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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 Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | Seattle University | 3800 | 11800 | 0.6768 | 4,103 | 1256 | 0.7703 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 28600 | 0.7211 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 3 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 4 | Marshall University | 9300 | 34400 | 0.7291 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 5 | University of California-Irvine | 9600 | 42100 | 0.7714 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 10100 | 29300 | 0.6564 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 8 | Tennessee State University | 11600 | 48200 | 0.7586 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 9 | Saginaw Valley State University | 12900 | 28600 | 0.5491 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 12900 | 57700 | 0.7763 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13000 | 23400 | 0.445 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 13100 | 21500 | 0.3902 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 13 | Youngstown State University | 13500 | 26800 | 0.4958 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 14 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 13900 | 38000 | 0.6347 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 15 | Arkansas Tech University | 14200 | 35900 | 0.6038 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 15 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 25700 | 0.4469 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 14200 | 28900 | 0.5094 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14200 | 46000 | 0.6909 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 19 | Union College | 14300 | 92400 | 0.8451 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 20 | Louisiana Tech University | 14400 | 36900 | 0.6097 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 22 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14800 | 36100 | 0.5901 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 23 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 24 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 24 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15600 | 23200 | 0.3252 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 26 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 27 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 30300 | 0.4749 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 27 | University of Memphis | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3985 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 27 | University of North Florida | 15900 | 33000 | 0.5186 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 30 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3103 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 31 | Lamar University | 16300 | 22900 | 0.2879 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 32 | Jacksonville State University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.5427 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 33 | Eastern Michigan University | 16800 | 31800 | 0.4722 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 33 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16800 | 24900 | 0.3249 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16900 | 48200 | 0.6498 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 37 | Weber State University | 17400 | 41300 | 0.5782 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 38 | Georgia State University | 17500 | 45500 | 0.6148 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 38 | Greensboro College | 17500 | 37800 | 0.537 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 38 | University of Louisville | 17500 | 29100 | 0.399 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 41 | Cornell College | 17600 | 73600 | 0.7606 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 42 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 43 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18000 | 52500 | 0.6571 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 44 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 45 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18200 | 26700 | 0.3183 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 46 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 47 | Grand Valley State University | 18700 | 29500 | 0.366 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 47 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 45000 | 0.5851 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 49 | Francis Marion University | 19100 | 37100 | 0.485 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 49 | Saint Cloud State University | 19100 | 24500 | 0.2219 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 49 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 48000 | 0.6024 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 52 | Midwestern State University | 19700 | 28600 | 0.3107 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 53 | Niagara University | 19800 | 57400 | 0.6548 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 54 | University of Wyoming | 19900 | 26700 | 0.2545 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 55 | Dillard University | 20000 | 53700 | 0.6278 | 1,117 | 1080 | 0.4051 | |
| 56 | South Carolina State University | 20100 | 42000 | 0.5209 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
| 57 | Boise State University | 20400 | 59700 | 0.6583 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 58 | Grove City College | 20500 | 39700 | 0.4842 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 59 | Beloit College | 20600 | 97600 | 0.7888 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 59 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 31000 | 0.3359 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 61 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20700 | 72100 | 0.7127 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 61 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20700 | 32800 | 0.3684 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 61 | Utica University | 20700 | 43400 | 0.5226 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 64 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 27200 | 0.2096 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 64 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 66 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21700 | 28200 | 0.2309 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 68 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 68 | South Dakota State University | 22000 | 25200 | 0.1271 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 70 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22200 | 59900 | 0.6293 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 70 | West Texas A & M University | 22200 | 22400 | 0.0089 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 72 | Northern Arizona University | 23000 | 32000 | 0.2815 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 73 | Westmont College | 23100 | 76400 | 0.6979 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 74 | SUNY Oneonta | 23500 | 49300 | 0.5238 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 75 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3401 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 76 | Ave Maria University | 24100 | 45400 | 0.469 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 76 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 24100 | 58100 | 0.5848 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 78 | St Bonaventure University | 24300 | 61200 | 0.6029 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 79 | Allegheny College | 24500 | 75200 | 0.6738 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 80 | Old Dominion University | 24600 | 36600 | 0.3275 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 24600 | 41300 | 0.4041 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 82 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24800 | 28500 | 0.13 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 83 | Miami University-Oxford | 24900 | 28400 | 0.1232 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 84 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2586 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 85 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 85 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25200 | 38500 | 0.3456 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 87 | Lewis University | 25300 | 57700 | 0.5613 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 88 | Hope College | 25500 | 60100 | 0.5755 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 88 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 53100 | 0.5202 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 88 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25500 | 31500 | 0.1906 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 88 | University of Redlands | 25500 | 84200 | 0.6975 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 92 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25600 | 75700 | 0.6622 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 25900 | 39200 | 0.3394 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 94 | East Tennessee State University | 26000 | 30600 | 0.1502 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 95 | Westminster University | 26100 | 81400 | 0.6794 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 96 | Aquinas College | 26200 | 53400 | 0.5098 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 96 | University of Evansville | 26200 | 64700 | 0.5954 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 96 | Washburn University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2779 | 5,331 | 1015 | 1 | |
