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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 South Dakota.
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 South Dakota.
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 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11600 | 24800 | 0.5328 | 6,809 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 26900 | 0.5645 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 8 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 25300 | 0.5014 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 9 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12800 | 28900 | 0.5579 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 25000 | 0.4793 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 11 | Lamar University | 13100 | 22900 | 0.4274 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 12 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13800 | 43000 | 0.679 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 13 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 34400 | 0.5815 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 25800 | 0.4369 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | Union College | 15000 | 92400 | 0.8376 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 16 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 38000 | 0.6003 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 17 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 17 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 19 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 20 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 22 | Weber State University | 16300 | 23600 | 0.3089 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | Tennessee State University | 16500 | 39200 | 0.5786 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 23 | University of North Texas | 16500 | 26100 | 0.3684 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 25 | Grove City College | 16800 | 39700 | 0.5776 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 36100 | 0.5309 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 27 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 28 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 29 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 30 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 30 | Greensboro College | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5158 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 32 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2011 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 33 | University of Mississippi | 18600 | 45000 | 0.5871 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 34 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19200 | 31000 | 0.3811 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 34 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19200 | 33700 | 0.4314 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 36 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.9315 | |
| 37 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3276 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 38 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 38 | University of Arizona | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3501 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 40 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 40 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20300 | 72100 | 0.7183 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 40 | Youngstown State University | 20300 | 34000 | 0.403 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 43 | Georgia State University | 20400 | 26000 | 0.2155 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 43 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 45 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20500 | 52900 | 0.6123 | 1,108 | 990 | 0.6578 | |
| 45 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 20500 | 42900 | 0.5227 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 | |
| 47 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 48 | Utica University | 20900 | 43400 | 0.518 | 2,329 | 1118 | 0.9195 | |
| 49 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 21200 | 27800 | 0.237 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 50 | University of Memphis | 21300 | 29600 | 0.2807 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 51 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 763 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 51 | Midwestern State University | 21500 | 28600 | 0.2478 | 4,303 | 1010 | 0.9352 | |
| 53 | Louisiana Tech University | 21900 | 26100 | 0.1611 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 54 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 55 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 56 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22600 | 33600 | 0.3271 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 57 | Northern Arizona University | 23200 | 34100 | 0.322 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 58 | Allegheny College | 23400 | 76200 | 0.6925 | 1,171 | 1279 | 0.5457 | |
| 58 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23400 | 36800 | 0.3638 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 60 | Aquinas College | 23500 | 53400 | 0.5604 | 1,088 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 61 | Hope College | 23600 | 60100 | 0.6071 | 3,395 | 1241 | 0.7924 | |
| 61 | Oklahoma City University | 23600 | 64400 | 0.6337 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 63 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3458 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 63 | West Texas A & M University | 23800 | 29200 | 0.1848 | 6,926 | 1060 | 0.9868 | |
| 65 | East Tennessee State University | 24000 | 30600 | 0.2155 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 66 | Bradley University | 24700 | 50800 | 0.5137 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 66 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 27500 | 0.1019 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 25000 | 41300 | 0.3947 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25300 | 34400 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | Lewis University | 25500 | 57700 | 0.5578 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 71 | Ave Maria University | 25600 | 46600 | 0.4508 | 1,301 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 72 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25700 | 53800 | 0.5225 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 73 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 41800 | 0.3827 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 74 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0928 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 75 | Rider University | 26000 | 60600 | 0.5707 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 76 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 76 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26500 | 64700 | 0.5907 | 870 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 78 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 28900 | 0.0745 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 79 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 80 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26900 | 30100 | 0.1047 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 80 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 82 | University of the Incarnate Word | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5555 | 4,638 | 1030 | 0.9814 | |
| 83 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 84 | Capital University | 27500 | 62400 | 0.5592 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 84 | Missouri Valley College | 27500 | 38200 | 0.2802 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6918 | |
| 84 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27500 | 39800 | 0.3105 | 6,135 | 1055 | 0.7207 | |
