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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 Colorado.
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 Colorado.
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 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 5 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 6 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11400 | 24800 | 0.5409 | 7,393 | 1125 | 0.8968 | |
| 7 | Front Range Community College | 11500 | 18600 | 0.3774 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 26900 | 0.5645 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 10 | University of North Florida | 12900 | 22400 | 0.4246 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 11 | Colorado College | 14100 | 98000 | 0.8556 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 12 | Grand Valley State University | 14300 | 25300 | 0.4353 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 13 | Union College | 14700 | 92400 | 0.8408 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 14 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 15 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15300 | 25600 | 0.4016 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 16 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 17 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 17 | Troy University | 15600 | 26700 | 0.4156 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 19 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 20 | University of North Texas | 16100 | 26100 | 0.3838 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 20 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16100 | 26800 | 0.3996 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 22 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 23 | Tennessee State University | 16400 | 39200 | 0.5811 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 23 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16400 | 22300 | 0.2643 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 25 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5404 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 26 | University of Maine | 16800 | 29300 | 0.4269 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 26 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 28 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 20100 | 0.1588 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 29 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17500 | 20700 | 0.1546 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 30 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 31 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 17900 | 42900 | 0.5834 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 31 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 26600 | 0.3274 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 33 | Greensboro College | 18000 | 37800 | 0.5237 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 34 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 34 | University of Mississippi | 18300 | 45000 | 0.5938 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 36 | East Tennessee State University | 18700 | 26100 | 0.283 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 37 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19000 | 31000 | 0.3876 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 38 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2615 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 39 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,967 | 940 | 0.9602 | |
| 40 | Virginia State University | 19400 | 29500 | 0.3421 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 41 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4219 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 42 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20000 | 72100 | 0.7224 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 43 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 43 | Youngstown State University | 20100 | 34000 | 0.4089 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 45 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 45 | Georgia State University | 20300 | 26000 | 0.2194 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 45 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 48 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 49 | Fort Lewis College | 20600 | 29200 | 0.2947 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 49 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 49 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20600 | 52900 | 0.6104 | 1,108 | 990 | 1 | |
| 52 | Arapahoe Community College | 20700 | 34000 | 0.3906 | 16,758 | 0 | 1 | |
| 53 | South Carolina State University | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3062 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 53 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 20800 | 28500 | 0.2705 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 55 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 55 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 21000 | 27800 | 0.2442 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 57 | University of Memphis | 21100 | 29600 | 0.2875 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 58 | Midwestern State University | 21400 | 28600 | 0.2513 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 59 | Louisiana Tech University | 21600 | 26100 | 0.1726 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 60 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 61 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 62 | Oklahoma City University | 23000 | 64400 | 0.643 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 63 | Hope College | 23200 | 60100 | 0.6138 | 3,427 | 1216 | 0.8712 | |
| 64 | Bentley University | 23300 | 85500 | 0.7274 | 4,620 | 1323 | 0.4729 | |
| 65 | West Texas A & M University | 23600 | 29200 | 0.1916 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 66 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3484 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 67 | Allegheny College | 23800 | 76200 | 0.6878 | 1,125 | 1243 | 0.5877 | |
| 68 | Utica University | 23900 | 43400 | 0.4489 | 2,191 | 1214 | 0.9187 | |
| 69 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3533 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 70 | Miami University-Oxford | 24500 | 27500 | 0.1092 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 70 | Park University | 24500 | 31300 | 0.2176 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 24600 | 41300 | 0.4044 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 73 | Pikes Peak State College | 24700 | 31600 | 0.2186 | 12,556 | 0 | 1 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25100 | 34400 | 0.2701 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 75 | Dillard University | 25400 | 53600 | 0.5266 | 1,070 | 1055 | 0.7371 | |
| 75 | University of Dayton | 25400 | 64200 | 0.6045 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 77 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 77 | Lewis University | 25500 | 57700 | 0.5578 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 79 | Wheaton College | 25600 | 87500 | 0.7072 | 2,181 | 1357 | 0.8491 | |
| 80 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25700 | 53800 | 0.5225 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 81 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5967 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 82 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26300 | 64700 | 0.5938 | 871 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 83 | St Bonaventure University | 26500 | 61200 | 0.5669 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 84 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 85 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 85 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 41800 | 0.3588 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 87 | Oakland University | 27000 | 39300 | 0.3128 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 88 | University of the Incarnate Word | 27100 | 61400 | 0.5588 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 89 | Capital University | 27200 | 62400 | 0.564 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 90 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27300 | 39800 | 0.314 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 91 | Cornell College | 27400 | 74800 | 0.6336 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 91 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 93 | Missouri Valley College | 27600 | 38200 | 0.2775 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6922 | |
