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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 | Patrick Henry College | 6700 | 42000 | 0.8399 | 425 | 1345 | 0.7744 | |
| 2 | Washington University in St Louis | 9600 | 96200 | 0.9006 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 3 | Arkansas Tech University | 9800 | 22900 | 0.5715 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 4 | Francis Marion University | 10100 | 25400 | 0.6021 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 6 | Marshall University | 11800 | 27100 | 0.5636 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 7 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11900 | 24800 | 0.5215 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 8 | University of West Florida | 12800 | 21500 | 0.4041 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 9 | University of Maine at Farmington | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5142 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13100 | 37100 | 0.6464 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 11 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13300 | 24400 | 0.4554 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 24800 | 0.424 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | University of North Florida | 14300 | 22400 | 0.3621 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 15 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 23300 | 0.3776 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 16 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 17 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14700 | 28600 | 0.4855 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 17 | University of Idaho | 14700 | 26400 | 0.4429 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 19 | Midwestern State University | 14900 | 21600 | 0.3098 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 20 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15900 | 22600 | 0.2961 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 21 | Washburn University | 16300 | 25200 | 0.3528 | 5,331 | 1015 | 1 | |
| 22 | Appalachian State University | 16400 | 19500 | 0.1588 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16400 | 24900 | 0.3409 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 24 | Grand Valley State University | 16600 | 25300 | 0.3443 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 24 | Oakland University | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4077 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 24 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16600 | 26800 | 0.3808 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 27 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16800 | 22300 | 0.2464 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 28 | Arkansas State University | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3917 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 28 | Jacksonville State University | 17100 | 26600 | 0.3574 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 28 | Weber State University | 17100 | 22100 | 0.2264 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 31 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23300 | 0.2566 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 31 | Sam Houston State University | 17300 | 23000 | 0.2478 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 33 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17600 | 26300 | 0.3312 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 34 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17800 | 33600 | 0.4699 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 35 | Northern Arizona University | 18000 | 32000 | 0.4372 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 36 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 37 | Union College | 18600 | 91000 | 0.7957 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 38 | Angelo State University | 18700 | 23100 | 0.1897 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 38 | Greensboro College | 18700 | 37800 | 0.5052 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 40 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 41 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan University | 19100 | 36100 | 0.4709 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 41 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 44 | East Tennessee State University | 19200 | 26400 | 0.2748 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 45 | University of Memphis | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2695 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 46 | Youngstown State University | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3307 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 47 | Georgia State University | 20000 | 26000 | 0.2309 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 47 | University of West Georgia | 20000 | 23600 | 0.1523 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 49 | Beloit College | 20300 | 75600 | 0.7318 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 49 | Iowa State University | 20300 | 24200 | 0.1626 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 51 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 51 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 21000 | 28500 | 0.2635 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 53 | Niagara University | 21200 | 57400 | 0.6304 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 54 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 55 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 56 | Georgia College & State University | 21600 | 21600 | 0 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 57 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 58 | Dillard University | 21800 | 50400 | 0.5677 | 1,117 | 1080 | 0.4051 | |
| 59 | Ave Maria University | 22300 | 44800 | 0.502 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 60 | University of California-Irvine | 22800 | 35300 | 0.3545 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 61 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 62 | Bradley University | 23000 | 50900 | 0.5481 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 63 | Grove City College | 23100 | 37200 | 0.3791 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 64 | Berry College | 23200 | 60800 | 0.6182 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 65 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 65 | University of Central Florida | 23600 | 31400 | 0.2482 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 67 | Bentley University | 23900 | 84500 | 0.7169 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 68 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 24100 | 24500 | 0.0163 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 68 | Utica University | 24100 | 41100 | 0.4133 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 70 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 71 | Miami University-Oxford | 25000 | 27200 | 0.0807 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 72 | St Bonaventure University | 25200 | 61000 | 0.5865 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 73 | University of North Dakota | 25300 | 27700 | 0.0863 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 73 | West Texas A & M University | 25300 | 27100 | 0.0664 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 75 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 75 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 77 | Allegheny College | 25600 | 75200 | 0.6593 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 78 | Lewis University | 25700 | 57400 | 0.5519 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 79 | South Dakota State University | 25800 | 28700 | 0.1005 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 79 | University of Arkansas | 25800 | 27700 | 0.068 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 81 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 81 | Loyola University New Orleans | 25900 | 71100 | 0.636 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 84 | Westmont College | 26000 | 96600 | 0.7311 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 85 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5966 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 86 | Aquinas College | 26200 | 53300 | 0.5086 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 87 | Hope College | 26300 | 60100 | 0.5622 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 88 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 26600 | 48200 | 0.4483 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 88 | Westminster University | 26600 | 59500 | 0.5526 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 90 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 26800 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 91 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26900 | 68400 | 0.6068 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 92 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 35200 | 0.2328 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania Western University | 27100 | 35600 | 0.239 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 94 | Lamar University | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2782 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 95 | Capital University | 27500 | 68600 | 0.5992 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 95 | Cornell College | 27500 | 72200 | 0.6189 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 95 | Troy University | 27500 | 32600 | 0.1564 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 98 | Missouri Valley College | 27600 | 38100 | 0.2756 | 1,558 | 985 | 0.5269 | |
