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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 | Washington University in St Louis | 7400 | 102300 | 0.9278 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 4 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 10600 | 24800 | 0.5732 | 7,393 | 1125 | 0.8968 | |
| 5 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11300 | 39000 | 0.7105 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 6 | University of West Florida | 12600 | 50500 | 0.7512 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 7 | University of North Florida | 13100 | 22400 | 0.4157 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 8 | Colorado College | 13200 | 98000 | 0.8651 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 8 | University of Miami | 13200 | 96300 | 0.8631 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13200 | 19400 | 0.3197 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 11 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13300 | 43000 | 0.6907 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 42900 | 0.6875 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | Youngstown State University | 14100 | 28400 | 0.5033 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 14 | Coastal Carolina University | 14300 | 45300 | 0.6847 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 15 | Eastern Michigan University | 14400 | 33900 | 0.5767 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 16 | University of Memphis | 14500 | 26400 | 0.4516 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 17 | Troy University | 14800 | 34700 | 0.5735 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 18 | Texas State University | 15100 | 26700 | 0.4338 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 18 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 20 | University of Maine | 15200 | 29300 | 0.4815 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 21 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 38200 | 0.5938 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 22 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 22 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15600 | 32600 | 0.5217 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 24 | Niagara University | 15900 | 57400 | 0.7227 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 25 | University of North Texas | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3867 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 26 | Greensboro College | 16100 | 38300 | 0.5791 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 26 | Missouri Valley College | 16100 | 38200 | 0.5787 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6922 | |
| 28 | Tennessee State University | 16300 | 55800 | 0.708 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 28 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16300 | 22300 | 0.2688 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 30 | Francis Marion University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.5425 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 30 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16500 | 38700 | 0.5729 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 30 | Union College | 16500 | 93300 | 0.8231 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 33 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4033 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 34 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 49700 | 0.6641 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 34 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16700 | 26500 | 0.3701 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 34 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16700 | 27800 | 0.3986 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 37 | Sam Houston State University | 17000 | 30300 | 0.4386 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3956 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 39 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17100 | 36500 | 0.5318 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 40 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17300 | 28900 | 0.402 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 41 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17600 | 44100 | 0.6012 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 42 | James Madison University | 17700 | 28900 | 0.3874 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 43 | Bentley University | 17900 | 89000 | 0.7992 | 4,620 | 1323 | 0.4729 | |
| 44 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 27400 | 0.3391 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 45 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 18200 | 66900 | 0.7279 | 1,108 | 990 | 1 | |
| 46 | Louisiana Christian University | 18900 | 26000 | 0.2721 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 47 | Valdosta State University | 19000 | 29600 | 0.358 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 48 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 49 | Jackson State University | 19400 | 28100 | 0.3091 | 4,967 | 940 | 0.9602 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19800 | 30900 | 0.3594 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 51 | The University of Montana | 20400 | 27500 | 0.2585 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 52 | Midwestern State University | 20500 | 33600 | 0.3904 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 53 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 54 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 54 | South Carolina State University | 21100 | 43100 | 0.5108 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 54 | West Texas A & M University | 21100 | 29200 | 0.2772 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 57 | Georgia College & State University | 21300 | 52400 | 0.5934 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 57 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21300 | 51900 | 0.5901 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 59 | Boise State University | 21700 | 31200 | 0.3046 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 59 | South Dakota State University | 21700 | 25200 | 0.1414 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 61 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 62 | University of the Incarnate Word | 22100 | 58000 | 0.6188 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 63 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 63 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 65 | Oklahoma City University | 22600 | 74100 | 0.6952 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 65 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22600 | 53400 | 0.5772 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 67 | Hope College | 22700 | 60100 | 0.6221 | 3,427 | 1216 | 0.8712 | |
| 68 | Dillard University | 23400 | 54600 | 0.5718 | 1,070 | 1055 | 0.7371 | |
| 69 | Lamar University | 23600 | 37700 | 0.3738 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 70 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23800 | 34500 | 0.3104 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 71 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 37100 | 0.3576 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 72 | Wheaton College | 24000 | 68000 | 0.647 | 2,181 | 1357 | 0.8491 | |
| 73 | University of Dayton | 24200 | 64400 | 0.624 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 74 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24500 | 0.0018 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 74 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 24400 | 53800 | 0.5466 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 76 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 77 | Seton Hall University | 24600 | 67400 | 0.6347 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 78 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 79 | Wichita State University | 25100 | 30600 | 0.1788 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 80 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 25700 | 82600 | 0.6891 | 871 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 81 | Loyola University Maryland | 25900 | 78800 | 0.6714 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 82 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 26000 | 43400 | 0.4006 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 83 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5963 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 84 | Presbyterian College | 26200 | 64600 | 0.5945 | 903 | 1150 | 0.6515 | |
