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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 Montana.
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 Montana.
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 | 6900 | 91800 | 0.9253 | 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 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 48200 | 0.7577 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 6 | Tennessee State University | 12000 | 48200 | 0.7503 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 7 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12200 | 43000 | 0.7162 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 8 | University of Miami | 12500 | 96300 | 0.8699 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 36900 | 0.6449 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 12 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13500 | 23200 | 0.418 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 12 | University of Idaho | 13500 | 25800 | 0.4773 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 12 | Youngstown State University | 13500 | 26800 | 0.4958 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 15 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13600 | 27800 | 0.5099 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 16 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 13800 | 38900 | 0.6445 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 17 | University of West Florida | 14000 | 39000 | 0.6405 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 18 | Arkansas Tech University | 14100 | 35900 | 0.6065 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 19 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 25700 | 0.4469 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 20 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 14300 | 28900 | 0.5059 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 20 | Union College | 14300 | 92400 | 0.8451 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 22 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14800 | 22600 | 0.3448 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 23 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 25 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 25 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15600 | 23200 | 0.3254 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 27 | University of Memphis | 15700 | 29900 | 0.4745 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 28 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 29 | California State University-Long Beach | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 29 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 30300 | 0.4749 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 29 | University of North Florida | 15900 | 33000 | 0.5186 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 32 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 33 | Lamar University | 16300 | 22900 | 0.2879 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 34 | Jacksonville State University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.5427 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 35 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 32000 | 0.4763 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 36 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 37 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 38 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17100 | 33600 | 0.4907 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 39 | Weber State University | 17400 | 41300 | 0.5782 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 40 | Georgia State University | 17500 | 45500 | 0.6148 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 40 | Greensboro College | 17500 | 37800 | 0.537 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 42 | Francis Marion University | 17600 | 24100 | 0.2702 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 43 | Virginia State University | 17800 | 29500 | 0.3963 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18000 | 50400 | 0.6432 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 45 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 47 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18200 | 26700 | 0.3183 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 48 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 48 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3391 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 50 | SUNY Oneonta | 18500 | 29300 | 0.3686 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 51 | University of Arizona | 18700 | 30900 | 0.3955 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 52 | East Tennessee State University | 18800 | 26100 | 0.2792 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 52 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 54 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 48000 | 0.6024 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 55 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 965 | 0.4823 | |
| 56 | Midwestern State University | 19600 | 28600 | 0.3141 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 57 | South Carolina State University | 20300 | 30000 | 0.3228 | 2,950 | 910 | 0.8262 | |
| 58 | Grove City College | 20500 | 39700 | 0.4842 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 20500 | 41300 | 0.5037 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 60 | Boise State University | 20700 | 59700 | 0.6533 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 60 | The University of Montana | 20700 | 25300 | 0.1818 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 60 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 60 | Utica University | 20700 | 43400 | 0.5226 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 64 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 65 | University of the Incarnate Word | 21000 | 73100 | 0.7129 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 66 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 27200 | 0.2096 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 66 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 66 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 69 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 70 | Montana State University | 21700 | 31500 | 0.3112 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21800 | 28200 | 0.2273 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 72 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 73 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1243 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 74 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22200 | 59600 | 0.6275 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 74 | West Texas A & M University | 22200 | 22400 | 0.0089 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 76 | Allegheny College | 22900 | 75400 | 0.6967 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 77 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 78 | Ave Maria University | 24100 | 45400 | 0.469 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 78 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 24100 | 58100 | 0.5848 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 80 | Miami University-Oxford | 24900 | 28400 | 0.1232 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 81 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25100 | 56100 | 0.5523 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 82 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 83 | Lewis University | 25300 | 57700 | 0.5613 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 84 | Hope College | 25500 | 60100 | 0.5755 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 84 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25500 | 31500 | 0.1906 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 84 | University of Redlands | 25500 | 84200 | 0.6975 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 87 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25600 | 75700 | 0.6622 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 88 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 25900 | 39200 | 0.3394 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 89 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26000 | 59900 | 0.5658 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 89 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26000 | 38900 | 0.3329 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 91 | Westminster University | 26100 | 81400 | 0.6794 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 92 | Aquinas College | 26200 | 53400 | 0.5098 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 92 | Grand Valley State University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2786 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 94 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26300 | 61400 | 0.5709 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 94 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26300 | 43000 | 0.388 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 94 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26300 | 53800 | 0.5113 | 2,803 | 1085 | 0.9576 | |
