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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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 8300 | 91800 | 0.9096 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 3 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 4 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 5 | Colorado College | 10900 | 98000 | 0.8887 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 28700 | 0.5996 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 26900 | 0.5645 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 8 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12600 | 28900 | 0.5648 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 9 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 25700 | 0.5013 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12800 | 25000 | 0.4873 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 11 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13600 | 43000 | 0.6837 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 12 | Francis Marion University | 14200 | 24100 | 0.4115 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 25800 | 0.4415 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 14 | Grand Valley State University | 14500 | 25300 | 0.4274 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 15 | Western Washington University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5355 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 16 | Union College | 14900 | 92400 | 0.8387 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 17 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15100 | 23400 | 0.3543 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 17 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 19 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15500 | 24900 | 0.377 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 21 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina University | 15700 | 27200 | 0.4229 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 24 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 25 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15900 | 23200 | 0.3122 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 26 | University of North Texas | 16300 | 26100 | 0.3761 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 27 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 27 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16400 | 23400 | 0.2995 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 29 | Tennessee State University | 16500 | 39200 | 0.5786 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 29 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16500 | 22300 | 0.2598 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 36100 | 0.5321 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 33 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17500 | 23200 | 0.2456 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 34 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 35 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 36 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 26600 | 0.3236 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 37 | Greensboro College | 18200 | 37800 | 0.5184 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 37 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 39 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 40 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19100 | 31000 | 0.3843 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 41 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2615 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 42 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,967 | 940 | 0.9602 | |
| 43 | Virginia State University | 19500 | 29500 | 0.3387 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 44 | University of Mississippi | 19800 | 27000 | 0.2666 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 45 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 46 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20100 | 72100 | 0.721 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 47 | Youngstown State University | 20200 | 34000 | 0.4059 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 48 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 48 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 50 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 51 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20600 | 52900 | 0.6104 | 1,108 | 990 | 1 | |
| 52 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 53 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 20900 | 28500 | 0.267 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 54 | University of Memphis | 21200 | 29600 | 0.2841 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 55 | Midwestern State University | 21600 | 28600 | 0.2443 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 56 | Louisiana Tech University | 21700 | 26100 | 0.1687 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 57 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 58 | Bradley University | 22100 | 50800 | 0.5649 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 59 | Oklahoma City University | 23200 | 64400 | 0.6399 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 60 | Bentley University | 23300 | 85500 | 0.7274 | 4,620 | 1323 | 0.4729 | |
| 61 | Hope College | 23400 | 60100 | 0.6104 | 3,427 | 1216 | 0.8712 | |
| 62 | West Texas A & M University | 23700 | 29200 | 0.1882 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 63 | Allegheny College | 23800 | 76200 | 0.6878 | 1,125 | 1243 | 0.5877 | |
| 64 | East Tennessee State University | 23900 | 30600 | 0.2188 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 64 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 34100 | 0.3015 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 66 | Central Washington University | 24000 | 27900 | 0.14 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 66 | Utica University | 24000 | 43400 | 0.4466 | 2,191 | 1214 | 0.9187 | |
| 68 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3533 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | Dillard University | 25500 | 53600 | 0.5247 | 1,070 | 1055 | 0.7371 | |
| 70 | University of Dayton | 25500 | 64200 | 0.6029 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 72 | Ave Maria University | 25600 | 46600 | 0.4508 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 72 | Wheaton College | 25600 | 87500 | 0.7072 | 2,181 | 1357 | 0.8491 | |
| 74 | Lewis University | 25700 | 57700 | 0.5544 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 75 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25800 | 53800 | 0.5206 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 76 | Park University | 25900 | 31300 | 0.1728 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 77 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5967 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 78 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26800 | 0.015 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 78 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26400 | 64700 | 0.5922 | 871 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 80 | St Bonaventure University | 26600 | 61200 | 0.5653 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 80 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 82 | Troy University | 26700 | 34700 | 0.2305 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 83 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 41800 | 0.3588 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 84 | University of the Incarnate Word | 27100 | 61400 | 0.5588 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 85 | Oakland University | 27200 | 39300 | 0.3077 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 86 | Capital University | 27300 | 62400 | 0.5624 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 86 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27300 | 39800 | 0.314 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 88 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 89 | Missouri Valley College | 27600 | 38200 | 0.2775 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6922 | |
