 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 44 | Eastern Michigan University | 18800 | 36100 | 0.479 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 45 | East Tennessee State University | 18900 | 26300 | 0.2816 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 45 | University of Mississippi | 18900 | 45500 | 0.5851 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 45 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 48 | University of Memphis | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2694 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 49 | Youngstown State University | 19400 | 29300 | 0.3375 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 50 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 51 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 51 | Georgia State University | 19700 | 26000 | 0.2425 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 53 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19900 | 27200 | 0.2687 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 54 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1701 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 55 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20200 | 24500 | 0.1752 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 56 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3071 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 57 | Niagara University | 20900 | 57400 | 0.6356 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 58 | Northern Arizona University | 21400 | 32000 | 0.3305 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 59 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 59 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 61 | Dillard University | 21600 | 50400 | 0.5717 | 1,117 | 1080 | 0.4051 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21700 | 29400 | 0.262 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 63 | Bentley University | 22000 | 84500 | 0.7394 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 64 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1219 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 65 | Ave Maria University | 22300 | 44800 | 0.502 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 66 | Bradley University | 22400 | 50900 | 0.5599 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 66 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22400 | 28000 | 0.1999 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 68 | Boise State University | 22700 | 41000 | 0.4461 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 69 | West Texas A & M University | 23000 | 24600 | 0.065 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 70 | Grove City College | 23100 | 37200 | 0.3791 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 71 | Berry College | 23200 | 60800 | 0.6182 | 2,254 | 1224 | 0.64 | |
| 72 | Utica University | 23800 | 41100 | 0.4206 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 73 | Beloit College | 23900 | 75600 | 0.6842 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 73 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36000 | 0.3365 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 75 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 76 | Lewis University | 25300 | 57400 | 0.5588 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 76 | Old Dominion University | 25300 | 32100 | 0.212 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 78 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 79 | Allegheny College | 25700 | 75200 | 0.658 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 80 | Hope College | 25800 | 60100 | 0.5705 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 81 | Westmont College | 25900 | 76400 | 0.6612 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 83 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26000 | 38900 | 0.3313 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 26000 | 31500 | 0.1747 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 85 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5965 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 86 | Westminster University | 26200 | 59500 | 0.5593 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 87 | University of Arizona | 26600 | 35200 | 0.2441 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 88 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26700 | 68400 | 0.6097 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 88 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 26700 | 48200 | 0.4462 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 90 | Lamar University | 26800 | 37700 | 0.2888 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 90 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 30800 | 0.1292 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 92 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 93 | Capital University | 27300 | 68600 | 0.6021 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 94 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 94 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 27400 | 53300 | 0.4858 | 2,803 | 1105 | 0.9576 | |
| 96 | Aquinas College | 27600 | 53300 | 0.4823 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 97 | University of North Texas | 27700 | 37400 | 0.2595 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 98 | Missouri Valley College | 27800 | 38100 | 0.2703 | 1,558 | 985 | 0.5269 | |
| 98 | Tennessee State University | 27800 | 39300 | 0.2929 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 100 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27900 | 54800 | 0.4907 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 101 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 102 | California State University-Long Beach | 28100 | 38400 | 0.2686 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 103 | Grand Valley State University | 28300 | 35700 | 0.2073 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 103 | John Brown University | 28300 | 48300 | 0.4153 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 103 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 103 | Washburn University | 28300 | 38100 | 0.2573 | 5,331 | 1015 | 1 | |
| 107 | George Fox University | 28800 | 67100 | 0.5712 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 108 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29000 | 39700 | 0.2696 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 108 | Western Illinois University | 29000 | 31000 | 0.0668 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 110 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29600 | 36500 | 0.1892 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 111 | University of North Dakota | 30000 | 32500 | 0.0791 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 112 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 113 | South Carolina State University | 30400 | 41600 | 0.2692 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
| 114 | Gannon University | 30600 | 45300 | 0.3246 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 114 | University of Redlands | 30600 | 81400 | 0.6239 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 116 | St Bonaventure University | 30700 | 61000 | 0.4964 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 116 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30700 | 41800 | 0.2657 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 116 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30700 | 33100 | 0.0726 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 119 | Carroll University | 30800 | 61400 | 0.4983 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 120 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 120 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5776 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 122 | Azusa Pacific University | 31000 | 66000 | 0.5305 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 122 | The College of Wooster | 31000 | 82600 | 0.6254 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 124 | University of West Georgia | 31300 | 36000 | 0.1306 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 125 | Rider University | 31800 | 64300 | 0.5053 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 126 | University of North Florida | 31900 | 37900 | 0.1583 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 127 | Samford University | 32000 | 65200 | 0.5091 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 128 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 82700 | 0.6119 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 129 | Hampton University | 32300 | 47000 | 0.3128 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 130 | Widener University | 32500 | 75300 | 0.5682 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 131 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32900 | 73700 | 0.5534 | 1,525 | 1241 | 0.556 | |
| 131 | University of Dayton | 32900 | 64100 | 0.4867 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 133 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 134 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 135 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33800 | 42800 | 0.2103 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 136 | Western Kentucky University | 34200 | 41900 | 0.1839 | 14,151 | 960 | 0.9387 | |
| 137 | Baylor University | 34600 | 70800 | 0.511 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 138 | DePaul University | 34900 | 59100 | 0.4093 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 139 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 35000 | 48400 | 0.277 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 140 | Cedarville University | 35100 | 55100 | 0.364 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 141 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35200 | 38100 | 0.0768 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 142 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35600 | 38700 | 0.0795 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 143 | Salisbury University | 36000 | 40900 | 0.1199 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 144 | University of Maine | 36100 | 45100 | 0.1996 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 145 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0539 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 146 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 49800 | 0.2613 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 147 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 37200 | 46700 | 0.2034 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 148 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37700 | 51000 | 0.2603 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 149 | Seattle University | 38000 | 69800 | 0.4554 | 4,103 | 1256 | 0.7703 | |
| 150 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 150 | Xavier University | 38400 | 67500 | 0.4312 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 152 | Suffolk University | 38500 | 73600 | 0.4771 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 153 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 153 | Saint Vincent College | 38600 | 60700 | 0.3636 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 155 | University of Wyoming | 38800 | 43800 | 0.1158 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 156 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39000 | 52900 | 0.2626 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 156 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 39000 | 39000 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 158 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 159 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4108 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 160 | Alvernia University | 40000 | 68700 | 0.4179 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 160 | Loyola University Chicago | 40000 | 73500 | 0.4556 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 162 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 163 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 164 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40600 | 68600 | 0.4079 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 41300 | 41300 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 166 | Hofstra University | 41700 | 74600 | 0.4409 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 167 | Loyola University Maryland | 42000 | 78800 | 0.4671 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 168 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 169 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 170 | Mercyhurst University | 42500 | 66400 | 0.3601 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 171 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 52100 | 0.1785 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 172 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 173 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43900 | 50300 | 0.1273 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 174 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 175 | Marquette University | 45600 | 75100 | 0.3929 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 176 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 177 | Saint Louis University | 46100 | 74500 | 0.3813 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 178 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 179 | Presbyterian College | 47300 | 62700 | 0.2455 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 180 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 181 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.039 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 182 | Chapman University | 51400 | 87300 | 0.4113 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 183 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 184 | University of California-Irvine | 55100 | 64800 | 0.1496 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 185 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 186 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 56300 | 66500 | 0.1534 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 187 | Santa Clara University | 56800 | 84800 | 0.3303 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.