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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 Texas.
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 Texas.
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 | Dallas College | 5600 | 16500 | 0.6604 | 125,613 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 8300 | 91800 | 0.9096 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 4 | Houston City College | 9300 | 15100 | 0.3854 | 59,451 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 6 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 7 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11500 | 24800 | 0.5368 | 7,393 | 1125 | 0.8968 | |
| 8 | University of West Florida | 12300 | 21500 | 0.4274 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 9 | University of Central Florida | 12500 | 25300 | 0.5053 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12600 | 28900 | 0.5648 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 11 | Lamar University | 12800 | 23000 | 0.4413 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 12 | Colorado College | 12900 | 98000 | 0.8688 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 12 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 25100 | 0.4809 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 15 | San Jacinto Community College | 13300 | 16800 | 0.208 | 33,215 | 1135 | 1 | |
| 16 | Western Kentucky University | 13400 | 27000 | 0.5029 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 17 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13500 | 30100 | 0.5515 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 18 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 19 | Francis Marion University | 14200 | 24100 | 0.4115 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 20 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14300 | 30100 | 0.5243 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 21 | Midwestern State University | 14600 | 21800 | 0.3278 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 22 | Union College | 14900 | 92400 | 0.8387 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 23 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15000 | 23500 | 0.36 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 24 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 25 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 25 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15600 | 25000 | 0.3748 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 28 | Texas State University | 15700 | 25500 | 0.3859 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15700 | 26700 | 0.4119 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 30 | Jacksonville State University | 16200 | 27000 | 0.4007 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16400 | 26200 | 0.373 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 32 | Tennessee State University | 16500 | 39200 | 0.5786 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 33 | Eastern Michigan University | 16800 | 36100 | 0.5348 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University | 17200 | 40900 | 0.5792 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 35 | Sam Houston State University | 17300 | 27000 | 0.36 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 36 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 37 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 38 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 26600 | 0.3236 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 39 | Greensboro College | 18200 | 37800 | 0.5184 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 40 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 41 | Youngstown State University | 18600 | 34000 | 0.453 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 42 | East Tennessee State University | 18900 | 26100 | 0.2754 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 43 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2615 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 44 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,967 | 940 | 0.9602 | |
| 45 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19500 | 33700 | 0.422 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 45 | Virginia State University | 19500 | 29500 | 0.3387 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 47 | Georgia Southern University | 19800 | 20100 | 0.0149 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 47 | University of Mississippi | 19800 | 27000 | 0.2666 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 49 | Wichita State University | 20000 | 29800 | 0.3285 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 50 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20100 | 72100 | 0.721 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 51 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 51 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 53 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 53 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 55 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20600 | 53000 | 0.611 | 1,108 | 990 | 1 | |
| 56 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 56 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20700 | 27700 | 0.2525 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 58 | Angelo State University | 20800 | 23100 | 0.099 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 59 | South Carolina State University | 20900 | 30000 | 0.3029 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 60 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 60 | West Texas A & M University | 21000 | 29100 | 0.2787 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 62 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 21100 | 27800 | 0.2406 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 63 | University of Memphis | 21300 | 26400 | 0.1935 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 64 | Louisiana Tech University | 21700 | 25300 | 0.1424 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 65 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 66 | Bradley University | 22100 | 50800 | 0.5649 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 66 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 68 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 69 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 70 | Oklahoma City University | 23200 | 64400 | 0.6399 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 71 | Bentley University | 23300 | 85500 | 0.7274 | 4,620 | 1323 | 0.4729 | |
| 71 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23300 | 41000 | 0.4319 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 73 | Hope College | 23400 | 60100 | 0.6104 | 3,427 | 1216 | 0.8712 | |
| 74 | Allegheny College | 23800 | 76200 | 0.6878 | 1,125 | 1243 | 0.5877 | |
| 75 | Utica University | 24000 | 43400 | 0.4466 | 2,191 | 1214 | 0.9187 | |
| 76 | Park University | 24600 | 31300 | 0.2144 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 77 | Boise State University | 24800 | 31200 | 0.2052 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 77 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 24800 | 53800 | 0.5397 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 80 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 80 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 82 | Dillard University | 25500 | 53600 | 0.5247 | 1,070 | 1055 | 0.7371 | |
| 82 | University of Dayton | 25500 | 64200 | 0.6029 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 84 | Ave Maria University | 25600 | 46600 | 0.4508 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 84 | Iowa State University | 25600 | 43300 | 0.4092 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 84 | Wheaton College | 25600 | 87500 | 0.7072 | 2,181 | 1357 | 0.8491 | |
