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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 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10600 | 25000 | 0.5752 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 7 | Tennessee State University | 11500 | 48200 | 0.7607 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 8 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11600 | 24800 | 0.5328 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 48200 | 0.7577 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 10 | University of Miami | 12500 | 96300 | 0.8699 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 11 | West Virginia University | 12900 | 57700 | 0.7763 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 12 | Saginaw Valley State University | 13000 | 28600 | 0.5467 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 36900 | 0.6449 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | University of West Florida | 13100 | 21500 | 0.3902 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 15 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 16 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13500 | 23200 | 0.418 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 16 | University of Idaho | 13500 | 25800 | 0.4773 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 16 | Youngstown State University | 13500 | 26800 | 0.4958 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 19 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13600 | 27800 | 0.5099 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 20 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 13800 | 38900 | 0.6445 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina University | 13900 | 27200 | 0.4891 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 22 | Arkansas Tech University | 14100 | 35900 | 0.6065 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 23 | Union College | 14300 | 92400 | 0.8451 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 24 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 25 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14500 | 26800 | 0.4594 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 26 | University of Georgia | 14900 | 26600 | 0.4416 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 27 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 29 | Grand Valley State University | 15500 | 25300 | 0.3878 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 30 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 31 | University of Memphis | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3985 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 31 | University of North Florida | 15900 | 33000 | 0.5186 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 33 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 30300 | 0.4716 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 34 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 35 | Oakland University | 16200 | 28200 | 0.4258 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 36 | Jacksonville State University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.5427 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 37 | Appalachian State University | 16600 | 19500 | 0.1489 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 38 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 32000 | 0.4763 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 38 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16700 | 22300 | 0.2509 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 40 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16800 | 24900 | 0.3249 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 42 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 43 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17100 | 33600 | 0.4907 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 44 | Lamar University | 17300 | 41900 | 0.5871 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 45 | Greensboro College | 17500 | 37800 | 0.537 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 45 | University of Louisville | 17500 | 29100 | 0.399 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 45 | Weber State University | 17500 | 41300 | 0.5757 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 45 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3507 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 49 | Francis Marion University | 17600 | 24100 | 0.2702 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 49 | Georgia State University | 17600 | 26000 | 0.3233 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 51 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17800 | 20700 | 0.1401 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 51 | Virginia State University | 17800 | 29500 | 0.3963 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 53 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 27700 | 0.3549 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 54 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 56 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18200 | 26700 | 0.3183 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 57 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3391 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 58 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2005 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 58 | SUNY Oneonta | 18500 | 29300 | 0.3686 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 60 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 61 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 48000 | 0.6024 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 62 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19200 | 33700 | 0.4309 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 63 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 965 | 0.4823 | |
| 64 | University of Mississippi | 19500 | 27000 | 0.2777 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 65 | Midwestern State University | 19600 | 28600 | 0.3141 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 66 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 67 | South Carolina State University | 20300 | 30000 | 0.3228 | 2,950 | 910 | 0.8262 | |
| 68 | Boise State University | 20400 | 59700 | 0.6583 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 69 | Georgia College & State University | 20500 | 52400 | 0.6087 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 69 | Grove City College | 20500 | 39700 | 0.4842 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 20500 | 41300 | 0.5037 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 72 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 31000 | 0.3359 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 73 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 73 | Utica University | 20700 | 43400 | 0.5226 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 75 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 76 | University of the Incarnate Word | 21000 | 73100 | 0.7129 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 77 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 27200 | 0.2096 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 77 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 79 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21800 | 28200 | 0.2273 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 81 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 82 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1243 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 83 | West Texas A & M University | 22200 | 22400 | 0.0089 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 84 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22400 | 43000 | 0.4786 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 85 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22700 | 59600 | 0.6191 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 86 | Allegheny College | 22900 | 75400 | 0.6967 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 87 | Montana State University | 23200 | 27200 | 0.1451 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 88 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 89 | Ave Maria University | 24100 | 45400 | 0.469 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 89 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 24100 | 58100 | 0.5848 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 91 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24800 | 28500 | 0.13 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 92 | Miami University-Oxford | 24900 | 28400 | 0.1232 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 93 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 94 | Lewis University | 25300 | 57700 | 0.5613 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 95 | Hope College | 25500 | 60100 | 0.5755 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 95 | University of Redlands | 25500 | 84200 | 0.6975 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 97 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25600 | 75700 | 0.6622 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 98 | East Tennessee State University | 26000 | 30600 | 0.1502 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 98 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26000 | 59900 | 0.5658 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 100 | Westminster University | 26100 | 81400 | 0.6794 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 101 | Aquinas College | 26200 | 53400 | 0.5098 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26300 | 61400 | 0.5709 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 102 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26300 | 53800 | 0.5113 | 2,803 | 1085 | 0.9576 | |
| 104 | Oklahoma City University | 26500 | 62200 | 0.5738 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 105 | Washburn University | 26600 | 36300 | 0.2669 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 106 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 107 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2789 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 108 | Capital University | 27300 | 80300 | 0.6601 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 108 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 110 | George Fox University | 27800 | 76800 | 0.638 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 110 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27800 | 67800 | 0.5902 | 936 | 995 | 0.8003 | |
| 112 | Marquette University | 27900 | 66200 | 0.5783 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 112 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 114 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6229 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 114 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4166 | 1,882 | 1220 | 0.6764 | |
| 114 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 114 | Missouri Valley College | 28200 | 38200 | 0.2618 | 1,558 | 1010 | 0.5269 | |
| 118 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0688 | 4,525 | 1000 | 0.7118 | |
| 118 | Wichita State University | 28900 | 40600 | 0.2888 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 121 | Beloit College | 30500 | 97600 | 0.6874 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 122 | Samford University | 30700 | 78000 | 0.6061 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 122 | University of North Texas | 30700 | 37400 | 0.179 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 124 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 124 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 124 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5784 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 127 | The College of Wooster | 31100 | 83100 | 0.6259 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 127 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 129 | Carroll University | 31200 | 61500 | 0.4929 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 130 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31500 | 59600 | 0.4712 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 131 | University of Dayton | 31900 | 64200 | 0.5032 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 132 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 85400 | 0.6238 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 133 | Rider University | 32200 | 60600 | 0.4687 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 134 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 135 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32400 | 93400 | 0.6533 | 1,525 | 1283 | 0.556 | |
| 136 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 138 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 139 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 140 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 141 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55900 | 0.3974 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 142 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1821 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 143 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 144 | Hofstra University | 34800 | 77000 | 0.5479 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 145 | Loyola University Chicago | 35500 | 73600 | 0.5177 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 146 | Berry College | 35900 | 60900 | 0.4107 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 146 | Cedarville University | 35900 | 57000 | 0.3709 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 148 | Loyola University Maryland | 36400 | 78800 | 0.5381 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 149 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 150 | California State University-Long Beach | 37500 | 38600 | 0.0285 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 150 | The University of Montana | 37500 | 45900 | 0.1832 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 150 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 153 | Saint Francis University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3936 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 154 | Westmont College | 38300 | 80300 | 0.523 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 155 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 156 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 157 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 157 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 159 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 160 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 161 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 162 | Seattle University | 41800 | 74600 | 0.4395 | 4,103 | 1243 | 0.7703 | |
| 163 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 164 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 164 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43600 | 53700 | 0.188 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 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 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 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 | 0.1365 | 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.