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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 | 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 | Northern Arizona University | 11600 | 27900 | 0.5837 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 26900 | 0.5645 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 8 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 25700 | 0.5247 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 8 | University of Central Florida | 12200 | 25300 | 0.5172 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12300 | 28900 | 0.5752 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 11 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 12 | University of Georgia | 13800 | 26600 | 0.4812 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 25800 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 14 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14300 | 30100 | 0.5239 | 6,135 | 1055 | 0.7207 | |
| 15 | Union College | 14400 | 92400 | 0.8441 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 16 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 27400 | 0.4711 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 17 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15300 | 24900 | 0.385 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 18 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0757 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 20 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15400 | 25600 | 0.3977 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 21 | Troy University | 15500 | 26700 | 0.4194 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 22 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 22 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 24 | Weber State University | 16100 | 23600 | 0.3174 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 25 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16200 | 23400 | 0.3081 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 27 | Eastern Michigan University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.542 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 27 | Grove City College | 16500 | 39700 | 0.5851 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 27 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4204 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 30 | Arkansas State University | 16600 | 28100 | 0.4095 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 32 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 32 | Tennessee State University | 16700 | 31000 | 0.4614 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 32 | University of Maine | 16700 | 29300 | 0.4303 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 35 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 36 | Appalachian State University | 17200 | 19500 | 0.1194 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 36 | Sam Houston State University | 17200 | 27000 | 0.3631 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 38 | University of Louisville | 17600 | 29100 | 0.3956 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 40 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17800 | 26600 | 0.3312 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 41 | Greensboro College | 17900 | 37800 | 0.5268 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 42 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 43 | East Tennessee State University | 18600 | 26100 | 0.2869 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 43 | University of Mississippi | 18600 | 45000 | 0.5871 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 45 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 19100 | 22300 | 0.1435 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 46 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19200 | 33700 | 0.4311 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 47 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.9315 | |
| 47 | Virginia State University | 19300 | 29500 | 0.3455 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 49 | SUNY Oneonta | 19600 | 29300 | 0.331 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19800 | 29000 | 0.3177 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 51 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19900 | 30500 | 0.3473 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 52 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20000 | 72100 | 0.7224 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 52 | Youngstown State University | 20000 | 34000 | 0.4118 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 54 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 55 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 55 | Utica University | 20500 | 43400 | 0.5272 | 2,329 | 1118 | 0.9195 | |
| 57 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20600 | 52900 | 0.6104 | 1,108 | 990 | 0.6578 | |
| 57 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 57 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20600 | 27700 | 0.2561 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 60 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 20700 | 28500 | 0.274 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 61 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 61 | University of Memphis | 21000 | 26400 | 0.2049 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 63 | Midwestern State University | 21200 | 28600 | 0.2583 | 4,303 | 1010 | 0.9352 | |
| 64 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 763 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 64 | Louisiana Tech University | 21500 | 26100 | 0.1764 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 64 | University of West Florida | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 67 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 68 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 69 | Aquinas College | 22500 | 53400 | 0.5791 | 1,088 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 70 | Hope College | 23000 | 60100 | 0.6171 | 3,395 | 1241 | 0.7924 | |
| 70 | Oklahoma City University | 23000 | 64400 | 0.643 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 72 | Allegheny College | 23500 | 76200 | 0.6912 | 1,171 | 1279 | 0.5457 | |
| 72 | West Texas A & M University | 23500 | 29200 | 0.195 | 6,926 | 1060 | 0.9868 | |
| 74 | Bradley University | 24300 | 50800 | 0.5216 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 24400 | 41300 | 0.4093 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 76 | Boise State University | 24700 | 31200 | 0.2084 | 23,983 | 1135 | 0.8721 | |
| 77 | Lewis University | 24800 | 57700 | 0.57 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 78 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25200 | 31500 | 0.2001 | 6,809 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 79 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25400 | 53800 | 0.528 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 80 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,301 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 80 | Texas State University | 25500 | 25500 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 82 | Western Kentucky University | 25900 | 27000 | 0.0407 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 83 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26200 | 64700 | 0.5953 | 870 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 84 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 85 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 28900 | 0.0745 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 86 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 87 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26900 | 30100 | 0.1047 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 88 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38100 | 0.2888 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 88 | University of the Incarnate Word | 27100 | 61400 | 0.5588 | 4,638 | 1030 | 0.9814 | |
