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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 | 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 | Austin Community College District | 8300 | 21500 | 0.6125 | 39,727 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9091 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 6 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11500 | 24800 | 0.5368 | 6,809 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 7 | Northern Arizona University | 11600 | 27900 | 0.5837 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 8 | Lamar University | 12800 | 23000 | 0.4413 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 9 | San Jacinto Community College | 13300 | 16800 | 0.208 | 31,812 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14300 | 30100 | 0.5239 | 6,135 | 1055 | 0.7207 | |
| 11 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 25800 | 0.4414 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 12 | Grand Valley State University | 14500 | 25300 | 0.4274 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 13 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 27400 | 0.4675 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 14 | Union College | 14800 | 92400 | 0.8397 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 15 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15000 | 23500 | 0.36 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 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 | University of West Georgia | 15800 | 24600 | 0.3581 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15900 | 25000 | 0.3628 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 20 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15900 | 23200 | 0.3121 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 22 | Appalachian State University | 16200 | 19500 | 0.1693 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 22 | Jacksonville State University | 16200 | 27000 | 0.4007 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 22 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16200 | 26800 | 0.3959 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 22 | Weber State University | 16200 | 23600 | 0.3131 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Tennessee State University | 16300 | 39200 | 0.5836 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 26 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16300 | 26200 | 0.3768 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 28 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16400 | 27800 | 0.4093 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 29 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4204 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 29 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16500 | 22300 | 0.2598 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 29 | University of North Texas | 16500 | 26200 | 0.3709 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 36100 | 0.5365 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 32 | Grove City College | 16700 | 39700 | 0.5801 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 35 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 20100 | 0.1539 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 36 | Sam Houston State University | 17300 | 27000 | 0.36 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 37 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17600 | 23200 | 0.2413 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17600 | 20800 | 0.1527 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 40 | University of Memphis | 17800 | 26400 | 0.3264 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 41 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 42 | Greensboro College | 18200 | 37800 | 0.5184 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 43 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 44 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 35400 | 0.4781 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 45 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.9315 | |
| 46 | University of Mississippi | 19800 | 27000 | 0.2666 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 47 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19900 | 30500 | 0.3473 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 48 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 48 | Wichita State University | 20100 | 29800 | 0.3272 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 50 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20200 | 72100 | 0.7197 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 50 | Youngstown State University | 20200 | 34000 | 0.4059 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 52 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 53 | Georgia State University | 20400 | 26000 | 0.2155 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 54 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 54 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 54 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 20500 | 42900 | 0.5227 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 | |
| 57 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20600 | 53000 | 0.611 | 1,108 | 990 | 0.6578 | |
| 57 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 59 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20700 | 27700 | 0.2525 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 59 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2594 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 59 | Utica University | 20700 | 43400 | 0.5226 | 2,329 | 1118 | 0.9195 | |
| 62 | West Texas A & M University | 21000 | 29100 | 0.2787 | 6,926 | 1060 | 0.9868 | |
| 63 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 21100 | 27800 | 0.2406 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 64 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 763 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 64 | University of West Florida | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 66 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 25300 | 0.1384 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 66 | Midwestern State University | 21800 | 28600 | 0.2374 | 4,303 | 1010 | 0.9352 | |
| 68 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 69 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 70 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 71 | Aquinas College | 22500 | 53400 | 0.5791 | 1,088 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 71 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22500 | 33600 | 0.3301 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 73 | Allegheny College | 23400 | 76200 | 0.6925 | 1,171 | 1279 | 0.5457 | |
| 73 | Hope College | 23400 | 60100 | 0.6104 | 3,395 | 1241 | 0.7924 | |
| 73 | Oklahoma City University | 23400 | 64400 | 0.6368 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 76 | East Tennessee State University | 23900 | 30600 | 0.2188 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 77 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 78 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 79 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 27500 | 0.1056 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 79 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 24600 | 53800 | 0.5434 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 81 | Boise State University | 24800 | 31200 | 0.2052 | 23,983 | 1135 | 0.8721 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 24800 | 41300 | 0.3996 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 83 | Lewis University | 25200 | 57700 | 0.563 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 85 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 86 | Ave Maria University | 25600 | 46600 | 0.4508 | 1,301 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 86 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0776 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 88 | Iowa State University | 25700 | 43300 | 0.406 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 89 | Western Kentucky University | 25900 | 27000 | 0.0407 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 90 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26400 | 64700 | 0.5922 | 870 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 91 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 91 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48800 | 0.4551 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 93 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 94 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 95 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38100 | 0.2915 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 96 | University of the Incarnate Word | 27200 | 61500 | 0.5577 | 4,638 | 1030 | 0.9814 | |
