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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 | Patrick Henry College | 6400 | 42000 | 0.847 | 425 | 1345 | 0.7744 | |
| 2 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 8200 | 34500 | 0.7619 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 3 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 4 | Arkansas Tech University | 9900 | 22900 | 0.5671 | 8,145 | 1055 | 0.9589 | |
| 5 | Francis Marion University | 10000 | 25400 | 0.606 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 8 | University of Maine at Farmington | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5143 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 10 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 11 | Midwestern State University | 13700 | 21600 | 0.3653 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 12 | University of North Alabama | 14100 | 28200 | 0.501 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 12 | University of North Florida | 14100 | 22400 | 0.371 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 24800 | 0.428 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 15 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 15 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4466 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 17 | University of North Texas | 14900 | 25400 | 0.4141 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 18 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4158 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 19 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 20 | North Carolina State University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4331 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 21 | Troy University | 15900 | 26800 | 0.4056 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 22 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16000 | 22300 | 0.2822 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 23 | Lamar University | 16200 | 22900 | 0.2922 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 23 | Washburn University | 16200 | 25200 | 0.3567 | 5,331 | 1015 | 1 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16300 | 29300 | 0.4441 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 26 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16500 | 23200 | 0.2885 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 27 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 33600 | 0.4669 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 27 | Virginia State University | 17900 | 29300 | 0.3897 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 29 | Union College | 18300 | 91000 | 0.799 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 30 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.1979 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 30 | University of Louisville | 18500 | 29100 | 0.3646 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 32 | East Tennessee State University | 18600 | 26300 | 0.293 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 33 | Greensboro College | 18700 | 37800 | 0.5052 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 34 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 27000 | 0.3036 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 35 | Eastern Michigan University | 18900 | 36100 | 0.4762 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 35 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 37 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 37 | Western Kentucky University | 19500 | 26800 | 0.2708 | 14,151 | 960 | 0.9387 | |
| 39 | Youngstown State University | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3307 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 40 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 41 | University of West Georgia | 19900 | 23600 | 0.1565 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 42 | University of Wyoming | 20000 | 26700 | 0.2497 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 43 | Lehigh University | 20500 | 85700 | 0.7612 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 44 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 30000 | 0.3138 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 45 | Marshall University | 20800 | 36300 | 0.4273 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 45 | University of California-Irvine | 20800 | 35300 | 0.4112 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 47 | West Virginia University | 20900 | 23300 | 0.103 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 48 | Niagara University | 21100 | 57400 | 0.6322 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 49 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 50 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 50 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 50 | University of West Florida | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 53 | Georgia College & State University | 21600 | 21600 | 0 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21600 | 29400 | 0.2654 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 55 | Dillard University | 21700 | 50400 | 0.5697 | 1,117 | 1080 | 0.4051 | |
| 55 | Northern Arizona University | 21700 | 32000 | 0.3211 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 57 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21800 | 28000 | 0.2213 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 58 | Bentley University | 22000 | 84500 | 0.7394 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 59 | Ave Maria University | 22300 | 44800 | 0.502 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 60 | Sam Houston State University | 22700 | 23000 | 0.013 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 61 | Bradley University | 22800 | 50900 | 0.5521 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 62 | University of Memphis | 23000 | 26400 | 0.129 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 63 | Berry College | 23100 | 60800 | 0.6199 | 2,254 | 1224 | 0.64 | |
| 63 | Grove City College | 23100 | 37200 | 0.3791 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 65 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 65 | University of Central Florida | 23600 | 31400 | 0.2482 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 67 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 24000 | 24500 | 0.0204 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 67 | Utica University | 24000 | 41100 | 0.4157 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 69 | Beloit College | 24300 | 75600 | 0.6789 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 69 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 27200 | 0.1064 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 71 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 72 | West Texas A & M University | 25300 | 27100 | 0.0664 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 73 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 74 | Lewis University | 25500 | 57400 | 0.5554 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 75 | Allegheny College | 25600 | 75200 | 0.6593 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 75 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0749 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 78 | Westmont College | 25800 | 76400 | 0.6625 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 79 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 79 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 81 | Georgia State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 81 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26000 | 38900 | 0.3313 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 81 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 26000 | 31500 | 0.1747 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 84 | Hope College | 26100 | 60100 | 0.5655 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 84 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5965 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 86 | Westminster University | 26500 | 59500 | 0.5543 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 87 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 26600 | 48200 | 0.4483 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 88 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26800 | 68400 | 0.6082 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 89 | University of Arizona | 26900 | 35200 | 0.2356 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 90 | Oakland University | 27300 | 39800 | 0.3142 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 91 | Cornell College | 27400 | 72200 | 0.6206 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 92 | Aquinas College | 27500 | 53300 | 0.4842 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 92 | Capital University | 27500 | 68600 | 0.5992 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 94 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 27600 | 53300 | 0.482 | 2,803 | 1105 | 0.9576 | |
| 95 | Missouri Valley College | 27700 | 38100 | 0.2729 | 1,558 | 985 | 0.5269 | |
