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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 | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 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 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11600 | 28700 | 0.5961 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 7 | Wichita State University | 11700 | 29800 | 0.6086 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 8 | Tennessee State University | 12300 | 48200 | 0.7441 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 9 | Midwestern State University | 12500 | 21600 | 0.4208 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 10 | University of Central Florida | 13100 | 25300 | 0.4816 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 13300 | 36900 | 0.6395 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 11 | West Virginia University | 13300 | 57700 | 0.7693 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 13700 | 25800 | 0.4692 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 15 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13800 | 27800 | 0.5028 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14100 | 19400 | 0.2733 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 17 | Arkansas Tech University | 14200 | 35900 | 0.6038 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 18 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 14300 | 28900 | 0.5059 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 18 | University of West Florida | 14300 | 39000 | 0.6328 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 20 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 21 | Union College | 14700 | 92400 | 0.8408 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 22 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14800 | 25700 | 0.4236 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 23 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 24 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 26 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 27 | Central Washington University | 15800 | 22800 | 0.3047 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 27 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 29 | University of Memphis | 15900 | 29900 | 0.4679 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 30 | University of Maine at Farmington | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3116 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 31 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 32 | University of North Florida | 16200 | 33000 | 0.5095 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 33 | Jacksonville State University | 16700 | 27000 | 0.3821 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 34 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 32000 | 0.4701 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 35 | Arkansas State University | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3917 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 17200 | 48200 | 0.6435 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 37 | Sam Houston State University | 17300 | 23000 | 0.2479 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 38 | Lamar University | 17500 | 41900 | 0.5823 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 38 | Weber State University | 17500 | 41300 | 0.5757 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 40 | Georgia State University | 17600 | 45500 | 0.6126 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 40 | Greensboro College | 17600 | 37800 | 0.5343 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 42 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 44 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 26800 | 0.3214 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18300 | 50400 | 0.6372 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 45 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18300 | 52500 | 0.6514 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 45 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18300 | 36500 | 0.4989 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 48 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2005 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 49 | SUNY Oneonta | 18600 | 29300 | 0.3652 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 50 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 51 | Francis Marion University | 19200 | 37100 | 0.4823 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 52 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 965 | 0.4823 | |
| 52 | University of West Georgia | 19300 | 48000 | 0.5982 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 54 | Boise State University | 20500 | 59700 | 0.6567 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 55 | Georgia College & State University | 20600 | 52400 | 0.6068 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 55 | South Carolina State University | 20600 | 30000 | 0.3129 | 2,950 | 910 | 0.8262 | |
| 57 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 58 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 59 | Utica University | 20900 | 43400 | 0.518 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 60 | University of the Incarnate Word | 21100 | 73100 | 0.7115 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 26600 | 0.2029 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 62 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 63 | Kennesaw State University | 21600 | 27200 | 0.206 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 63 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21600 | 42700 | 0.4943 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 65 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 65 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 67 | West Texas A & M University | 22200 | 22400 | 0.0089 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 68 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22400 | 59600 | 0.6242 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 69 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4763 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 70 | Bellevue College | 22800 | 28900 | 0.2109 | 11,472 | 0 | 0.1736 | |
| 71 | Allegheny College | 23300 | 75400 | 0.6914 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 72 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 24000 | 58100 | 0.5865 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 73 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 33100 | 0.2725 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 74 | Ave Maria University | 24200 | 45400 | 0.4668 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 74 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24200 | 26300 | 0.08 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 76 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24900 | 28500 | 0.1265 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 77 | Miami University-Oxford | 25200 | 28400 | 0.1126 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 77 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 79 | University of Redlands | 25400 | 84200 | 0.6987 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 80 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25500 | 31500 | 0.1906 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 80 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25500 | 56100 | 0.5452 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 82 | Lewis University | 25600 | 57700 | 0.5561 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 82 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 84 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 85 | Hope College | 25800 | 60100 | 0.5705 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 86 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26000 | 38900 | 0.3329 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 87 | Grand Valley State University | 26100 | 36300 | 0.2814 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 87 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 26100 | 39200 | 0.3343 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 89 | Aquinas College | 26200 | 53400 | 0.5098 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 89 | East Tennessee State University | 26200 | 30600 | 0.1437 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 89 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26200 | 59900 | 0.5625 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 92 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26400 | 53800 | 0.5095 | 2,803 | 1085 | 0.9576 | |
