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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 Washington.
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 Washington.
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 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11700 | 31200 | 0.6251 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 26900 | 0.5645 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | 12500 | 25300 | 0.5053 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 8 | Lamar University | 12900 | 22900 | 0.4361 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 9 | University of North Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4202 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 10 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 11 | Francis Marion University | 14200 | 24100 | 0.4115 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 12 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14300 | 30100 | 0.5239 | 6,135 | 1055 | 0.7207 | |
| 13 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 34400 | 0.5815 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 14 | Midwestern State University | 14800 | 21600 | 0.3144 | 4,303 | 1010 | 0.9352 | |
| 14 | Union College | 14800 | 92400 | 0.8397 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 16 | Salisbury University | 15000 | 28700 | 0.4776 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 17 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15100 | 23400 | 0.3543 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 18 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 18 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 20 | Texas State University | 15700 | 25500 | 0.3845 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 21 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 21 | University of West Georgia | 15800 | 24600 | 0.3581 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 23 | Jacksonville State University | 16200 | 27000 | 0.4007 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 24 | Tennessee State University | 16300 | 39200 | 0.5836 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 25 | Grove City College | 16700 | 39700 | 0.5801 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 36100 | 0.5309 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 27 | West Virginia University | 17300 | 40900 | 0.5767 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 28 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17700 | 20700 | 0.1449 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 28 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 30 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 31 | Greensboro College | 18200 | 37800 | 0.5184 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 32 | Central Washington University | 18600 | 22800 | 0.1817 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 32 | University of Mississippi | 18600 | 45000 | 0.5871 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 34 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19200 | 33700 | 0.4313 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 35 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.9315 | |
| 36 | Virginia State University | 19500 | 29500 | 0.3387 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 37 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20200 | 72100 | 0.7197 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 37 | Youngstown State University | 20200 | 34000 | 0.4059 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 39 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 40 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 40 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 20500 | 42900 | 0.5227 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 | |
| 42 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20600 | 52900 | 0.6104 | 1,108 | 990 | 0.6578 | |
| 43 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20700 | 27700 | 0.2525 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 43 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2594 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 43 | Utica University | 20700 | 43400 | 0.5226 | 2,329 | 1118 | 0.9195 | |
| 46 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 20900 | 28500 | 0.267 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 47 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 21100 | 27800 | 0.2406 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 48 | University of Memphis | 21200 | 29600 | 0.2841 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 49 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 763 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 50 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 26100 | 0.1649 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 51 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 52 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 53 | Aquinas College | 22500 | 53400 | 0.5791 | 1,088 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 54 | Bellevue College | 22800 | 28900 | 0.2109 | 12,485 | 0 | 0 | |
| 55 | Northern Arizona University | 23200 | 34100 | 0.3219 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 56 | Allegheny College | 23400 | 76200 | 0.6925 | 1,171 | 1279 | 0.5457 | |
| 56 | Hope College | 23400 | 60100 | 0.6104 | 3,395 | 1241 | 0.7924 | |
| 56 | Oklahoma City University | 23400 | 64400 | 0.6368 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 59 | West Texas A & M University | 23700 | 29200 | 0.1882 | 6,926 | 1060 | 0.9868 | |
| 60 | East Tennessee State University | 23900 | 30600 | 0.2188 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 61 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 62 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 63 | Lewis University | 25200 | 57700 | 0.563 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 63 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25200 | 31500 | 0.2001 | 6,809 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 66 | Ave Maria University | 25600 | 46600 | 0.4508 | 1,301 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 66 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 66 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25600 | 53800 | 0.5243 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 69 | Western Kentucky University | 25900 | 41800 | 0.3803 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 70 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26400 | 64700 | 0.5922 | 870 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 71 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 72 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 28900 | 0.0745 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 73 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 74 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 75 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2815 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 75 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 77 | University of the Incarnate Word | 27200 | 61400 | 0.5572 | 4,638 | 1030 | 0.9814 | |
| 78 | Capital University | 27400 | 62400 | 0.5608 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 78 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 80 | Missouri Valley College | 27600 | 38200 | 0.2775 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6918 | |
| 80 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 36500 | 0.244 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 82 | Wichita State University | 28000 | 39800 | 0.2974 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 83 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.623 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 83 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4169 | 1,948 | 1197 | 0.7614 | |
| 85 | Oakland University | 28400 | 39300 | 0.2772 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 85 | Westminster University | 28400 | 62600 | 0.5466 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 87 | Weber State University | 28500 | 33900 | 0.1592 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 88 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 89 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0693 | 4,525 | 1015 | 0.7118 | |