| 84 | University of South Dakota | 27500 | 29600 | 0.0726 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 88 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 36500 | 0.2385 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 89 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 90 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 90 | Wichita State University | 28000 | 39800 | 0.2974 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 92 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.623 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 92 | Iowa State University | 28200 | 42800 | 0.3414 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 92 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4169 | 1,948 | 1197 | 0.7614 | |
| 92 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 96 | Westminster University | 28400 | 62600 | 0.5466 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 97 | Francis Marion University | 28600 | 40200 | 0.2889 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 97 | Oakland University | 28600 | 39300 | 0.2721 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 99 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0693 | 4,525 | 1015 | 0.7118 | |
| 100 | University of Dayton | 29100 | 64200 | 0.5468 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 100 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34000 | 0.1442 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 102 | George Fox University | 29200 | 69400 | 0.5796 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 103 | Jacksonville State University | 29300 | 38200 | 0.2328 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 104 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29500 | 56200 | 0.4758 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 105 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 30200 | 39700 | 0.2394 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 106 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 107 | Wheaton College | 30400 | 87500 | 0.6525 | 2,150 | 1363 | 0.874 | |
| 108 | Wofford College | 30800 | 73200 | 0.5786 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 109 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 109 | South Carolina State University | 30900 | 41600 | 0.2572 | 2,950 | 930 | 0.8262 | |
| 109 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 82600 | 0.6263 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 112 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 113 | University of West Florida | 31100 | 38000 | 0.1814 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 114 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 115 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31500 | 75700 | 0.5836 | 1,525 | 1281 | 0.556 | |
| 116 | University of North Florida | 31800 | 33000 | 0.0364 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 117 | University of Louisville | 32000 | 42000 | 0.2379 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 118 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 119 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 120 | Berry College | 32500 | 60900 | 0.4666 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 121 | Marquette University | 32800 | 66500 | 0.5067 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 121 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 123 | Samford University | 32900 | 64600 | 0.4908 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 124 | Suffolk University | 33200 | 70300 | 0.5277 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 125 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 126 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55300 | 0.3889 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 127 | Salisbury University | 33900 | 41700 | 0.1868 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 129 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34600 | 41000 | 0.1567 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 129 | Washburn University | 34600 | 38400 | 0.0989 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 131 | Beloit College | 34800 | 81400 | 0.5721 | 1,004 | 1299 | 0.6304 | |
| 132 | Coastal Carolina University | 35100 | 45100 | 0.2215 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 133 | Cedarville University | 35800 | 57000 | 0.3711 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 134 | Loyola University Maryland | 36100 | 78800 | 0.542 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 135 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 36600 | 56700 | 0.3543 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 135 | Virginia State University | 36600 | 42200 | 0.1328 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 137 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 138 | Westmont College | 37300 | 80000 | 0.5334 | 1,302 | 1335 | 0.7705 | |
| 139 | Northwest Nazarene University | 37600 | 62800 | 0.4011 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.6474 | |
| 140 | University of Redlands | 37900 | 84200 | 0.5501 | 2,049 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 141 | Clark Atlanta University | 38400 | 51900 | 0.26 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 141 | Hofstra University | 38400 | 76900 | 0.5006 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38400 | 53100 | 0.2767 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 144 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38700 | 38700 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 145 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 146 | Loyola University Chicago | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 147 | Saint Francis University | 39200 | 63100 | 0.3788 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 148 | Xavier University | 39300 | 68100 | 0.4232 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 149 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4493 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 149 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3895 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 151 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 151 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 153 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 154 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 155 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 41000 | 0.0171 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 155 | University of Maine | 40300 | 45200 | 0.1085 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 157 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 158 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 41300 | 42300 | 0.0237 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 159 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41800 | 46000 | 0.0913 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 159 | Seattle University | 41800 | 75000 | 0.4424 | 4,078 | 1305 | 0.7692 | |
| 161 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 53600 | 0.2165 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 162 | Susquehanna University | 42200 | 76800 | 0.4507 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 163 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 164 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 164 | Widener University | 43500 | 79400 | 0.4523 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 166 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 167 | Boise State University | 45400 | 50000 | 0.092 | 23,983 | 1135 | 0.8721 | |
| 168 | Saint Louis University | 46000 | 80900 | 0.4312 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 169 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47800 | 48600 | 0.0165 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 170 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 171 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 172 | Chapman University | 51500 | 93100 | 0.4469 | 7,713 | 1353 | 0.6543 | |
| 173 | Santa Clara University | 57600 | 85400 | 0.3255 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 174 | Molloy University | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0418 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 175 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 176 | Presbyterian College | 61100 | 62700 | 0.0255 | 853 | 1120 | 0.6837 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.