| 90 | Capital University | 27300 | 62400 | 0.5624 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 91 | Missouri Valley College | 27600 | 38200 | 0.2775 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6918 | |
| 92 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 93 | Wichita State University | 28000 | 39800 | 0.2974 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 94 | Oakland University | 28100 | 39300 | 0.2849 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 95 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.623 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 95 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4169 | 1,948 | 1197 | 0.7614 | |
| 95 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 98 | Westminster University | 28400 | 62600 | 0.5466 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 99 | Francis Marion University | 28500 | 40200 | 0.2914 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 99 | George Fox University | 28500 | 69400 | 0.5897 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 101 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 102 | University of Dayton | 28900 | 64200 | 0.5499 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 102 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0693 | 4,525 | 1015 | 0.7118 | |
| 104 | University of North Texas | 29000 | 37400 | 0.2244 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 105 | Jacksonville State University | 29100 | 38200 | 0.2381 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 106 | Marquette University | 29200 | 63800 | 0.5424 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 34000 | 0.1413 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 108 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29400 | 56200 | 0.4776 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29900 | 39700 | 0.247 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 110 | University of West Georgia | 30200 | 46800 | 0.3546 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 111 | Wheaton College | 30400 | 87500 | 0.6525 | 2,150 | 1363 | 0.874 | |
| 112 | South Carolina State University | 30800 | 41600 | 0.2596 | 2,950 | 930 | 0.8262 | |
| 112 | Wofford College | 30800 | 73200 | 0.5786 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 114 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 114 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 82600 | 0.6263 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 116 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4735 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 116 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0785 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 118 | Rider University | 31300 | 60600 | 0.4832 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 119 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 119 | University of North Florida | 31400 | 33000 | 0.0485 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 121 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31600 | 75700 | 0.5823 | 1,525 | 1281 | 0.556 | |
| 122 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1031 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 123 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31800 | 36700 | 0.1334 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 124 | Azusa Pacific University | 32300 | 66600 | 0.5147 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 125 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 126 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 32500 | 38700 | 0.1603 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 127 | Berry College | 32600 | 60900 | 0.465 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 127 | Samford University | 32600 | 64600 | 0.4955 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 129 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 130 | Cleveland State University | 33500 | 37300 | 0.1019 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 131 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 132 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 133 | Washburn University | 34600 | 38400 | 0.0989 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 134 | Coastal Carolina University | 34800 | 45100 | 0.2281 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 135 | Beloit College | 34900 | 81400 | 0.5709 | 1,004 | 1299 | 0.6304 | |
| 136 | Cedarville University | 35800 | 57000 | 0.3711 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 137 | Georgia State University | 36600 | 45400 | 0.1939 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 137 | Loyola University Maryland | 36600 | 78800 | 0.5356 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 139 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 140 | Westmont College | 37400 | 80000 | 0.5322 | 1,302 | 1335 | 0.7705 | |
| 141 | Northwest Nazarene University | 37600 | 62800 | 0.4011 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.6474 | |
| 142 | University of Redlands | 38100 | 84200 | 0.5478 | 2,049 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 143 | Hofstra University | 38200 | 76900 | 0.5032 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 144 | Clark Atlanta University | 38500 | 51900 | 0.2581 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 145 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38600 | 52900 | 0.2704 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 145 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53100 | 0.2729 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 147 | Saint Francis University | 38700 | 63100 | 0.3867 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 148 | Loyola University Chicago | 39000 | 74100 | 0.4735 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 149 | Xavier University | 39300 | 68100 | 0.4232 | 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 | |
| 154 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 155 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 156 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40800 | 48500 | 0.1587 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 157 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41500 | 46000 | 0.0978 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 158 | Seattle University | 41900 | 75000 | 0.4411 | 4,078 | 1305 | 0.7692 | |
| 159 | Susquehanna University | 42000 | 76800 | 0.4533 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 160 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 161 | Widener University | 43600 | 79400 | 0.451 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 162 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 163 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 164 | Georgia College & State University | 45400 | 52400 | 0.1336 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 165 | Saint Louis University | 46200 | 80900 | 0.4287 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 166 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 167 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1538 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 169 | Chapman University | 51500 | 93100 | 0.4469 | 7,713 | 1353 | 0.6543 | |
| 170 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51700 | 52800 | 0.0208 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 171 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 172 | Santa Clara University | 57600 | 85400 | 0.3255 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 173 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 174 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 175 | Presbyterian College | 61000 | 62700 | 0.0271 | 853 | 1120 | 0.6837 | |
| 176 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 177 | 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.