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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 Alabama.
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 Alabama.
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 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10100 | 27800 | 0.6356 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 6 | Northern Arizona University | 11600 | 27900 | 0.5837 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 26900 | 0.5645 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 8 | University of Central Florida | 12500 | 25300 | 0.5053 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 9 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12600 | 28900 | 0.5648 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 10 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 25700 | 0.5013 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 11 | Lamar University | 12900 | 22900 | 0.4361 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 12 | Western Kentucky University | 13400 | 27000 | 0.5029 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 13 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13600 | 43000 | 0.6837 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 15 | Francis Marion University | 14200 | 24100 | 0.4115 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 16 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 27400 | 0.4675 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 18 | Union College | 14800 | 92400 | 0.8397 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 19 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 38000 | 0.6003 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 20 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15400 | 25600 | 0.3977 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 21 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina University | 15700 | 27200 | 0.4229 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 23 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 23 | Texas State University | 15700 | 25500 | 0.3845 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 26 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 27000 | 0.415 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 26 | University of West Georgia | 15800 | 24600 | 0.3581 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 28 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15900 | 23200 | 0.3121 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 30 | Jacksonville State University | 16100 | 27000 | 0.405 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 31 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16200 | 26800 | 0.3959 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 32 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 32 | Tennessee State University | 16300 | 39200 | 0.5836 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 34 | Oakland University | 16600 | 28200 | 0.4116 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 35 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 36100 | 0.5365 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 35 | Grove City College | 16700 | 39700 | 0.5801 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 37 | Arkansas State University | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4023 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 38 | University of Maine | 16900 | 29300 | 0.4235 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 40 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 41 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 42 | University of Memphis | 17800 | 26400 | 0.3264 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 43 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 44 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 26600 | 0.3236 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 45 | Greensboro College | 18200 | 37800 | 0.5184 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 46 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 47 | University of Mississippi | 18600 | 27000 | 0.311 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 48 | East Tennessee State University | 18900 | 26100 | 0.2754 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 49 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.9315 | |
| 50 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 50 | University of Arizona | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3566 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 29000 | 0.3108 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 53 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 53 | Wichita State University | 20100 | 29800 | 0.3272 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 55 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20200 | 72100 | 0.7197 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 55 | Youngstown State University | 20200 | 34000 | 0.4059 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 57 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 58 | Georgia State University | 20400 | 26000 | 0.2155 | 27,415 | 1080 | 0.5544 | |
| 59 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 60 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20600 | 52900 | 0.6104 | 1,108 | 990 | 0.6578 | |
| 60 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 62 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20700 | 27700 | 0.2525 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 62 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2594 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 62 | Utica University | 20700 | 43400 | 0.5226 | 2,329 | 1118 | 0.9195 | |
| 65 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 21100 | 27800 | 0.2406 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 66 | Midwestern State University | 21400 | 28600 | 0.2513 | 4,303 | 1010 | 0.9352 | |
| 67 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 763 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 67 | University of West Florida | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 69 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 25300 | 0.1384 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 70 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 71 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 72 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 73 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 74 | Aquinas College | 22500 | 53400 | 0.5791 | 1,088 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 74 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22500 | 33600 | 0.3301 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 76 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23300 | 36800 | 0.3665 | 7,252 | 1005 | 0.9147 | |
| 77 | Allegheny College | 23400 | 76200 | 0.6925 | 1,171 | 1279 | 0.5457 | |
| 77 | Hope College | 23400 | 60100 | 0.6104 | 3,395 | 1241 | 0.7924 | |
| 77 | Oklahoma City University | 23400 | 64400 | 0.6368 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 80 | West Texas A & M University | 23700 | 29200 | 0.1882 | 6,926 | 1060 | 0.9868 | |
