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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 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4400 | 12900 | 0.6559 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 7400 | 34500 | 0.785 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 5 | Marshall University | 8800 | 34400 | 0.7437 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 6 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9024 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 9900 | 25000 | 0.6031 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 8 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 9 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 10 | Tennessee State University | 11400 | 48200 | 0.7627 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 10 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11400 | 24800 | 0.5409 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 12 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 13 | University of Central Florida | 12200 | 25300 | 0.5172 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 14 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 15 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13000 | 23200 | 0.4396 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 16 | University of Idaho | 13100 | 25800 | 0.4913 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 17 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5115 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 17 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13200 | 27800 | 0.5243 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 17 | Youngstown State University | 13200 | 26800 | 0.507 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 20 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13500 | 19400 | 0.3042 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 20 | University of West Florida | 13500 | 39000 | 0.6533 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 22 | Union College | 13600 | 92400 | 0.8527 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 23 | Arkansas Tech University | 13700 | 35900 | 0.6177 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 24 | Washburn University | 13800 | 24000 | 0.4245 | 5,331 | 1015 | 1 | |
| 25 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 36900 | 0.6205 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 27 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14100 | 26800 | 0.4744 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 28 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 14300 | 28900 | 0.5059 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 29 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4539 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 30 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 30 | University of North Texas | 14600 | 25700 | 0.4325 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 32 | Troy University | 15100 | 26700 | 0.4344 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 33 | University of California-Irvine | 15300 | 36300 | 0.5785 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 34 | University of North Florida | 15400 | 33000 | 0.5337 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 35 | University of Memphis | 15500 | 26400 | 0.4137 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 36 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89600 | 0.8252 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 37 | James Madison University | 15900 | 28900 | 0.4502 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 37 | Lamar University | 15900 | 22900 | 0.3053 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 37 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 30300 | 0.4749 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 40 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3801 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 41 | Jacksonville State University | 16200 | 36100 | 0.551 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16200 | 24900 | 0.3489 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 43 | Eastern Michigan University | 16300 | 31800 | 0.4862 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 44 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16400 | 23200 | 0.2931 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16400 | 48200 | 0.6601 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 46 | North Carolina State University | 16600 | 28500 | 0.4168 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 46 | University of Maine | 16600 | 29300 | 0.4337 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 46 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16600 | 33600 | 0.5055 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 49 | Arkansas State University | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4023 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 49 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 51 | Greensboro College | 17000 | 37800 | 0.5502 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 51 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17000 | 26300 | 0.3521 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 53 | Weber State University | 17100 | 41300 | 0.5854 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 54 | Georgia State University | 17300 | 26000 | 0.3348 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 55 | Georgia Southern University | 17600 | 26800 | 0.3439 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 55 | Virginia State University | 17600 | 29500 | 0.403 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 57 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 57 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17700 | 36500 | 0.5154 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 59 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 60 | University of Arizona | 18200 | 30900 | 0.4117 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 61 | Francis Marion University | 18800 | 37100 | 0.4931 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 62 | Midwestern State University | 18900 | 28600 | 0.3386 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 62 | University of Mississippi | 18900 | 45000 | 0.5806 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 62 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 65 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 24900 | 0.2331 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 66 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19200 | 33700 | 0.4294 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 67 | South Carolina State University | 19400 | 42000 | 0.5376 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
| 68 | Dillard University | 19800 | 53700 | 0.6315 | 1,117 | 1080 | 0.4051 | |
| 68 | Niagara University | 19800 | 57400 | 0.6548 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 19900 | 41300 | 0.5182 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 71 | Georgia College & State University | 20000 | 52400 | 0.6182 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 72 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 73 | Boise State University | 20300 | 59700 | 0.66 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 73 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20300 | 31000 | 0.3456 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 75 | Utica University | 20400 | 43400 | 0.5295 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20500 | 26600 | 0.2292 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 77 | South Dakota State University | 20700 | 25200 | 0.1804 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 78 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20900 | 72100 | 0.7099 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 79 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 80 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 27200 | 0.2207 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 81 | Azusa Pacific University | 21500 | 63000 | 0.6589 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 81 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 83 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21800 | 59900 | 0.6359 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 84 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 85 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22100 | 43000 | 0.4856 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 85 | West Texas A & M University | 22100 | 22400 | 0.0134 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 87 | Allegheny College | 22200 | 75400 | 0.7062 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 88 | SUNY Oneonta | 23300 | 49300 | 0.5279 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 89 | Old Dominion University | 23400 | 32400 | 0.2776 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 90 | Ave Maria University | 23800 | 45400 | 0.4756 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 91 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 23900 | 58100 | 0.5882 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 91 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3363 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 93 | Marquette University | 24400 | 63100 | 0.6129 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 93 | St Bonaventure University | 24400 | 61200 | 0.6012 