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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 Louisiana.
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 Louisiana.
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 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11600 | 26900 | 0.5682 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 6 | University of West Florida | 12300 | 21500 | 0.4274 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | 12500 | 25300 | 0.5053 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 8 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12600 | 28900 | 0.5648 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 9 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 12700 | 34200 | 0.6286 | 2,651 | 1085 | 0.5055 | |
| 10 | Saginaw Valley State University | 12800 | 28600 | 0.5517 | 6,135 | 1055 | 0.7207 | |
| 11 | Western Kentucky University | 13400 | 27000 | 0.5029 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 25400 | 0.4608 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 13 | Francis Marion University | 14200 | 24100 | 0.4115 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 25800 | 0.4415 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | Grand Valley State University | 14500 | 25300 | 0.4274 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 16 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 27400 | 0.4675 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 17 | Union College | 14800 | 92400 | 0.8397 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 18 | Salisbury University | 15000 | 28700 | 0.4776 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 19 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15100 | 23400 | 0.3543 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 21 | Lehigh University | 15400 | 89600 | 0.8286 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15500 | 24900 | 0.377 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 23 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 24 | Louisiana Christian University | 15700 | 26000 | 0.3935 | 763 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 24 | Texas State University | 15700 | 25500 | 0.3845 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 26 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 27000 | 0.415 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 26 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 15800 | 26900 | 0.4103 | 13,192 | 1075 | 0.9931 | |
| 28 | Jacksonville State University | 16200 | 27000 | 0.4007 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 28 | Weber State University | 16200 | 23600 | 0.3131 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | Tennessee State University | 16300 | 39200 | 0.5836 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 30 | University of North Texas | 16300 | 26100 | 0.3761 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 32 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16400 | 23400 | 0.2995 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 33 | Grove City College | 16700 | 39700 | 0.5801 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 34 | Eastern Michigan University | 16800 | 36100 | 0.5345 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 36 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 20100 | 0.1539 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 37 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17500 | 23200 | 0.2456 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 38 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 39 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 40 | Greensboro College | 18200 | 37800 | 0.5184 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 41 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 42 | University of Mississippi | 18400 | 27000 | 0.3184 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 43 | Youngstown State University | 18600 | 34000 | 0.453 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 44 | East Tennessee State University | 18900 | 26100 | 0.2754 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 45 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19100 | 33700 | 0.4333 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 46 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.9315 | |
| 47 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1786 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 48 | Wichita State University | 20000 | 29800 | 0.3282 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 49 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 50 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 50 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 52 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 53 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20600 | 52900 | 0.6104 | 1,108 | 990 | 0.6578 | |
| 54 | Utica University | 20700 | 43400 | 0.5226 | 2,329 | 1118 | 0.9195 | |
| 55 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 56 | University of Memphis | 21200 | 26400 | 0.1973 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 57 | Midwestern State University | 21400 | 28600 | 0.2513 | 4,303 | 1010 | 0.9352 | |
| 58 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 59 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 60 | Aquinas College | 22400 | 53400 | 0.581 | 1,088 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 60 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 62 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22500 | 33600 | 0.3301 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 63 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 22600 | 31000 | 0.2724 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 64 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23300 | 36800 | 0.3665 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 65 | Hope College | 23400 | 60100 | 0.6104 | 3,395 | 1241 | 0.7924 | |
| 65 | Oklahoma City University | 23400 | 64400 | 0.6368 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 67 | Allegheny College | 23500 | 76200 | 0.6916 | 1,171 | 1279 | 0.5457 | |
| 68 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3485 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 68 | West Texas A & M University | 23700 | 29200 | 0.1882 | 6,926 | 1060 | 0.9868 | |
| 70 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 71 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 72 | Lewis University | 25200 | 57700 | 0.563 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 72 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25200 | 31500 | 0.2001 | 6,809 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 75 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0823 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 77 | Northern Arizona University | 25500 | 43200 | 0.4101 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 78 | Ave Maria University | 25600 | 46600 | 0.4508 | 1,301 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 78 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25600 | 53800 | 0.5243 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 80 | Georgia State University | 25900 | 26000 | 0.0038 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 80 | Loyola University New Orleans | 25900 | 71700 | 0.6385 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 82 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26400 | 64700 | 0.5922 | 870 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 83 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 83 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48700 | 0.4542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 85 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 86 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 87 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38100 | 0.2915 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 88 | University of the Incarnate Word | 27200 | 61400 | 0.5572 | 4,638 | 1030 | 0.9814 | |