| 93 | Rider University | 27600 | 60600 | 0.5443 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 95 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 96 | George Fox University | 27900 | 69400 | 0.5983 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 96 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 96 | Wichita State University | 27900 | 39800 | 0.3009 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 99 | John Brown University | 28000 | 48300 | 0.4198 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 100 | Westminster University | 28500 | 62600 | 0.545 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 101 | Francis Marion University | 28600 | 40200 | 0.2889 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 101 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 103 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 34000 | 0.1501 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 104 | Jacksonville State University | 29200 | 38200 | 0.2354 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 105 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 106 | University of West Florida | 30200 | 38000 | 0.2051 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 106 | University of West Georgia | 30200 | 46800 | 0.3546 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 108 | Wofford College | 30700 | 73200 | 0.5805 | 1,781 | 1305 | 0.5487 | |
| 109 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 109 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 83100 | 0.6278 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 111 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 112 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31300 | 59100 | 0.4701 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 113 | Lamar University | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1803 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 114 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31500 | 75700 | 0.5836 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 114 | University of Louisville | 31500 | 42000 | 0.2498 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 117 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 118 | Berry College | 32500 | 60900 | 0.4666 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 119 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 119 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 121 | Marquette University | 32900 | 66500 | 0.5052 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 122 | Ursinus College | 33200 | 83700 | 0.6038 | 1,378 | 1303 | 0.9285 | |
| 123 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 124 | Loyola University Maryland | 34200 | 78800 | 0.5661 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 124 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34200 | 41000 | 0.1661 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 126 | Washburn University | 34300 | 38400 | 0.1067 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 127 | Beloit College | 34900 | 81400 | 0.5709 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 128 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 35000 | 38700 | 0.0956 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 129 | Coastal Carolina University | 35100 | 45100 | 0.2215 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 130 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35600 | 56700 | 0.3719 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 131 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3736 | 5,794 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 133 | Hofstra University | 36500 | 76900 | 0.5253 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 134 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 135 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0808 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 136 | Marymount Manhattan College | 37500 | 69900 | 0.4635 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 137 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 138 | University of Redlands | 38000 | 84200 | 0.549 | 1,941 | 1233 | 0.8272 | |
| 139 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 140 | Seton Hall University | 38200 | 67400 | 0.433 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 141 | Xavier University | 38400 | 68100 | 0.4364 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 142 | Alvernia University | 38600 | 69400 | 0.4437 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 142 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38600 | 52900 | 0.2704 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 144 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 145 | Saint Francis University | 38900 | 63100 | 0.3835 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 146 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 146 | 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 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39900 | 50000 | 0.2022 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 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 | 40700 | 74100 | 0.4506 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 157 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40900 | 48500 | 0.1566 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 158 | Butler University | 41300 | 72400 | 0.4297 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 159 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41400 | 53600 | 0.2277 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 160 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41600 | 46000 | 0.0956 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 161 | Susquehanna University | 42100 | 76800 | 0.452 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 162 | Seattle University | 42400 | 85100 | 0.5015 | 4,370 | 1299 | 0.7313 | |
| 162 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 164 | Boise State University | 42900 | 50000 | 0.142 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 165 | Widener University | 43200 | 79400 | 0.4561 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 166 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 167 | Georgia College & State University | 45200 | 52400 | 0.1374 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 167 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 169 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 170 | Saint Louis University | 48400 | 80900 | 0.4015 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 171 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 172 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 173 | University of Georgia | 49600 | 51600 | 0.0387 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 174 | Chapman University | 52500 | 93100 | 0.4361 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 174 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52500 | 52800 | 0.0057 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 176 | Santa Clara University | 57400 | 85400 | 0.3279 | 6,695 | 1399 | 0.4788 | |
| 177 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 178 | Presbyterian College | 62700 | 62700 | 0 | 903 | 1150 | 0.6515 | |
| 179 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 68000 | 0.0294 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.