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 95 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 96 | Lewis University | 24900 | 57700 | 0.5682 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 97 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 25000 | 28000 | 0.1089 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 97 | Hope College | 25000 | 60100 | 0.5838 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 99 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 99 | University of North Dakota | 25100 | 27700 | 0.0922 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 101 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25300 | 75700 | 0.6661 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 102 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 48600 | 0.4757 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 103 | University of Redlands | 25600 | 81400 | 0.6856 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 103 | Westminster University | 25600 | 81400 | 0.6856 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 105 | East Tennessee State University | 25700 | 30600 | 0.16 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 105 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 25700 | 61400 | 0.5809 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 107 | Westmont College | 25900 | 76400 | 0.6614 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 108 | Aquinas College | 26100 | 53400 | 0.5116 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 108 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26100 | 38900 | 0.3307 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 108 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5961 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 111 | Oakland University | 26200 | 39700 | 0.3401 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 111 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26200 | 53800 | 0.5132 | 2,803 | 1105 | 0.9576 | |
| 113 | Grand Valley State University | 26300 | 36300 | 0.2759 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 114 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 29600 | 0.1063 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 115 | Cleveland State University | 26700 | 37300 | 0.2843 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 116 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3806 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 117 | Capital University | 27000 | 80300 | 0.6639 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 118 | George Fox University | 27400 | 76800 | 0.6432 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 118 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27400 | 67800 | 0.5961 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 120 | Missouri Valley College | 27500 | 38200 | 0.2802 | 1,558 | 985 | 0.5269 | |
| 121 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 122 | Cornell College | 28300 | 74800 | 0.6221 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 122 | John Brown University | 28300 | 48300 | 0.4148 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 124 | Wichita State University | 28900 | 40600 | 0.2891 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 125 | Western Illinois University | 29000 | 31000 | 0.066 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 126 | Oklahoma City University | 29400 | 62200 | 0.5272 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 126 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 33900 | 0.1328 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 128 | Beloit College | 29800 | 97600 | 0.6946 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 129 | Gannon University | 30000 | 52900 | 0.4333 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 130 | Samford University | 30200 | 78000 | 0.6125 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 131 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5527 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 132 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 132 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5773 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 134 | Coastal Carolina University | 31000 | 45100 | 0.3127 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 135 | The College of Wooster | 31100 | 83100 | 0.6261 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 136 | Carroll University | 31300 | 61500 | 0.4912 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 137 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4803 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 137 | University of Dayton | 31500 | 64200 | 0.5094 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 139 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1003 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 140 | Hampton University | 32000 | 62400 | 0.4868 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 141 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 85400 | 0.6238 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 142 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 143 | Alvernia University | 32700 | 69400 | 0.5287 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 144 | University of Louisville | 33000 | 42000 | 0.2145 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 145 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 33200 | 93400 | 0.6447 | 1,525 | 1241 | 0.556 | |
| 146 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 147 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55900 | 0.3992 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 148 | Cedarville University | 34100 | 55100 | 0.3817 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 149 | Hofstra University | 34400 | 77000 | 0.5531 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 149 | Salisbury University | 34400 | 41700 | 0.1749 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 151 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 152 | Baylor University | 34800 | 70300 | 0.5049 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 153 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35200 | 38100 | 0.0761 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 154 | Loyola University Chicago | 35700 | 73600 | 0.515 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 155 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 156 | Berry College | 36100 | 60900 | 0.4074 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 157 | Clark Atlanta University | 36400 | 61700 | 0.4102 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 157 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2784 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 159 | Tennessee Technological University | 36500 | 38500 | 0.0532 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 160 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 161 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0527 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 162 | Loyola University Maryland | 37100 | 78800 | 0.5293 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 163 | Xavier University | 37600 | 67500 | 0.4431 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 164 | University of Wyoming | 38800 | 43800 | 0.1152 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 165 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39200 | 53400 | 0.266 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 166 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 167 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 168 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4092 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 169 | Widener University | 41200 | 79400 | 0.4813 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 170 | Saint Vincent College | 41500 | 64600 | 0.3569 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 171 | Seattle University | 42000 | 84600 | 0.5037 | 4,103 | 1256 | 0.7703 | |
| 172 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42300 | 42300 | 0 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 173 | Marymount Manhattan College | 42400 | 69900 | 0.3934 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 173 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 175 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 53700 | 0.2066 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 176 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 177 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 178 | Mercyhurst University | 43900 | 66400 | 0.339 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 179 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 180 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 180 | Saint Louis University | 48700 | 80900 | 0.3978 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 182 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 183 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 184 | Santa Clara University | 51900 | 84500 | 0.386 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 185 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 186 | Presbyterian College | 59600 | 62700 | 0.0494 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 187 | Chapman University | 62100 | 87200 | 0.2881 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 188 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 76200 | 82000 | 0.0708 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.