| 89 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 27600 | 31500 | 0.1239 | 7,393 | 1125 | 0.8968 | |
| 91 | Wichita State University | 27800 | 39800 | 0.3034 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 92 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 93 | John Brown University | 28000 | 48300 | 0.4198 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 94 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 94 | George Fox University | 28100 | 69400 | 0.5954 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 96 | Westminster University | 28500 | 62600 | 0.545 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 97 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 34000 | 0.1501 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 98 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29100 | 39700 | 0.2671 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 99 | Jacksonville State University | 29200 | 38200 | 0.2354 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 100 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 101 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 102 | University of West Florida | 30400 | 38000 | 0.1999 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 102 | Villanova University | 30400 | 88800 | 0.6574 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 104 | University of North Florida | 30700 | 33000 | 0.0697 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 104 | Wofford College | 30700 | 73200 | 0.5805 | 1,781 | 1305 | 0.5487 | |
| 106 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 106 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 106 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 83100 | 0.6278 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 109 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 110 | Rider University | 31300 | 60600 | 0.4832 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 111 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 111 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31500 | 75700 | 0.5836 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 111 | South Carolina State University | 31500 | 41600 | 0.2427 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 114 | Lamar University | 31600 | 38300 | 0.175 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 115 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 116 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 117 | Berry College | 32400 | 60900 | 0.4682 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 118 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 119 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 120 | Marquette University | 33100 | 66500 | 0.5022 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 121 | Ursinus College | 33200 | 83700 | 0.6038 | 1,378 | 1303 | 0.9285 | |
| 122 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 123 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 124 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 125 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 126 | Loyola University Maryland | 34100 | 78800 | 0.5673 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 127 | Seattle University | 34300 | 85100 | 0.5967 | 4,370 | 1299 | 0.7313 | |
| 127 | Washburn University | 34300 | 38400 | 0.1067 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 129 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34400 | 41000 | 0.1615 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 130 | Beloit College | 34900 | 81400 | 0.5709 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 131 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 35200 | 38700 | 0.0905 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 132 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3736 | 5,794 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 133 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 133 | Hofstra University | 36600 | 76900 | 0.524 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 135 | Georgia State University | 36800 | 45400 | 0.1895 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 136 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 137 | Marymount Manhattan College | 37400 | 69900 | 0.4649 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 138 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38000 | 62800 | 0.3948 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 138 | University of Redlands | 38000 | 84200 | 0.549 | 1,941 | 1233 | 0.8272 | |
| 140 | Seton Hall University | 38100 | 67400 | 0.4345 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 141 | Xavier University | 38400 | 68100 | 0.4364 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 142 | Alvernia University | 38500 | 69400 | 0.4451 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 143 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38700 | 52900 | 0.2685 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 144 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 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 Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 152 | University of Maine | 39800 | 45200 | 0.1195 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 153 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 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 | Loyola University Chicago | 40600 | 74100 | 0.4519 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 157 | Butler University | 41300 | 72400 | 0.4297 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 158 | Susquehanna University | 42100 | 76800 | 0.452 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 159 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 160 | Boise State University | 42900 | 50000 | 0.142 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 161 | Widener University | 43200 | 79400 | 0.4561 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 162 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 163 | Georgia College & State University | 45300 | 52400 | 0.1355 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 164 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 165 | Saint Louis University | 48400 | 80900 | 0.4015 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 166 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 167 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1562 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | University of Georgia | 49600 | 51600 | 0.0387 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 170 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 171 | Chapman University | 52500 | 93100 | 0.4361 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 172 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52600 | 52800 | 0.0038 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 173 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 173 | Santa Clara University | 57400 | 85400 | 0.3279 | 6,695 | 1399 | 0.4788 | |
| 175 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 176 | Presbyterian College | 62700 | 62700 | 0 | 903 | 1150 | 0.6515 | |
| 177 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 178 | Mercyhurst University | 65900 | 68000 | 0.0309 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 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.