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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 Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 3 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9091 | 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 | 11000 | 24800 | 0.557 | 6,809 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 7 | Northern Arizona University | 11600 | 27900 | 0.5837 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 26900 | 0.5645 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 8 | University of West Florida | 11700 | 21500 | 0.4552 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 10 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13000 | 43000 | 0.6976 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 11 | Union College | 13700 | 92400 | 0.8516 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 12 | University of Idaho | 13900 | 25800 | 0.462 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 27400 | 0.4748 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 14 | Texas State University | 14800 | 25500 | 0.4199 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 15 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 38000 | 0.6003 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 15 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15200 | 23200 | 0.3436 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 17 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15400 | 25600 | 0.3977 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 18 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 18 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 18 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 15600 | 26800 | 0.4183 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 21 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 21 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15700 | 22300 | 0.2957 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 23 | California State University-Long Beach | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 23 | Weber State University | 15900 | 23600 | 0.3258 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Eastern Michigan University | 16200 | 36100 | 0.5503 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 26 | Grove City College | 16300 | 39700 | 0.5902 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 26 | Tennessee State University | 16300 | 31000 | 0.4743 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 28 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4204 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 29 | Sam Houston State University | 16700 | 27000 | 0.3816 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 16700 | 40900 | 0.5914 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 31 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 16900 | 20700 | 0.1835 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 32 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17000 | 23200 | 0.2672 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 33 | Salisbury University | 17100 | 28700 | 0.4051 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 33 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 35 | University of Louisville | 17200 | 29100 | 0.4093 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 36 | Greensboro College | 17300 | 37800 | 0.5422 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 36 | University of Memphis | 17300 | 26400 | 0.3454 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 38 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 39 | Youngstown State University | 18200 | 34000 | 0.4647 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 40 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 41 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18700 | 31000 | 0.3972 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 42 | University of Mississippi | 19200 | 27000 | 0.2888 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 43 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.9315 | |
| 44 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19700 | 72100 | 0.7266 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 45 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 46 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 46 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 48 | Utica University | 20200 | 43400 | 0.5341 | 2,329 | 1118 | 0.9195 | |
| 49 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 50 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 50 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20500 | 52900 | 0.6123 | 1,108 | 990 | 0.6578 | |
| 50 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 20500 | 28500 | 0.2811 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 53 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 53 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20600 | 27800 | 0.2586 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 55 | Midwestern State University | 20800 | 28600 | 0.2723 | 4,303 | 1010 | 0.9352 | |
| 56 | Louisiana Tech University | 21100 | 25300 | 0.1661 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 57 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 763 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 58 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 59 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 60 | Hope College | 22400 | 60100 | 0.6271 | 3,395 | 1241 | 0.7924 | |
| 60 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 62 | Aquinas College | 22500 | 53400 | 0.5791 | 1,088 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 62 | Oklahoma City University | 22500 | 64400 | 0.6508 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 62 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 65 | West Texas A & M University | 23200 | 29200 | 0.2053 | 6,926 | 1060 | 0.9868 | |
| 66 | East Tennessee State University | 23300 | 30600 | 0.2384 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 67 | Allegheny College | 23600 | 76200 | 0.6899 | 1,171 | 1279 | 0.5457 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 23900 | 41300 | 0.4214 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 68 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36400 | 0.3449 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 70 | Bradley University | 24000 | 50800 | 0.5275 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 71 | Lewis University | 24200 | 57700 | 0.5804 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24600 | 34400 | 0.2846 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 73 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25100 | 53800 | 0.5336 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 74 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 75 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,301 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 76 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 25600 | 64700 | 0.6046 | 870 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 76 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 76 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0776 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 79 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 27000 | 0.0444 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 80 | Georgia State University | 25900 | 26000 | 0.0038 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 80 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0928 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 82 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 83 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 83 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48800 | 0.4551 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 85 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 86 | University of the Incarnate Word | 26800 | 61400 | 0.5637 | 4,638 | 1030 | 0.9814 | |
| 87 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 88 | Capital University | 27000 | 62400 | 0.5672 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 88 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 36500 | 0.2604 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 90 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38100 | 0.2862 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 91 | Missouri Valley College | 27500 | 38200 | 0.2802 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6918 | |
