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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 California.
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 California.
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 | 5200 | 42000 | 0.8755 | 425 | 1345 | 0.7744 | |
| 2 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 6200 | 12900 | 0.5181 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Monica College | 7100 | 15500 | 0.5427 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 4 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 5 | Francis Marion University | 9600 | 25400 | 0.6218 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 6 | Arkansas Tech University | 9800 | 22900 | 0.5715 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5817 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 8 | Marshall University | 11500 | 27100 | 0.5747 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 9 | University of Central Florida | 12300 | 23600 | 0.4789 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12400 | 37100 | 0.6653 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 11 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 24400 | 0.4677 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 13 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24900 | 0.4571 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 15 | Northern Arizona University | 13800 | 25400 | 0.4562 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 16 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 31300 | 0.55 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 16 | West Virginia University | 14100 | 23300 | 0.3948 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4594 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 19 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14400 | 25600 | 0.4367 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 20 | Midwestern State University | 14500 | 21600 | 0.3283 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 22 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 23 | North Carolina State University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4331 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 24 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28600 | 0.4503 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 25 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15800 | 23400 | 0.3252 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 26 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 41800 | 0.6191 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | University of Maine at Farmington | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3118 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 28 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16100 | 22600 | 0.2872 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 29 | Lamar University | 16200 | 22900 | 0.2922 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 30 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16300 | 23200 | 0.2971 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 31 | Washburn University | 16400 | 25200 | 0.3488 | 5,331 | 1015 | 1 | |
| 32 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16600 | 24900 | 0.3329 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 33 | Jacksonville State University | 16900 | 26600 | 0.3649 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 34 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 27700 | 0.3527 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 35 | Greensboro College | 18000 | 37800 | 0.5237 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 35 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18000 | 33600 | 0.4639 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 37 | Virginia State University | 18100 | 29300 | 0.3829 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 38 | Saint Cloud State University | 18200 | 24500 | 0.2574 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 39 | Union College | 18300 | 91000 | 0.799 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 40 | East Tennessee State University | 18500 | 26300 | 0.2968 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan University | 18700 | 36100 | 0.4817 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 42 | University of California-Irvine | 18900 | 35300 | 0.4654 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 43 | Youngstown State University | 19100 | 29300 | 0.3477 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 44 | Georgia College & State University | 19200 | 21600 | 0.111 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 45 | University of Mississippi | 19300 | 27000 | 0.2851 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 46 | Western Kentucky University | 19400 | 26800 | 0.2733 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 47 | Lehigh University | 19500 | 85700 | 0.7729 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 47 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19700 | 27200 | 0.276 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 50 | Georgia State University | 20000 | 26000 | 0.2309 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 50 | University of Wyoming | 20000 | 26700 | 0.2497 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 52 | Niagara University | 20400 | 57400 | 0.6444 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 53 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 30000 | 0.3138 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 54 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 55 | Cleveland State University | 21300 | 30900 | 0.3103 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21300 | 29400 | 0.2756 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 57 | Dillard University | 21400 | 50400 | 0.5757 | 1,117 | 1080 | 0.4051 | |
| 58 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 58 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 60 | Bradley University | 21700 | 50900 | 0.5737 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 61 | Bentley University | 22000 | 84500 | 0.7394 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 62 | Ave Maria University | 22300 | 44800 | 0.502 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 63 | University of Memphis | 22400 | 30000 | 0.2538 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 64 | Azusa Pacific University | 22600 | 63100 | 0.6416 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 65 | Grove City College | 23100 | 37200 | 0.3791 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 66 | Beloit College | 23300 | 75600 | 0.6921 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 66 | Berry College | 23300 | 60800 | 0.6166 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 68 | Utica University | 23400 | 41100 | 0.4303 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 69 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23500 | 24500 | 0.0407 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 70 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23800 | 28300 | 0.1592 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 71 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24900 | 28000 | 0.1098 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 71 | Lewis University | 24900 | 57400 | 0.5658 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 71 | West Texas A & M University | 24900 | 27100 | 0.0811 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 74 | Tennessee Technological University | 25100 | 33700 | 0.2548 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 75 | Hope College | 25300 | 60100 | 0.5788 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 76 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 77 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 78 | Westminster University | 25700 | 59500 | 0.5677 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 79 | Allegheny College | 25800 | 75200 | 0.6566 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 79 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 81 | Westmont College | 25900 | 76400 | 0.6614 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 82 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26000 | 38900 | 0.3313 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 82 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 26000 | 31500 | 0.1747 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 84 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5965 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 85 | Oakland University | 26200 | 39800 | 0.3419 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 86 | University of Arizona | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3028 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 87 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 87 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26400 | 68400 | 0.6141 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 87 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 26400 | 48200 | 0.4525 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 90 | California State University-Long Beach | 26800 | 38400 | 0.3025 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 90 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3812 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 92 | Tennessee State University | 26900 | 39300 | 0.3158 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 93 | Capital University | 27000 | 68600 | 0.6065 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 93 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 95 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 27100 | 53300 | 0.4914 | 2,803 | 1105 | 0.9576 | |