| 99 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26500 | 53800 | 0.5076 | 2,803 | 1105 | 0.9576 | |
| 100 | Iowa State University | 26700 | 43300 | 0.3842 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 101 | Cleveland State University | 26800 | 37300 | 0.2817 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 101 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 29600 | 0.0947 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 103 | Oakland University | 26900 | 39700 | 0.3225 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 103 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 105 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 106 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 27200 | 43000 | 0.3671 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 107 | Capital University | 27300 | 80300 | 0.6601 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 108 | George Fox University | 27800 | 76800 | 0.638 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 108 | Missouri Valley College | 27800 | 38200 | 0.2723 | 1,558 | 985 | 0.5269 | |
| 108 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27800 | 67800 | 0.5902 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 111 | Marquette University | 27900 | 66200 | 0.5783 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 111 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 113 | John Brown University | 28100 | 48300 | 0.418 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 113 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 115 | Western Illinois University | 28800 | 31000 | 0.071 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 115 | Wichita State University | 28800 | 40600 | 0.2905 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 117 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 118 | Oklahoma City University | 29500 | 62200 | 0.5256 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 119 | University of North Dakota | 29800 | 32500 | 0.0831 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 120 | Belmont University | 30200 | 67800 | 0.554 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 121 | Gannon University | 30600 | 52900 | 0.4219 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 122 | University of North Texas | 30700 | 48200 | 0.363 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 123 | Samford University | 30800 | 78000 | 0.6048 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 123 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 82600 | 0.627 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 123 | Wofford College | 30800 | 73200 | 0.5794 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 126 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 126 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 128 | Carroll University | 31200 | 61500 | 0.4929 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 129 | Coastal Carolina University | 31500 | 45100 | 0.3016 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 130 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 131 | University of Dayton | 31900 | 64200 | 0.5032 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 132 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 85400 | 0.6238 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 133 | Rider University | 32200 | 60600 | 0.4687 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 134 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 135 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 136 | Alvernia University | 32700 | 69400 | 0.5287 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 137 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 138 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32900 | 93400 | 0.6479 | 1,525 | 1241 | 0.556 | |
| 139 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 140 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55900 | 0.3974 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 140 | Virginia State University | 33700 | 42200 | 0.2016 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 142 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1821 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 143 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 144 | Baylor University | 34600 | 70300 | 0.5078 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 145 | Hofstra University | 34800 | 77000 | 0.5479 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 146 | Cedarville University | 34900 | 55100 | 0.3664 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 147 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35100 | 38100 | 0.0802 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 148 | Loyola University Chicago | 35400 | 73600 | 0.5191 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 149 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35500 | 38700 | 0.0828 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 150 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 151 | Berry College | 35900 | 60900 | 0.4107 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 151 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35900 | 42800 | 0.1614 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 153 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 36100 | 42500 | 0.1505 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 154 | Loyola University Maryland | 36200 | 78800 | 0.5407 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 155 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 156 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 157 | California State University-Long Beach | 37500 | 38600 | 0.0285 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 157 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 159 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37700 | 61400 | 0.3863 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 160 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 161 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 162 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 162 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 164 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 164 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 166 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40700 | 0.0105 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 167 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 168 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 169 | Marymount Manhattan College | 42100 | 69900 | 0.3977 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 170 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 171 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 172 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 173 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 174 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 174 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 176 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 177 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 178 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 179 | Saint Louis University | 48200 | 80900 | 0.404 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 180 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 181 | DePaul University | 48900 | 67100 | 0.2712 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 181 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 183 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 184 | Chapman University | 51300 | 94000 | 0.4544 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 185 | Santa Clara University | 57600 | 85400 | 0.3255 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 186 | Presbyterian College | 59900 | 62700 | 0.0446 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.