| 91 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27500 | 39800 | 0.3105 | 6,135 | 1055 | 0.7207 | |
| 93 | Oakland University | 27600 | 39300 | 0.2976 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 94 | George Fox University | 27900 | 69400 | 0.5983 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 94 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 94 | Wichita State University | 27900 | 39800 | 0.2999 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 97 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.623 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 97 | Francis Marion University | 28200 | 40200 | 0.2988 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 97 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4169 | 1,948 | 1197 | 0.7614 | |
| 97 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 101 | Westminster University | 28400 | 62600 | 0.5466 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 102 | University of Dayton | 28700 | 64200 | 0.5531 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 103 | Marquette University | 28800 | 63800 | 0.5487 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 104 | Jacksonville State University | 28900 | 38200 | 0.2433 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 104 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0693 | 4,525 | 1015 | 0.7118 | |
| 106 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29100 | 56200 | 0.4829 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 107 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 31800 | 0.0786 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 108 | Morgan State University | 29500 | 41900 | 0.2962 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 109 | University of West Georgia | 29800 | 46800 | 0.3632 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 110 | Wheaton College | 30400 | 87500 | 0.6525 | 2,150 | 1363 | 0.874 | |
| 111 | South Carolina State University | 30500 | 41600 | 0.2668 | 2,950 | 930 | 0.8262 | |
| 111 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41900 | 0.2721 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 113 | Lamar University | 30800 | 38300 | 0.1959 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 113 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 82400 | 0.6266 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 113 | Wofford College | 30800 | 73200 | 0.5786 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 116 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 117 | Hampton University | 31200 | 54800 | 0.4306 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 118 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 119 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1031 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 120 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31800 | 75700 | 0.5796 | 1,525 | 1281 | 0.556 | |
| 121 | Azusa Pacific University | 32300 | 66600 | 0.5147 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 122 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 122 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 125 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 70300 | 0.5348 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 126 | Berry College | 32800 | 60900 | 0.4617 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 127 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 128 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 129 | Coastal Carolina University | 34500 | 45100 | 0.2348 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 130 | Washburn University | 34600 | 38400 | 0.0989 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 131 | Beloit College | 35000 | 81400 | 0.5697 | 1,004 | 1299 | 0.6304 | |
| 132 | Cedarville University | 35800 | 57000 | 0.3711 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 132 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35800 | 56700 | 0.3684 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 134 | Virginia State University | 36600 | 42200 | 0.1328 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 135 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.079 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 136 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 136 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0552 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 138 | Westmont College | 37400 | 80000 | 0.5322 | 1,302 | 1335 | 0.7705 | |
| 139 | Northwest Nazarene University | 37600 | 62800 | 0.4011 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.6474 | |
| 140 | Loyola University Maryland | 37800 | 76200 | 0.5039 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 141 | Hofstra University | 38100 | 76900 | 0.5045 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 141 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38100 | 52900 | 0.2799 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 143 | Saint Francis University | 38200 | 63100 | 0.3946 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38200 | 38700 | 0.0129 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 143 | University of Redlands | 38200 | 84200 | 0.5466 | 2,049 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 146 | Clark Atlanta University | 38300 | 51900 | 0.2619 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 147 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 148 | Loyola University Chicago | 39100 | 74100 | 0.4722 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 149 | Xavier University | 39200 | 68100 | 0.4246 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 150 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4493 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 150 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3895 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 152 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 153 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 153 | University of Maine | 39700 | 45200 | 0.1218 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 155 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40100 | 53600 | 0.252 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 155 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 157 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40200 | 50000 | 0.1962 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 158 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40300 | 48500 | 0.169 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 159 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 159 | Arkansas State University | 40600 | 41000 | 0.0098 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 161 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 162 | Susquehanna University | 41900 | 76800 | 0.4546 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 163 | Seattle University | 42000 | 75000 | 0.4397 | 4,078 | 1305 | 0.7692 | |
| 164 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 165 | Widener University | 43600 | 79400 | 0.451 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 166 | Boise State University | 44900 | 50000 | 0.102 | 23,983 | 1135 | 0.8721 | |
| 167 | Towson University | 45100 | 46400 | 0.028 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 168 | Saint Louis University | 46300 | 80900 | 0.4275 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 169 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 170 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 171 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51400 | 52800 | 0.0265 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 172 | Chapman University | 51500 | 93100 | 0.4469 | 7,713 | 1353 | 0.6543 | |
| 173 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 174 | Santa Clara University | 57600 | 85400 | 0.3255 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 175 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 176 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 176 | Presbyterian College | 60900 | 62700 | 0.0287 | 853 | 1120 | 0.6837 | |
| 178 | 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.