| 89 | Capital University | 27400 | 62400 | 0.5608 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 90 | Missouri Valley College | 27600 | 38200 | 0.2775 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6918 | |
| 90 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 36500 | 0.244 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 92 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 93 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 93 | John Brown University | 28100 | 48300 | 0.4196 | 1,948 | 1197 | 0.7614 | |
| 95 | Oakland University | 28400 | 39300 | 0.2772 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 95 | Westminster University | 28400 | 62600 | 0.5466 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 97 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 28500 | 28500 | 0 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 98 | Western Illinois University | 28800 | 31000 | 0.0734 | 4,525 | 1015 | 0.7118 | |
| 99 | George Fox University | 29000 | 69400 | 0.5824 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 99 | University of Dayton | 29000 | 64200 | 0.5484 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 101 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29400 | 56200 | 0.4764 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 102 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 30100 | 39700 | 0.2419 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 103 | Wheaton College | 30200 | 87500 | 0.6548 | 2,150 | 1363 | 0.874 | |
| 104 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 105 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41800 | 0.2705 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 106 | Wofford College | 30700 | 73200 | 0.5804 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 107 | South Carolina State University | 30800 | 41600 | 0.2596 | 2,950 | 930 | 0.8262 | |
| 107 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 82600 | 0.6279 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 109 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 109 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 111 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0824 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 112 | Rider University | 31200 | 60600 | 0.4849 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 113 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 114 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31400 | 75700 | 0.5849 | 1,525 | 1281 | 0.556 | |
| 114 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31400 | 59100 | 0.4684 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 116 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1068 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 116 | Lamar University | 31600 | 38300 | 0.175 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 118 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 119 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5371 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 120 | Berry College | 32500 | 60900 | 0.4666 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 121 | Marquette University | 32700 | 66500 | 0.5082 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 121 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 123 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 124 | Suffolk University | 33100 | 70300 | 0.5291 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 125 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 126 | Beloit College | 34400 | 81400 | 0.5771 | 1,004 | 1299 | 0.6304 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 128 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 34700 | 50000 | 0.3063 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 129 | Coastal Carolina University | 35000 | 45100 | 0.2237 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 130 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 131 | Virginia State University | 35300 | 42200 | 0.1636 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 132 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3734 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 133 | Loyola University Maryland | 36200 | 78800 | 0.5407 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 133 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 135 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0586 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 136 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 137 | Westmont College | 37300 | 80000 | 0.5334 | 1,302 | 1335 | 0.7705 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0806 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 139 | Northwest Nazarene University | 37600 | 62800 | 0.4011 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.6474 | |
| 140 | University of Redlands | 38000 | 84200 | 0.549 | 2,049 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 141 | Hofstra University | 38300 | 76900 | 0.5019 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 142 | Clark Atlanta University | 38400 | 51900 | 0.26 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38700 | 38700 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 144 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 145 | Loyola University Chicago | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 146 | Saint Francis University | 39100 | 63100 | 0.3804 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 147 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4512 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 147 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3915 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 147 | Xavier University | 39300 | 68100 | 0.4232 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 150 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 150 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 153 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1166 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 154 | University of Maine | 40200 | 45200 | 0.1107 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 155 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 41000 | 0.0171 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 156 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 157 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41200 | 52100 | 0.2093 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 158 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41600 | 53600 | 0.224 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 159 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 160 | Seattle University | 41900 | 74600 | 0.4381 | 4,078 | 1305 | 0.7692 | |
| 161 | Susquehanna University | 42100 | 76800 | 0.452 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 162 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 163 | Widener University | 43400 | 79400 | 0.4535 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 164 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 165 | Boise State University | 45300 | 50000 | 0.094 | 23,983 | 1135 | 0.8721 | |
| 166 | Saint Louis University | 45900 | 80900 | 0.4324 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 167 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 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 | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0418 | 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 176 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 177 | 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.