| 87 | Lewis University | 25700 | 57700 | 0.5544 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 88 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 89 | Georgia State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 90 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5967 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 91 | Northern Arizona University | 26200 | 43200 | 0.3924 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 92 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26400 | 64700 | 0.5922 | 871 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 93 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 93 | St Bonaventure University | 26600 | 61200 | 0.5653 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 95 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 96 | University of the Incarnate Word | 27100 | 61500 | 0.5593 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 97 | Oakland University | 27200 | 39300 | 0.3077 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 98 | Capital University | 27300 | 62400 | 0.5624 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 99 | Missouri Valley College | 27600 | 38200 | 0.2775 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6922 | |
| 100 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 101 | John Brown University | 28000 | 48300 | 0.4198 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 102 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 102 | George Fox University | 28100 | 69400 | 0.5954 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 104 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 28500 | 28500 | 0 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 104 | Westminster University | 28500 | 62600 | 0.545 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28800 | 31800 | 0.0943 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 107 | University of North Texas | 28900 | 37400 | 0.2271 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 108 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29100 | 39700 | 0.2671 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 109 | Marquette University | 29500 | 63800 | 0.5377 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 110 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30300 | 33600 | 0.098 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 110 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 112 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 43300 | 0.2954 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 113 | Wofford College | 30700 | 73200 | 0.5805 | 1,781 | 1305 | 0.5487 | |
| 114 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 114 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 114 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 83100 | 0.6278 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 117 | Rider University | 31300 | 60600 | 0.4832 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 118 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31400 | 59100 | 0.4684 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 118 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 120 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 120 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31500 | 75700 | 0.5836 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 122 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 123 | Berry College | 32400 | 60900 | 0.4682 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 125 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 126 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 127 | Ursinus College | 33200 | 83700 | 0.6038 | 1,378 | 1303 | 0.9285 | |
| 128 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 129 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 130 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 131 | Loyola University Maryland | 34100 | 78800 | 0.5673 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 132 | Beloit College | 34900 | 81400 | 0.5709 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 134 | Coastal Carolina University | 35200 | 45100 | 0.2193 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 134 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 35200 | 38700 | 0.0905 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 136 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3736 | 5,794 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 137 | Hofstra University | 36600 | 76900 | 0.524 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 138 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 139 | Marymount Manhattan College | 37400 | 69900 | 0.4649 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 140 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38000 | 62800 | 0.3948 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 140 | University of Redlands | 38000 | 84200 | 0.549 | 1,941 | 1233 | 0.8272 | |
| 142 | Seton Hall University | 38100 | 67400 | 0.4345 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 143 | Xavier University | 38400 | 68100 | 0.4364 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 144 | Alvernia University | 38500 | 69400 | 0.4451 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 145 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 145 | Saint Francis University | 39100 | 63100 | 0.3804 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 145 | Westmont College | 39100 | 80000 | 0.5109 | 1,311 | 1315 | 0.8059 | |
| 148 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4513 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 148 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 150 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 151 | University of Maine | 39800 | 45200 | 0.1195 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 151 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 153 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40000 | 50000 | 0.2002 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 154 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 155 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 41000 | 0.0171 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 156 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40400 | 44100 | 0.0839 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 157 | Loyola University Chicago | 40600 | 74100 | 0.4519 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 158 | Butler University | 41300 | 72400 | 0.4297 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 159 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41700 | 46000 | 0.0934 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 160 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 53600 | 0.2203 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 161 | Susquehanna University | 42100 | 76800 | 0.452 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 162 | Seattle University | 42400 | 85100 | 0.5015 | 4,370 | 1299 | 0.7313 | |
| 162 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 164 | Widener University | 43200 | 79400 | 0.4561 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 165 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 166 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 46700 | 55800 | 0.1631 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 167 | Saint Louis University | 48400 | 80900 | 0.4015 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 170 | Chapman University | 52500 | 93100 | 0.4361 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 171 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52600 | 52800 | 0.0038 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 172 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 172 | Santa Clara University | 57400 | 85400 | 0.3279 | 6,695 | 1399 | 0.4788 | |
| 174 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 175 | Presbyterian College | 62700 | 62700 | 0 | 903 | 1150 | 0.6515 | |
| 176 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 177 | Mercyhurst University | 65900 | 68000 | 0.0309 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 178 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 179 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.