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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 Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11200 | 25000 | 0.5512 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11600 | 48200 | 0.7598 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 7 | Wichita State University | 11700 | 29800 | 0.6086 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 8 | Tennessee State University | 12500 | 48200 | 0.7399 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 9 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12700 | 43000 | 0.7046 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 10 | Saginaw Valley State University | 13000 | 28600 | 0.5467 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 11 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 13 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 14 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13900 | 27800 | 0.4992 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14200 | 19400 | 0.2681 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 16 | Coastal Carolina University | 14300 | 27200 | 0.4744 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 16 | Middle Tennessee State University | 14300 | 23300 | 0.3857 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 18 | University of West Florida | 14400 | 21500 | 0.3298 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 20 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 35900 | 0.5954 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 20 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech University | 14700 | 36900 | 0.6015 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 23 | Union College | 14900 | 92400 | 0.8387 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 24 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 24 | University of Georgia | 15100 | 26600 | 0.4308 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 26 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15200 | 22600 | 0.3271 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 26 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 28 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 29 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3846 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 30 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 23000 | 0.3088 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 31 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 31 | University of Maine at Farmington | 16100 | 23200 | 0.3046 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 31 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 34 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 35 | University of North Florida | 16400 | 22400 | 0.2682 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 36 | Jacksonville State University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5399 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 37 | Lamar University | 16700 | 22900 | 0.2704 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 38 | Oakland University | 16800 | 28200 | 0.4045 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 39 | Eastern Michigan University | 17000 | 32000 | 0.467 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 40 | Appalachian State University | 17100 | 19500 | 0.1232 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 41 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 17200 | 22300 | 0.2285 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 42 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17300 | 24900 | 0.3048 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 43 | Weber State University | 17600 | 41300 | 0.5733 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 44 | Greensboro College | 17700 | 37800 | 0.5317 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 44 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 46 | Francis Marion University | 17800 | 24100 | 0.2619 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 46 | Georgia State University | 17800 | 26000 | 0.3156 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 48 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 48 | University of Louisville | 18100 | 29100 | 0.3784 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 50 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 50 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 18300 | 20700 | 0.1159 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 52 | Georgia Southern University | 18400 | 23800 | 0.2273 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 52 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18400 | 52500 | 0.6495 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 54 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2005 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 54 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18500 | 26700 | 0.3071 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 56 | SUNY Oneonta | 18700 | 29300 | 0.3618 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 57 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 58 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 965 | 0.4823 | |
| 59 | East Tennessee State University | 19400 | 26300 | 0.261 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 60 | University of West Georgia | 19600 | 24900 | 0.213 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 61 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 62 | Midwestern State University | 20100 | 28600 | 0.2967 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 63 | Boise State University | 20600 | 59700 | 0.655 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 63 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 65 | Grove City College | 20800 | 39700 | 0.4767 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 65 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 65 | South Carolina State University | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3062 | 2,950 | 910 | 0.8262 | |
| 68 | Utica University | 21000 | 43400 | 0.5157 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 69 | University of the Incarnate Word | 21200 | 73100 | 0.7102 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21300 | 26600 | 0.1992 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 71 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 72 | Kennesaw State University | 21700 | 26600 | 0.1844 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 72 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21700 | 42700 | 0.4919 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 74 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 75 | Bradley University | 22200 | 50800 | 0.5629 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 75 | West Texas A & M University | 22200 | 22400 | 0.0089 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 77 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22500 | 59600 | 0.6225 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 78 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22600 | 43000 | 0.474 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 79 | Allegheny College | 23500 | 75400 | 0.6888 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 80 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 81 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 24000 | 58100 | 0.5865 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 82 | Ave Maria University | 24300 | 45400 | 0.4646 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 82 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24300 | 26300 | 0.0761 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 84 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 85 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 86 | University of Redlands | 25400 | 84200 | 0.6987 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 87 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25500 | 31500 | 0.1906 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 88 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.077 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 89 | Lewis University | 25700 | 57700 | 0.5544 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 89 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 91 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6595 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 92 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0923 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 93 | Hope College | 26000 | 60100 | 0.5672 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 94 | Grand Valley State University | 26100 | 36300 | 0.2814 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 95 | Aquinas College | 26200 | 53400 | 0.5098 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 95 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 26200 | 39200 | 0.3317 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 97 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26400 | 59900 | 0.5592 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 98 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26500 | 53800 | 0.5076 | 2,803 | 1085 | 0.9576 | |
| 98 | Westminster University | 26500 | 81400 | 0.6745 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 100 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26600 | 61400 | 0.566 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 101 | Oklahoma City University | 26700 | 62200 | 0.5706 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 102 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 102 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2984 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 102 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 102 | Washburn University | 27000 | 36300 | 0.2559 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 102 | Western Kentucky University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 107 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 108 | Capital University | 27500 | 80300 | 0.6576 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 109 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27800 | 67800 | 0.5902 | 936 | 995 | 0.8003 | |
| 110 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 111 | Missouri Valley College | 28100 | 38200 | 0.2645 | 1,558 | 1010 | 0.5269 | |
| 112 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6229 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 112 | George Fox University | 28200 | 76800 | 0.6328 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 112 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4166 | 1,882 | 1220 | 0.6764 | |
| 112 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 116 | Marquette University | 28500 | 66200 | 0.5692 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 116 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 28500 | 28500 | 0 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 118 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 119 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 119 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0688 | 4,525 | 1000 | 0.7118 | |
| 121 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 121 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 121 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 82600 | 0.6261 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 121 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5784 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 125 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 126 | Beloit College | 31200 | 97600 | 0.6802 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 126 | Carroll University | 31200 | 61500 | 0.4929 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 126 | Samford University | 31200 | 78000 | 0.5997 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 129 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 129 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 85400 | 0.6238 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 131 | University of Dayton | 32200 | 64200 | 0.4985 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 132 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32300 | 93400 | 0.6544 | 1,525 | 1283 | 0.556 | |
| 133 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 134 | Rider University | 32700 | 60600 | 0.4604 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 134 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 136 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 137 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 138 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55900 | 0.3956 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 139 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34300 | 53400 | 0.3578 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 141 | Hofstra University | 35000 | 77000 | 0.5453 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 142 | Virginia State University | 35100 | 42200 | 0.1684 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 143 | Loyola University Chicago | 35400 | 73600 | 0.5191 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 144 | Loyola University Maryland | 35700 | 78800 | 0.547 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 145 | Berry College | 35800 | 60900 | 0.4124 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 145 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 147 | Cedarville University | 35900 | 57000 | 0.3709 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 148 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 148 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 150 | Xavier University | 37400 | 67500 | 0.446 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 151 | Westmont College | 38200 | 80300 | 0.5243 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 152 | Saint Francis University | 38600 | 62800 | 0.3856 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 153 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 154 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 154 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 156 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 157 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 40600 | 0.0071 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 158 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 159 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 160 | Seattle University | 41600 | 74600 | 0.4422 | 4,103 | 1243 | 0.7703 | |
| 161 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 162 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 163 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 164 | Saint Louis University | 44400 | 80900 | 0.451 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 165 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44600 | 53700 | 0.1694 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 166 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 167 | Molloy University | 48800 | 62300 | 0.2168 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49100 | 67100 | 0.2682 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 169 | Chapman University | 51300 | 94000 | 0.4544 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 170 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 171 | Santa Clara University | 57700 | 85400 | 0.3244 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 172 | Presbyterian College | 60100 | 62700 | 0.0414 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 173 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 174 | University of California-Irvine | 72600 | 74700 | 0.0281 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 175 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82000 | 82000 | 0 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.