| 96 | University of North Texas | 27200 | 37400 | 0.2729 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 97 | Aquinas College | 27400 | 53300 | 0.486 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 97 | Cornell College | 27400 | 72200 | 0.6206 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 97 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 97 | University of Louisville | 27400 | 42200 | 0.3505 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 97 | Weber State University | 27400 | 33300 | 0.1772 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 102 | Missouri Valley College | 27500 | 38100 | 0.2782 | 1,558 | 985 | 0.5269 | |
| 102 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27500 | 54800 | 0.498 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 104 | Grand Valley State University | 27700 | 35700 | 0.2241 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 105 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 106 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 106 | John Brown University | 28300 | 48300 | 0.4153 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 108 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28500 | 39700 | 0.2822 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 109 | Western Illinois University | 29000 | 31000 | 0.0668 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 110 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29200 | 36500 | 0.2001 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 111 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 29400 | 41000 | 0.2827 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 112 | South Carolina State University | 29700 | 41600 | 0.286 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
| 113 | Gannon University | 30000 | 45300 | 0.3378 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 113 | University of North Dakota | 30000 | 32500 | 0.0791 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 115 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30200 | 33100 | 0.0877 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 116 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 117 | St Bonaventure University | 30800 | 61000 | 0.4948 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 117 | University of Redlands | 30800 | 80100 | 0.6158 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 119 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 119 | Carroll University | 30900 | 61400 | 0.4966 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 119 | University of West Georgia | 30900 | 36000 | 0.1418 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 119 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5776 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 123 | Rider University | 31100 | 64300 | 0.5162 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 123 | The College of Wooster | 31100 | 83100 | 0.6264 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 125 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31300 | 36700 | 0.1472 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 126 | Sam Houston State University | 31400 | 39900 | 0.213 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 126 | Samford University | 31400 | 65200 | 0.5183 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 126 | University of North Florida | 31400 | 37900 | 0.1715 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 129 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.101 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 130 | Hampton University | 32000 | 47000 | 0.3192 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 131 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 82700 | 0.6119 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 132 | Widener University | 32300 | 75300 | 0.5708 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 133 | University of Dayton | 32500 | 64100 | 0.493 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 134 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 33100 | 73700 | 0.5507 | 1,525 | 1241 | 0.556 | |
| 135 | Appalachian State University | 33200 | 35800 | 0.0726 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 136 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 137 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2936 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 138 | DePaul University | 34600 | 59100 | 0.4144 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 139 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70800 | 0.5096 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 140 | Coastal Carolina University | 34800 | 44700 | 0.2213 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 141 | Cedarville University | 35100 | 55100 | 0.364 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 142 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35200 | 38100 | 0.0768 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 142 | University of West Florida | 35200 | 44600 | 0.2109 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 144 | Boise State University | 35300 | 48800 | 0.2766 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 145 | University of Maine | 35800 | 45100 | 0.2062 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 146 | Salisbury University | 36200 | 40900 | 0.115 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 147 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 148 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 149 | Clark Atlanta University | 36500 | 49800 | 0.2673 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 150 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0533 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 151 | Seattle University | 37200 | 69800 | 0.4668 | 4,103 | 1256 | 0.7703 | |
| 152 | Wichita State University | 37300 | 39700 | 0.0605 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 153 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37500 | 51000 | 0.2642 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 154 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 155 | Xavier University | 38500 | 67500 | 0.4297 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 156 | Saint Vincent College | 38600 | 60700 | 0.3636 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 157 | Suffolk University | 38700 | 73600 | 0.4744 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 158 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39100 | 52900 | 0.2607 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 159 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 160 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 161 | Alvernia University | 39800 | 68700 | 0.4208 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 161 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4093 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 163 | Loyola University Chicago | 40100 | 73500 | 0.4543 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 164 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 165 | SUNY Oneonta | 40400 | 45300 | 0.1081 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 166 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40900 | 68600 | 0.4035 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 41300 | 41300 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 167 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 41300 | 42500 | 0.0282 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 169 | Hofstra University | 41700 | 74600 | 0.4409 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 169 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41700 | 52100 | 0.1996 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 171 | Arkansas State University | 41900 | 45900 | 0.0859 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 172 | Loyola University Maryland | 42100 | 78800 | 0.4658 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 173 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 174 | Old Dominion University | 42400 | 52400 | 0.1907 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 174 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 176 | Mercyhurst University | 42900 | 66400 | 0.3541 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 177 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43300 | 50300 | 0.1392 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 178 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 179 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 180 | Marquette University | 45700 | 75100 | 0.3916 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 181 | Saint Louis University | 45800 | 74500 | 0.3853 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 182 | Presbyterian College | 47300 | 62700 | 0.2455 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 183 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 47700 | 66500 | 0.2827 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 184 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 185 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 186 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 187 | Santa Clara University | 52700 | 82900 | 0.3643 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 188 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 189 | Chapman University | 61900 | 86200 | 0.281 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.