| 90 | George Fox University | 29000 | 69400 | 0.5824 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 90 | University of Dayton | 29000 | 64200 | 0.5484 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 92 | University of North Texas | 29300 | 37400 | 0.2164 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 93 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 29500 | 56200 | 0.4758 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 94 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 30100 | 39700 | 0.2419 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 95 | Wheaton College | 30400 | 87500 | 0.6525 | 2,150 | 1363 | 0.874 | |
| 96 | Villanova University | 30500 | 88800 | 0.6563 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 97 | South Carolina State University | 30800 | 41600 | 0.2596 | 2,950 | 930 | 0.8262 | |
| 97 | Wofford College | 30800 | 73200 | 0.5786 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 99 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 99 | University of West Florida | 30900 | 38000 | 0.1867 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 101 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 102 | The College of Wooster | 31100 | 83100 | 0.6261 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 102 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0785 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 104 | Rider University | 31200 | 60600 | 0.4849 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 105 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 106 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31400 | 59100 | 0.4684 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 107 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31600 | 75700 | 0.5823 | 1,525 | 1281 | 0.556 | |
| 108 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1031 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 109 | Azusa Pacific University | 32300 | 66600 | 0.5147 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 110 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 111 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 112 | Berry College | 32600 | 60900 | 0.465 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 113 | Marquette University | 32700 | 66500 | 0.5082 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 114 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 114 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 116 | Suffolk University | 33100 | 70300 | 0.5291 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 117 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 118 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 119 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 120 | Seattle University | 33800 | 75000 | 0.549 | 4,078 | 1305 | 0.7692 | |
| 121 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34400 | 41000 | 0.1612 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 122 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 123 | Washburn University | 34600 | 38400 | 0.0989 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 124 | Beloit College | 34900 | 81400 | 0.5709 | 1,004 | 1299 | 0.6304 | |
| 125 | Coastal Carolina University | 35000 | 45100 | 0.2237 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 126 | Cedarville University | 35800 | 57000 | 0.3711 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 127 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 128 | Loyola University Maryland | 36400 | 78800 | 0.5381 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 128 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 36400 | 56700 | 0.3578 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 130 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.079 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 131 | Georgia State University | 36800 | 45400 | 0.1895 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 132 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 133 | Westmont College | 37300 | 80000 | 0.5334 | 1,302 | 1335 | 0.7705 | |
| 134 | Northwest Nazarene University | 37600 | 62800 | 0.4011 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.6474 | |
| 135 | University of Redlands | 38000 | 84200 | 0.549 | 2,049 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 136 | Hofstra University | 38300 | 76900 | 0.5019 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 137 | Clark Atlanta University | 38400 | 51900 | 0.26 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 138 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38700 | 52900 | 0.2685 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 138 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38700 | 38700 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 140 | Loyola University Chicago | 39000 | 74100 | 0.4735 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 141 | Saint Francis University | 39100 | 63100 | 0.3804 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 142 | Xavier University | 39300 | 68100 | 0.4232 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 143 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4493 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 143 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3895 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 145 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 145 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 148 | University of Maine | 40200 | 45200 | 0.1107 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 149 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 41000 | 0.0146 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 150 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40500 | 44100 | 0.0817 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 151 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 151 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40600 | 50000 | 0.1882 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 153 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41200 | 47500 | 0.1326 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 154 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41600 | 53600 | 0.224 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 155 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41700 | 46000 | 0.0934 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 155 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 157 | Susquehanna University | 42100 | 76800 | 0.452 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 158 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 159 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 159 | Widener University | 43500 | 79400 | 0.4523 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 161 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 162 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 163 | Boise State University | 45300 | 50000 | 0.094 | 23,983 | 1135 | 0.8721 | |
| 164 | Georgia College & State University | 45500 | 52400 | 0.1317 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 165 | Saint Louis University | 46100 | 80900 | 0.4299 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 166 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47900 | 48600 | 0.0144 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 167 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 168 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1541 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 169 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 170 | Chapman University | 51500 | 93100 | 0.4469 | 7,713 | 1353 | 0.6543 | |
| 171 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51900 | 52800 | 0.017 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 172 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 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 | 61000 | 62700 | 0.0271 | 853 | 1120 | 0.6837 | |
| 177 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 178 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.