| 81 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3459 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 82 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 83 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 83 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24500 | 28500 | 0.1407 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 85 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25200 | 31500 | 0.2001 | 6,809 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 86 | Lewis University | 25300 | 57700 | 0.5613 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 87 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,301 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 88 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0776 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 88 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25600 | 53800 | 0.5243 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 90 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0928 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 91 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 92 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26400 | 64700 | 0.5922 | 870 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 93 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 93 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48800 | 0.4551 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 95 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 96 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 97 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 98 | University of North Alabama | 27100 | 37300 | 0.2735 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 99 | University of the Incarnate Word | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5555 | 4,638 | 1030 | 0.9814 | |
| 100 | Capital University | 27400 | 62400 | 0.5608 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 101 | Missouri Valley College | 27500 | 38200 | 0.2802 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6918 | |
| 101 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27500 | 39800 | 0.3105 | 6,135 | 1055 | 0.7207 | |
| 103 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 104 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.623 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 104 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4169 | 1,948 | 1197 | 0.7614 | |
| 106 | Westminster University | 28400 | 62600 | 0.5466 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 107 | Weber State University | 28500 | 33900 | 0.1592 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 108 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 109 | 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 | Wheaton College | 30400 | 87500 | 0.6525 | 2,150 | 1363 | 0.874 | |
| 114 | South Carolina State University | 30800 | 41600 | 0.2596 | 2,950 | 930 | 0.8262 | |
| 114 | Wofford College | 30800 | 73200 | 0.5786 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 116 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 116 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 82600 | 0.6263 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 118 | Rider University | 31200 | 60600 | 0.4849 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 119 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 120 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31600 | 75700 | 0.5823 | 1,525 | 1281 | 0.556 | |
| 121 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1031 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 122 | Azusa Pacific University | 32300 | 66600 | 0.5147 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 123 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 125 | Berry College | 32600 | 60900 | 0.465 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 126 | Marquette University | 32700 | 66500 | 0.5082 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 127 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 128 | Suffolk University | 33100 | 70300 | 0.5291 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 129 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 130 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 131 | Salisbury University | 33900 | 41700 | 0.1868 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 132 | Samford University | 34600 | 64600 | 0.4645 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 133 | Beloit College | 34900 | 81400 | 0.5709 | 1,004 | 1299 | 0.6304 | |
| 134 | Cedarville University | 35800 | 57000 | 0.3711 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 135 | Loyola University Maryland | 36300 | 78800 | 0.5394 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 135 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 137 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 36400 | 56700 | 0.3578 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 138 | Virginia State University | 36700 | 42200 | 0.1304 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 139 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 140 | Westmont College | 37300 | 80000 | 0.5334 | 1,302 | 1335 | 0.7705 | |
| 141 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37600 | 40700 | 0.0774 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 141 | Northwest Nazarene University | 37600 | 62800 | 0.4011 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.6474 | |
| 143 | University of Redlands | 38000 | 84200 | 0.549 | 2,049 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 144 | Hofstra University | 38300 | 76900 | 0.5019 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 145 | Clark Atlanta University | 38400 | 51900 | 0.26 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 146 | Loyola University Chicago | 39000 | 74100 | 0.4735 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 147 | Saint Francis University | 39100 | 63100 | 0.3804 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 148 | Xavier University | 39300 | 68100 | 0.4232 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 149 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4493 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 149 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3895 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 151 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 151 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 153 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 154 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 155 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40500 | 44100 | 0.0817 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 156 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 156 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40600 | 50000 | 0.1882 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 158 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41200 | 47500 | 0.1326 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 159 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41700 | 46000 | 0.0934 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 159 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 161 | Seattle University | 41900 | 75000 | 0.4411 | 4,078 | 1305 | 0.7692 | |
| 162 | Susquehanna University | 42100 | 76800 | 0.452 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 163 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 163 | Widener University | 43500 | 79400 | 0.4523 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 165 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 166 | Boise State University | 45300 | 50000 | 0.094 | 23,983 | 1135 | 0.8721 | |
| 167 | Saint Louis University | 46100 | 80900 | 0.4299 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 168 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47900 | 48600 | 0.0144 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 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 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 172 | Santa Clara University | 57600 | 85400 | 0.3255 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 173 | Molloy University | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0418 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 174 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 175 | Presbyterian College | 61000 | 62700 | 0.0271 | 853 | 1120 | 0.6837 | |
| 176 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 177 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.