| 85 | George Fox University | 26600 | 92800 | 0.7136 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 86 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 44700 | 0.3997 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 87 | Oakland University | 26900 | 39600 | 0.3208 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 88 | Capital University | 27100 | 63800 | 0.5751 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 88 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27100 | 39800 | 0.3209 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 90 | California State University-Long Beach | 27300 | 38800 | 0.2963 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 91 | John Brown University | 27800 | 48300 | 0.4255 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 92 | Cornell College | 27900 | 74800 | 0.6267 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 93 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64100 | 0.5617 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 94 | Cleveland State University | 29100 | 38600 | 0.2462 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 94 | Georgia State University | 29100 | 45700 | 0.363 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 96 | Alvernia University | 29200 | 69400 | 0.5791 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 97 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29500 | 34200 | 0.1373 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 98 | Wofford College | 30400 | 73200 | 0.5843 | 1,781 | 1305 | 0.5487 | |
| 99 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 100 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30800 | 75700 | 0.5928 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 100 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 83100 | 0.6299 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 102 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 103 | Western Kentucky University | 31000 | 42800 | 0.276 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 104 | Angelo State University | 31300 | 35400 | 0.1149 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 105 | Marquette University | 31500 | 75900 | 0.5849 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 106 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 107 | Westminster University | 31800 | 94100 | 0.6623 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 108 | Carroll University | 32000 | 63900 | 0.4995 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 109 | Azusa Pacific University | 32100 | 66600 | 0.5177 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 109 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32100 | 54400 | 0.4099 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 111 | Villanova University | 32300 | 92900 | 0.6526 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 112 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 112 | University of Louisville | 32400 | 42100 | 0.2301 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 114 | Rider University | 32700 | 60200 | 0.4568 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 114 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 116 | Allegheny College | 33000 | 77600 | 0.5752 | 1,125 | 1243 | 0.5877 | |
| 116 | Ursinus College | 33000 | 83700 | 0.6059 | 1,378 | 1303 | 0.9285 | |
| 118 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 119 | Utica University | 33500 | 48600 | 0.3109 | 2,191 | 1214 | 0.9187 | |
| 120 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 121 | Berry College | 34400 | 62400 | 0.4488 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 122 | Washburn University | 34500 | 38400 | 0.1015 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 123 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 123 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 125 | Southern Connecticut State University | 35100 | 42000 | 0.1643 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 126 | Cedarville University | 35400 | 57000 | 0.3784 | 5,794 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 127 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60300 | 0.4114 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 129 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36100 | 39700 | 0.0907 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 130 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0894 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 131 | Fort Lewis College | 36700 | 41400 | 0.1136 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 132 | Beloit College | 37100 | 81700 | 0.5457 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 132 | Loyola University New Orleans | 37100 | 74600 | 0.5025 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 134 | University of West Georgia | 37200 | 47300 | 0.2134 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 135 | Xavier University | 37600 | 68100 | 0.4481 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 136 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 137 | University of Arizona | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 138 | Middle Tennessee State University | 37900 | 48300 | 0.2154 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 139 | East Tennessee State University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 140 | Westmont College | 38700 | 80300 | 0.518 | 1,311 | 1315 | 0.8059 | |
| 141 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 142 | Arcadia University | 39000 | 71600 | 0.4551 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 142 | Loyola University Chicago | 39000 | 74800 | 0.4789 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 142 | Saint Vincent College | 39000 | 64600 | 0.3959 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 145 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 146 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 147 | Saint Francis University | 40000 | 67300 | 0.4055 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 148 | University of Mississippi | 40200 | 45200 | 0.1106 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 149 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40300 | 42700 | 0.0561 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 150 | University of Redlands | 41200 | 90700 | 0.5459 | 1,941 | 1233 | 0.8272 | |
| 151 | Butler University | 41400 | 68400 | 0.395 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 152 | Virginia State University | 41500 | 42800 | 0.0304 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 153 | Susquehanna University | 41900 | 85600 | 0.5104 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 154 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 155 | Seattle University | 42500 | 85300 | 0.5016 | 4,370 | 1299 | 0.7313 | |
| 156 | Saint Louis University | 42600 | 84300 | 0.4944 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 157 | Arkansas State University | 43000 | 44600 | 0.0358 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 158 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 159 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 160 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 161 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47500 | 47500 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 162 | University of Kentucky | 48600 | 59900 | 0.1892 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 163 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 48800 | 57000 | 0.144 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 164 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 164 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49000 | 74900 | 0.3459 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 166 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 167 | Chapman University | 49900 | 94000 | 0.4693 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 168 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50500 | 64400 | 0.2158 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 169 | Northwest Nazarene University | 51500 | 87600 | 0.412 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 170 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 171 | Molloy University | 55800 | 62300 | 0.1044 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 172 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 174 | Mercyhurst University | 61100 | 68000 | 0.1014 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 175 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 64000 | 64000 | 0 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 176 | Santa Clara University | 69100 | 85400 | 0.1909 | 6,695 | 1399 | 0.4788 | |
| 177 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75000 | 0.04 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 178 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82900 | 82900 | 0 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.