| 92 | Westminster University | 26400 | 81400 | 0.6758 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 94 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26500 | 61400 | 0.5676 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 95 | Oklahoma City University | 26700 | 62200 | 0.5706 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 96 | Washburn University | 26900 | 36300 | 0.2587 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 97 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 97 | University of Arkansas | 27000 | 29600 | 0.0889 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 99 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2815 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 100 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 100 | Oakland University | 27300 | 39700 | 0.3124 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 102 | Capital University | 27500 | 80300 | 0.6576 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 103 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27800 | 67800 | 0.5902 | 936 | 995 | 0.8003 | |
| 104 | George Fox University | 28000 | 76800 | 0.6354 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 105 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6229 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 105 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4166 | 1,882 | 1220 | 0.6764 | |
| 105 | Missouri Valley College | 28200 | 38200 | 0.2618 | 1,558 | 1010 | 0.5269 | |
| 108 | Marquette University | 28300 | 66200 | 0.5722 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 109 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 109 | Villanova University | 28800 | 88800 | 0.6754 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 111 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0688 | 4,525 | 1000 | 0.7118 | |
| 112 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 112 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 112 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5784 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 115 | Beloit College | 31000 | 97600 | 0.6823 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 115 | Samford University | 31000 | 78000 | 0.6022 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 115 | University of North Texas | 31000 | 37400 | 0.171 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 118 | The College of Wooster | 31100 | 83100 | 0.6259 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 118 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 120 | Carroll University | 31200 | 61500 | 0.4929 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 121 | Coastal Carolina University | 31700 | 45100 | 0.2972 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 122 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31800 | 59600 | 0.4661 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 123 | University of Dayton | 32100 | 64200 | 0.5001 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 123 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 85400 | 0.6238 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 126 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32300 | 93400 | 0.6544 | 1,525 | 1283 | 0.556 | |
| 127 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 127 | Rider University | 32500 | 60600 | 0.4637 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 130 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 131 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 132 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 133 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55900 | 0.3956 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 134 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 135 | University of Louisville | 34100 | 42000 | 0.1883 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 137 | Hofstra University | 34900 | 77000 | 0.5466 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 138 | Virginia State University | 35100 | 42200 | 0.1684 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 139 | Loyola University Chicago | 35400 | 73600 | 0.5191 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 140 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 141 | Berry College | 35900 | 60900 | 0.4107 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 141 | Cedarville University | 35900 | 57000 | 0.3709 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 143 | Loyola University Maryland | 36100 | 78800 | 0.542 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 144 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 36200 | 42800 | 0.1533 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 145 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 146 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 36400 | 42500 | 0.1434 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 147 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 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 | Seattle University | 37500 | 74600 | 0.4971 | 4,103 | 1243 | 0.7703 | |
| 150 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 152 | California State University-Long Beach | 37700 | 38600 | 0.0233 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 153 | Westmont College | 38300 | 80300 | 0.523 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 154 | Saint Francis University | 38400 | 62800 | 0.3888 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 155 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 156 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 156 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 158 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 159 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 160 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 161 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 162 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 163 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 163 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 165 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 166 | Saint Louis University | 44400 | 80900 | 0.451 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 167 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 168 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 169 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 170 | Molloy University | 48800 | 62300 | 0.2168 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 170 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 170 | University of Kentucky | 48800 | 56600 | 0.1372 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 173 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 174 | Chapman University | 51300 | 94000 | 0.4544 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 175 | Santa Clara University | 57700 | 85400 | 0.3244 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 176 | Presbyterian College | 60000 | 62700 | 0.043 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 177 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 178 | 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.