| 97 | Oklahoma City University | 26500 | 62200 | 0.5738 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 98 | Washburn University | 26600 | 36300 | 0.2669 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 99 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 29600 | 0.0957 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 100 | Oakland University | 26900 | 39700 | 0.3225 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 101 | Capital University | 27300 | 80300 | 0.6601 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 101 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 103 | George Fox University | 27800 | 76800 | 0.638 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 103 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27800 | 67800 | 0.5902 | 936 | 995 | 0.8003 | |
| 105 | Marquette University | 27900 | 66200 | 0.5783 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 105 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 107 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6229 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 107 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4166 | 1,882 | 1220 | 0.6764 | |
| 107 | Missouri Valley College | 28200 | 38200 | 0.2618 | 1,558 | 1010 | 0.5269 | |
| 110 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 111 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0688 | 4,525 | 1000 | 0.7118 | |
| 111 | Wichita State University | 28900 | 40600 | 0.2888 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 113 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 114 | Beloit College | 30500 | 97600 | 0.6874 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 115 | University of North Texas | 30700 | 37400 | 0.179 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 116 | Samford University | 30800 | 78000 | 0.6048 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 117 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 117 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5784 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 120 | The College of Wooster | 31100 | 83100 | 0.6259 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 120 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 122 | Carroll University | 31200 | 61500 | 0.4929 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 123 | Coastal Carolina University | 31500 | 45100 | 0.3016 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 124 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 125 | University of Dayton | 31900 | 64200 | 0.5032 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 126 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 85400 | 0.6238 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 127 | Rider University | 32200 | 60600 | 0.4687 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 128 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 129 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32400 | 93400 | 0.6533 | 1,525 | 1283 | 0.556 | |
| 130 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 131 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 132 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 133 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 134 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55900 | 0.3974 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 134 | University of Louisville | 33700 | 42000 | 0.1978 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 136 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1821 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 137 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 138 | Hofstra University | 34800 | 77000 | 0.5479 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 139 | Loyola University Chicago | 35500 | 73600 | 0.5177 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 140 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35800 | 42800 | 0.1615 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 141 | Berry College | 35900 | 60900 | 0.4107 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 141 | Cedarville University | 35900 | 57000 | 0.3709 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 143 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 36100 | 42500 | 0.1505 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 144 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 145 | Loyola University Maryland | 36400 | 78800 | 0.5381 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 146 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 147 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.0786 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 148 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 149 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 150 | Saint Francis University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3936 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 151 | Westmont College | 38300 | 80300 | 0.523 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 152 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 154 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 155 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 155 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 157 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 157 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 159 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 160 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 161 | Seattle University | 41800 | 74600 | 0.4395 | 4,103 | 1243 | 0.7703 | |
| 162 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42300 | 42300 | 0 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 163 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 164 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 164 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 166 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 167 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 168 | Saint Louis University | 44600 | 80900 | 0.4485 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 169 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 170 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 171 | DePaul University | 48900 | 67100 | 0.2712 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 171 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 171 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.136 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 174 | Chapman University | 51300 | 94000 | 0.4544 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 175 | Santa Clara University | 57700 | 85400 | 0.3244 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 176 | Presbyterian College | 59900 | 62700 | 0.0446 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 177 | University of California-Irvine | 72700 | 74700 | 0.0268 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.