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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 North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | Patrick Henry College | 3900 | 42000 | 0.9065 | 425 | 1345 | 0.7744 | |
| 2 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 7600 | 34500 | 0.7792 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 3 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 4 | Arkansas Tech University | 9900 | 22900 | 0.5671 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 4 | Francis Marion University | 9900 | 25400 | 0.61 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 11000 | 29000 | 0.6203 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 8 | Wichita State University | 11600 | 29800 | 0.6109 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 9 | Tennessee State University | 12000 | 30300 | 0.6035 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 10 | University of West Florida | 12500 | 21500 | 0.4181 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 11 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 23600 | 0.4661 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 13 | University of Maine at Farmington | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5143 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 14 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 15 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13600 | 17900 | 0.2421 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 16 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 24900 | 0.4411 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 17 | Northern Arizona University | 14100 | 25400 | 0.4458 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 26500 | 0.463 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 19 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4542 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 20 | Midwestern State University | 14500 | 21600 | 0.3283 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 21 | Lehigh University | 14600 | 85700 | 0.8301 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 23 | Union College | 14700 | 91000 | 0.8385 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 24 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4158 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 25 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16600 | 0.0757 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 26 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 27 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28600 | 0.4538 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 28 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15700 | 22600 | 0.3049 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 29 | Troy University | 15900 | 26700 | 0.4044 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 30 | University of Arizona | 16200 | 30900 | 0.4765 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 31 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 16400 | 19400 | 0.156 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 32 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16500 | 23200 | 0.2885 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 33 | Appalachian State University | 16900 | 19600 | 0.1347 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 33 | Sam Houston State University | 16900 | 23000 | 0.2652 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 35 | Weber State University | 17000 | 22100 | 0.2309 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 36 | University of Georgia | 17100 | 27100 | 0.37 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 37 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3426 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 38 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 33600 | 0.4758 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 39 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17700 | 18900 | 0.0636 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 40 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 23800 | 0.2441 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 40 | University of Maine | 18000 | 29000 | 0.3797 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 42 | University of Louisville | 18100 | 29100 | 0.3784 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 43 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3355 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 44 | Greensboro College | 18500 | 37800 | 0.5109 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 45 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 45500 | 0.5895 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 46 | Eastern Michigan University | 18900 | 36100 | 0.477 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 47 | University of Memphis | 19200 | 26400 | 0.2732 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 48 | Youngstown State University | 19400 | 29300 | 0.3375 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 49 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 49 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 19500 | 22300 | 0.1255 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 51 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 51 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19700 | 27200 | 0.276 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 53 | University of Wyoming | 19900 | 26700 | 0.2545 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 54 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1755 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 55 | Grove City College | 20500 | 39700 | 0.4842 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 55 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 57 | Marshall University | 20600 | 36300 | 0.4328 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 58 | West Virginia University | 20800 | 28800 | 0.278 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 59 | Niagara University | 20900 | 57400 | 0.6356 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 60 | University of Miami | 21100 | 70800 | 0.7023 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 61 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 62 | Dillard University | 21600 | 50400 | 0.5717 | 1,117 | 1080 | 0.4051 | |
| 63 | Bentley University | 22000 | 84500 | 0.7394 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 64 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22200 | 28000 | 0.207 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 65 | Ave Maria University | 22300 | 44800 | 0.502 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 66 | Bradley University | 22400 | 50900 | 0.5599 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 67 | Berry College | 23100 | 60800 | 0.6199 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 68 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23700 | 28300 | 0.1627 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 69 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23800 | 24500 | 0.0285 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 69 | Utica University | 23800 | 41100 | 0.4206 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 71 | Beloit College | 23900 | 75600 | 0.6842 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 72 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 73 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 27200 | 0.0917 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 74 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24800 | 28500 | 0.13 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 75 | West Texas A & M University | 25200 | 27100 | 0.07 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 76 | Lewis University | 25300 | 57400 | 0.5588 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 77 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 78 | Allegheny College | 25700 | 75200 | 0.658 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 79 | Hope College | 25800 | 60100 | 0.5705 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 79 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25800 | 31500 | 0.181 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 81 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 81 | Saginaw Valley State University | 25900 | 38900 | 0.3347 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 81 | Westmont College | 25900 | 76400 | 0.6612 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 85 | Marquette University | 26000 | 65700 | 0.6039 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 86 | University of Evansville | 26200 | 64700 | 0.5954 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 86 | Westminster University | 26200 | 59500 | 0.5593 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 88 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26700 | 68400 | 0.6097 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 88 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 26700 | 48200 | 0.4462 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26700 | 35600 | 0.2503 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 91 | Lamar University | 26800 | 37700 | 0.2888 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 91 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 26800 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 93 | East Tennessee State University | 26900 | 30700 | 0.124 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 93 | Oakland University | 26900 | 39800 | 0.3243 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 93 | University of Arkansas | 26900 | 30800 | 0.1269 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 96 | Capital University | 27300 | 68600 | 0.6021 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 97 | Aquinas College | 27400 | 53300 | 0.486 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 97 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 27400 | 53300 | 0.4858 | 2,803 | 1105 | 0.9576 | |