| 97 | Capital University | 27400 | 62400 | 0.5608 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 98 | Missouri Valley College | 27600 | 38200 | 0.2775 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6918 | |
| 98 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 36500 | 0.244 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 100 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 101 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 102 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.623 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 102 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4169 | 1,948 | 1197 | 0.7614 | |
| 104 | Oakland University | 28400 | 39300 | 0.2772 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 104 | Westminster University | 28400 | 62600 | 0.5466 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 106 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 28500 | 28500 | 0 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 107 | Francis Marion University | 28600 | 40200 | 0.2889 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 108 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 108 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0693 | 4,525 | 1015 | 0.7118 | |
| 110 | George Fox University | 29000 | 69400 | 0.5824 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 110 | University of Dayton | 29000 | 64200 | 0.5484 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 112 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29500 | 56200 | 0.4758 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 113 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30400 | 33600 | 0.0938 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 113 | Wheaton College | 30400 | 87500 | 0.6525 | 2,150 | 1363 | 0.874 | |
| 115 | South Carolina State University | 30800 | 41600 | 0.2596 | 2,950 | 930 | 0.8262 | |
| 115 | Wofford College | 30800 | 73200 | 0.5786 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 118 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 119 | The College of Wooster | 31100 | 83100 | 0.6261 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 119 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0785 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 121 | Rider University | 31200 | 60600 | 0.4849 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 122 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 123 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31400 | 59100 | 0.4684 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 123 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 125 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31600 | 75700 | 0.5823 | 1,525 | 1281 | 0.556 | |
| 126 | Azusa Pacific University | 32300 | 66600 | 0.5147 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 127 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 128 | Berry College | 32600 | 60900 | 0.465 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 129 | Marquette University | 32700 | 66500 | 0.5082 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 130 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 131 | Suffolk University | 33100 | 70300 | 0.5291 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 132 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 133 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 134 | Salisbury University | 33900 | 41700 | 0.1868 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 136 | Beloit College | 34900 | 81400 | 0.5709 | 1,004 | 1299 | 0.6304 | |
| 137 | Coastal Carolina University | 35000 | 45100 | 0.2237 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 139 | Cedarville University | 35800 | 57000 | 0.3711 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 140 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 141 | Loyola University Maryland | 36400 | 78800 | 0.5381 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 142 | Virginia State University | 36700 | 42200 | 0.1304 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 143 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0552 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 144 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 145 | Westmont College | 37300 | 80000 | 0.5334 | 1,302 | 1335 | 0.7705 | |
| 146 | Northwest Nazarene University | 37600 | 62800 | 0.4011 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.6474 | |
| 147 | University of Redlands | 38000 | 84200 | 0.549 | 2,049 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 148 | Hofstra University | 38300 | 76900 | 0.5019 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 149 | Clark Atlanta University | 38400 | 51900 | 0.26 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 150 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38700 | 52900 | 0.2685 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 150 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38700 | 38700 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 152 | Loyola University Chicago | 39000 | 74100 | 0.4735 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 153 | Saint Francis University | 39100 | 63100 | 0.3804 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 154 | Xavier University | 39300 | 68100 | 0.4232 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 155 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4493 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 155 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3895 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 157 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 157 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 159 | University of Maine | 40200 | 45200 | 0.1107 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 160 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 41000 | 0.0146 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 161 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40500 | 47500 | 0.1474 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 161 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40500 | 44100 | 0.0817 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 163 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40600 | 50000 | 0.1882 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 164 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41600 | 53600 | 0.224 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 165 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 166 | Seattle University | 41900 | 75000 | 0.4411 | 4,078 | 1305 | 0.7692 | |
| 167 | Susquehanna University | 42100 | 76800 | 0.452 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 168 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 169 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 169 | Widener University | 43500 | 79400 | 0.4523 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 171 | Saint Louis University | 46100 | 80900 | 0.4299 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 172 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 173 | Chapman University | 51500 | 93100 | 0.4469 | 7,713 | 1353 | 0.6543 | |
| 174 | Santa Clara University | 57600 | 85400 | 0.3255 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 175 | Molloy University | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0418 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 176 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 177 | Presbyterian College | 61000 | 62700 | 0.0271 | 853 | 1120 | 0.6837 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.