| 96 | Weber State University | 27800 | 33300 | 0.1652 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 97 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27900 | 54800 | 0.4907 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 98 | Tennessee State University | 28000 | 39300 | 0.2878 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 98 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 28000 | 28300 | 0.0117 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 98 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 98 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 102 | California State University-Long Beach | 28300 | 38400 | 0.2634 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 102 | John Brown University | 28300 | 48300 | 0.4153 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 104 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 28500 | 28500 | 0.0001 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 105 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 106 | Grand Valley State University | 28700 | 35700 | 0.1961 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 107 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3351 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 107 | Jacksonville State University | 28800 | 38200 | 0.2459 | 8,663 | 1065 | 0.7769 | |
| 109 | George Fox University | 29000 | 67100 | 0.5682 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 109 | Western Illinois University | 29000 | 31000 | 0.0668 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 111 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29200 | 39700 | 0.2646 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 112 | University of South Alabama | 29600 | 35000 | 0.1543 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 113 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29800 | 36500 | 0.1837 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 114 | University of North Dakota | 30000 | 32500 | 0.0791 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 115 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 115 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 30300 | 41000 | 0.2607 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 117 | University of Redlands | 30500 | 81400 | 0.6252 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 118 | South Carolina State University | 30600 | 41600 | 0.2644 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
| 119 | St Bonaventure University | 30700 | 61000 | 0.4964 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 120 | Carroll University | 30800 | 61400 | 0.4983 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 121 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 121 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 121 | Gannon University | 30900 | 45300 | 0.318 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 121 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30900 | 33100 | 0.0665 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 121 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5776 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 126 | The College of Wooster | 31000 | 82600 | 0.6254 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 126 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 128 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 31100 | 41800 | 0.2561 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 129 | Samford University | 31400 | 65200 | 0.5184 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 130 | Old Dominion University | 32100 | 35700 | 0.1009 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 130 | Rider University | 32100 | 64300 | 0.5006 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 130 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 82700 | 0.6119 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 133 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 134 | Widener University | 32600 | 75300 | 0.5668 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 135 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32800 | 73700 | 0.5547 | 1,525 | 1241 | 0.556 | |
| 136 | University of Dayton | 33100 | 64100 | 0.4836 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 137 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 138 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 139 | Appalachian State University | 33900 | 35800 | 0.0531 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 140 | Stephen F Austin State University | 34100 | 42800 | 0.2033 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 142 | Baylor University | 34500 | 70800 | 0.5124 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 143 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 144 | Cedarville University | 35100 | 55100 | 0.364 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 144 | DePaul University | 35100 | 59100 | 0.4059 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 146 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35200 | 38100 | 0.0768 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 147 | Coastal Carolina University | 35500 | 44700 | 0.2057 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 148 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35600 | 38700 | 0.0795 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 149 | Salisbury University | 35900 | 40900 | 0.1224 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 150 | Boise State University | 36000 | 48800 | 0.2623 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 151 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36200 | 42400 | 0.1462 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 152 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 153 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 153 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0539 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 153 | University of Maine | 36400 | 45100 | 0.1929 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 156 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 49800 | 0.2613 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 157 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 37500 | 46700 | 0.197 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 158 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37600 | 51000 | 0.2623 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 159 | Wichita State University | 37900 | 39600 | 0.0429 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 160 | Suffolk University | 38400 | 73600 | 0.4785 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 160 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 160 | Xavier University | 38400 | 67500 | 0.4312 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 163 | Seattle University | 38500 | 69800 | 0.4482 | 4,103 | 1256 | 0.7703 | |
| 164 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 164 | Saint Vincent College | 38600 | 60700 | 0.3636 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 166 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 166 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 168 | Alvernia University | 39900 | 68700 | 0.4193 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 168 | Loyola University Chicago | 39900 | 73500 | 0.457 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 170 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40500 | 68600 | 0.4093 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 170 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 172 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 41300 | 41300 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 41600 | 74600 | 0.4422 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 174 | Loyola University Maryland | 41900 | 78800 | 0.4684 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 175 | Arkansas State University | 42000 | 45900 | 0.0851 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 176 | Mercyhurst University | 42200 | 66400 | 0.3647 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 177 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 178 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 179 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 44000 | 50300 | 0.1253 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 179 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 181 | Marquette University | 45500 | 75100 | 0.3942 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 182 | Saint Louis University | 46200 | 74500 | 0.3799 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 183 | Presbyterian College | 47300 | 62700 | 0.2455 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 184 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 185 | Chapman University | 51400 | 87300 | 0.4113 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 186 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 187 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 56600 | 66500 | 0.1489 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 188 | Santa Clara University | 56800 | 84800 | 0.3303 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.