| 99 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 27700 | 53300 | 0.4802 | 2,803 | 1105 | 0.9576 | |
| 100 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27900 | 54800 | 0.4907 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 101 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 102 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 103 | Cleveland State University | 28300 | 37300 | 0.2414 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 103 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 28300 | 28300 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 105 | California State University-Long Beach | 28400 | 38400 | 0.2608 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 105 | John Brown University | 28400 | 48300 | 0.4114 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 107 | Mississippi State University | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1201 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 108 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 109 | University of Louisville | 28700 | 29100 | 0.0138 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 110 | The College of Wooster | 28800 | 79200 | 0.6362 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 111 | George Fox University | 29100 | 67100 | 0.5667 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 112 | Western Illinois University | 29200 | 31000 | 0.0607 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 113 | Tennessee State University | 29300 | 39300 | 0.2547 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 114 | Lehigh University | 29800 | 85700 | 0.6526 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 115 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29900 | 36500 | 0.1809 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 116 | Belmont University | 30400 | 67800 | 0.5512 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 116 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 30400 | 41000 | 0.2583 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 118 | University of Redlands | 30500 | 81400 | 0.6252 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 119 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30600 | 73700 | 0.5846 | 1,525 | 1241 | 0.556 | |
| 120 | South Carolina State University | 30700 | 41600 | 0.262 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
| 121 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 121 | Carroll University | 30900 | 61400 | 0.4966 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 123 | Azusa Pacific University | 31000 | 66000 | 0.5305 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 123 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 125 | Gannon University | 31100 | 45300 | 0.3135 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 125 | Wofford College | 31100 | 73200 | 0.575 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 127 | North Carolina State University | 31300 | 53000 | 0.4091 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 128 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31700 | 36700 | 0.1363 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 129 | Hampton University | 32100 | 47000 | 0.3171 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 129 | Old Dominion University | 32100 | 35700 | 0.1009 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 129 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 82700 | 0.6119 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 132 | Rider University | 32300 | 64300 | 0.4975 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 133 | Samford University | 32400 | 65200 | 0.503 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 134 | Virginia State University | 32500 | 42200 | 0.23 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 135 | Widener University | 32700 | 75300 | 0.5655 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 136 | University of Dayton | 33200 | 64100 | 0.482 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 137 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 138 | Baylor University | 34400 | 70800 | 0.5138 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34900 | 0.0039 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 141 | DePaul University | 35200 | 59100 | 0.4042 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 142 | Cedarville University | 35300 | 55100 | 0.3606 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 142 | Tennessee Technological University | 35300 | 37100 | 0.0508 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 142 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 35300 | 48400 | 0.2708 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 145 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35400 | 38100 | 0.0718 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 146 | Coastal Carolina University | 35600 | 44700 | 0.2034 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 147 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35800 | 38700 | 0.0746 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 148 | Boise State University | 36000 | 48800 | 0.2623 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 148 | Salisbury University | 36000 | 40900 | 0.1199 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 148 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 36000 | 43500 | 0.1725 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 151 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 151 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36300 | 42400 | 0.1438 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 153 | Alvernia University | 36400 | 68700 | 0.4703 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 154 | University of Maine | 36500 | 45100 | 0.1907 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 155 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 49800 | 0.2613 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 156 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37000 | 38900 | 0.0484 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 157 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37700 | 51000 | 0.2605 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 158 | Wichita State University | 38000 | 39600 | 0.0404 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 159 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 159 | Xavier University | 38400 | 67500 | 0.4312 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 161 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38500 | 44500 | 0.135 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 161 | Suffolk University | 38500 | 73600 | 0.4771 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 163 | Seattle University | 38700 | 69800 | 0.4453 | 4,103 | 1256 | 0.7703 | |
| 164 | Saint Vincent College | 38800 | 60700 | 0.3605 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 165 | Loyola University Chicago | 39000 | 73500 | 0.4692 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 165 | University of Wyoming | 39000 | 43800 | 0.1114 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 167 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 167 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 169 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 170 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40600 | 68600 | 0.4079 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 171 | Marquette University | 41200 | 75100 | 0.4515 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 172 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 41300 | 41300 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 41800 | 74600 | 0.4395 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 174 | Loyola University Maryland | 42000 | 78800 | 0.4671 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 175 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 176 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 177 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 177 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43700 | 52100 | 0.1612 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 179 | Mercyhurst University | 43900 | 66400 | 0.339 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 180 | Saint Louis University | 45700 | 74500 | 0.3867 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 181 | Chapman University | 46600 | 87300 | 0.4663 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 182 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 183 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 184 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 56700 | 66500 | 0.1474 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 185 | Santa Clara University | 57200 | 84800 | 0.3256 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 186 | Presbyterian College | 61900 | 62700 | 0.0128 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.