| 99 | Missouri Valley College | 27800 | 38100 | 0.2703 | 1,558 | 985 | 0.5269 | |
| 99 | University of North Texas | 27800 | 37400 | 0.2568 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 101 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27900 | 54800 | 0.4907 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 101 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 103 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 104 | California State University-Long Beach | 28100 | 38400 | 0.2686 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 104 | John Brown University | 28100 | 48300 | 0.418 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 106 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6235 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 107 | Grand Valley State University | 28300 | 35700 | 0.2073 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 107 | Washburn University | 28300 | 38100 | 0.2573 | 5,331 | 1015 | 1 | |
| 109 | Jacksonville State University | 28500 | 38200 | 0.2537 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 110 | George Fox University | 28800 | 67100 | 0.5712 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 110 | Western Illinois University | 28800 | 31000 | 0.071 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 112 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29000 | 39700 | 0.2696 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 113 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29600 | 36500 | 0.1892 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 114 | University of North Dakota | 29800 | 32500 | 0.0831 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 115 | Belmont University | 30200 | 67800 | 0.554 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 116 | South Carolina State University | 30400 | 41600 | 0.2692 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
| 117 | Gannon University | 30600 | 45300 | 0.3246 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 117 | St Bonaventure University | 30600 | 61000 | 0.4981 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 117 | University of Redlands | 30600 | 81400 | 0.6239 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 120 | Carroll University | 30700 | 61400 | 0.4999 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 120 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30700 | 41800 | 0.2657 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 122 | Georgia State University | 30800 | 44400 | 0.306 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 122 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 82600 | 0.627 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 122 | Wofford College | 30800 | 73200 | 0.5794 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 125 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 125 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 127 | Baylor University | 31000 | 70800 | 0.5618 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 128 | University of West Georgia | 31400 | 36000 | 0.1279 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 129 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 130 | Rider University | 31800 | 64300 | 0.5053 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 131 | University of North Florida | 31900 | 37900 | 0.1583 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 132 | Samford University | 32000 | 65200 | 0.5091 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 133 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 82700 | 0.6119 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 134 | Hampton University | 32300 | 47000 | 0.3128 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 135 | Widener University | 32500 | 75300 | 0.5682 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 136 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 137 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32900 | 73700 | 0.5534 | 1,525 | 1241 | 0.556 | |
| 137 | University of Dayton | 32900 | 64100 | 0.4867 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 139 | Virginia State University | 33200 | 42200 | 0.2134 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 140 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 141 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 142 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 143 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34600 | 37800 | 0.0848 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 144 | Cedarville University | 34900 | 55100 | 0.3664 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 144 | DePaul University | 34900 | 59100 | 0.4093 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 146 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 35000 | 48400 | 0.277 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 147 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35100 | 38100 | 0.0802 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 148 | Coastal Carolina University | 35300 | 44700 | 0.2101 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 149 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35700 | 43500 | 0.1794 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 150 | Boise State University | 35900 | 48800 | 0.2643 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 151 | Salisbury University | 36000 | 40900 | 0.1199 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 152 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 152 | Tennessee Technological University | 36300 | 38500 | 0.0572 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 154 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 49800 | 0.2613 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 155 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 37200 | 46700 | 0.2034 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 156 | Loyola University Chicago | 37500 | 73500 | 0.4896 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 157 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37700 | 51000 | 0.2609 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 158 | Seattle University | 38000 | 69800 | 0.4554 | 4,103 | 1256 | 0.7703 | |
| 159 | Suffolk University | 38400 | 73600 | 0.4785 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 159 | Xavier University | 38400 | 67500 | 0.4312 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 161 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 52900 | 0.2664 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 162 | Hofstra University | 38900 | 74600 | 0.4784 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 163 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 164 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4108 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 165 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40500 | 68600 | 0.4093 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 165 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 41300 | 41300 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 168 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 169 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 41700 | 42500 | 0.0188 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 170 | Arkansas State University | 41900 | 45700 | 0.0832 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 170 | Loyola University Maryland | 41900 | 78800 | 0.4684 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 172 | Old Dominion University | 42200 | 52400 | 0.1945 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 173 | Mercyhurst University | 42400 | 66400 | 0.3616 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 173 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 175 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 176 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43600 | 50300 | 0.1332 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 177 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 178 | Alvernia University | 44900 | 68700 | 0.3465 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 179 | Georgia College & State University | 45200 | 52400 | 0.1374 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 180 | Saint Louis University | 46100 | 74500 | 0.3813 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 181 | Presbyterian College | 47300 | 62700 | 0.2455 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 182 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 183 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 184 | Chapman University | 51300 | 87300 | 0.4125 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 185 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 186 | University of California-Irvine | 55100 | 64800 | 0.1496 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 187 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 56300 | 66500 | 0.1534 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 188 | Santa Clara University | 56500 | 84800 | 0.3339 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.