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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 | 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 | 11300 | 24800 | 0.5449 | 7,393 | 1125 | 0.8968 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 26900 | 0.5645 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 8 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12300 | 28900 | 0.5752 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 9 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 10 | University of North Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4336 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 11 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 12 | Western Kentucky University | 13200 | 27000 | 0.5127 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13300 | 30000 | 0.5567 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13300 | 19400 | 0.3145 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 15 | University of Georgia | 13800 | 26600 | 0.4812 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 16 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14300 | 30100 | 0.5243 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 17 | Union College | 14400 | 92400 | 0.8441 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 19 | Midwestern State University | 14600 | 21600 | 0.3237 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 20 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 21 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15300 | 25600 | 0.4016 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 22 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 22 | Troy University | 15500 | 26700 | 0.4194 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 24 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 25 | Colorado College | 15700 | 98000 | 0.8397 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 26 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 27 | Appalachian State University | 15900 | 19500 | 0.1847 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 28 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16000 | 26800 | 0.4034 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 29 | Tennessee State University | 16300 | 39200 | 0.5836 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 30 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 31 | Arkansas State University | 16600 | 28100 | 0.4095 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5404 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 34 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 35 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 36 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23200 | 0.2543 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 37 | Cornell College | 17600 | 73600 | 0.7606 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 37 | University of Louisville | 17600 | 29100 | 0.3956 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 37 | University of Memphis | 17600 | 26400 | 0.334 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 40 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 40 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17700 | 26600 | 0.3349 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 42 | Greensboro College | 17900 | 37800 | 0.5264 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 42 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 17900 | 42900 | 0.5834 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 44 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 45 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 45 | University of Mississippi | 18300 | 45000 | 0.5938 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 47 | Youngstown State University | 18400 | 34000 | 0.4589 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 48 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2615 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 49 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,967 | 940 | 0.9602 | |
| 50 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4217 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 51 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19800 | 72100 | 0.7252 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 51 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19800 | 30500 | 0.3506 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 51 | Wichita State University | 19800 | 29800 | 0.3352 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 54 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 55 | Georgia State University | 20200 | 26000 | 0.2232 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 56 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 56 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 56 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 59 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 59 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20600 | 52900 | 0.6104 | 1,108 | 990 | 1 | |
| 61 | South Carolina State University | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3062 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 62 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20900 | 27600 | 0.2431 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 63 | Louisiana Tech University | 21400 | 26100 | 0.1802 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 64 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 65 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50800 | 0.5688 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 65 | South Dakota State University | 21900 | 25200 | 0.1305 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 67 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 68 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma City University | 22800 | 64400 | 0.6461 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 70 | Hope College | 23000 | 60100 | 0.6171 | 3,427 | 1216 | 0.8712 | |
| 71 | Southern Connecticut State University | 23100 | 41000 | 0.4367 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 72 | Bentley University | 23300 | 85500 | 0.7274 | 4,620 | 1323 | 0.4729 | |
| 73 | West Texas A & M University | 23500 | 29200 | 0.195 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 74 | East Tennessee State University | 23600 | 30600 | 0.2286 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 75 | Utica University | 23800 | 43400 | 0.4512 | 2,191 | 1214 | 0.9187 | |
| 76 | Allegheny College | 23900 | 76200 | 0.6865 | 1,125 | 1243 | 0.5877 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 24400 | 41300 | 0.4093 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 78 | Park University | 24500 | 31300 | 0.2176 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25000 | 34400 | 0.273 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 80 | Lewis University | 25200 | 57700 | 0.563 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 81 | Dillard University | 25300 | 53600 | 0.5284 | 1,070 | 1055 | 0.7371 | |
| 82 | University of Dayton | 25400 | 64200 | 0.6045 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 83 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 84 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25600 | 53800 | 0.5243 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 84 | Wheaton College | 25600 | 87500 | 0.7072 | 2,181 | 1357 | 0.8491 | |
| 86 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5967 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 87 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26200 | 64700 | 0.5953 | 871 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 88 | Northern Arizona University | 26300 | 43200 | 0.3922 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 88 | St Bonaventure University | 26300 | 61200 | 0.5702 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 90 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 91 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 92 | Oakland University | 26900 | 39300 | 0.3154 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 93 | University of the Incarnate Word | 27000 | 61400 | 0.5604 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 94 | Capital University | 27100 | 62400 | 0.5656 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 95 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 96 | Missouri Valley College | 27600 | 38200 | 0.2775 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6922 | |
| 97 | George Fox University | 27700 | 69400 | 0.6012 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 97 | Rider University | 27700 | 60600 | 0.5426 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 99 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 100 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 101 | John Brown University | 28000 | 48300 | 0.4198 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 102 | Francis Marion University | 28500 | 40200 | 0.2914 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 102 | Westminster University | 28500 | 62600 | 0.545 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 104 | University of North Texas | 28600 | 37400 | 0.2351 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 105 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 34000 | 0.1501 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 106 | Jacksonville State University | 29100 | 38200 | 0.2381 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 107 | Marquette University | 29200 | 63800 | 0.5424 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 108 | University of West Florida | 30100 | 38000 | 0.2077 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 109 | University of West Georgia | 30200 | 46800 | 0.3546 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 110 | The College of Wooster | 30700 | 82600 | 0.628 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 110 | Wofford College | 30700 | 73200 | 0.5805 | 1,781 | 1305 | 0.5487 | |
| 112 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 112 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 114 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 115 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4735 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 116 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 116 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31600 | 75700 | 0.5823 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 119 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 120 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 121 | Berry College | 32500 | 60900 | 0.4666 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 122 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 123 | Ursinus College | 33200 | 83700 | 0.6038 | 1,378 | 1303 | 0.9285 | |
| 124 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 125 | Cleveland State University | 33500 | 37300 | 0.1019 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 126 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 127 | Loyola University Maryland | 34200 | 78800 | 0.5661 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 128 | Beloit College | 35000 | 81400 | 0.5697 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 128 | Coastal Carolina University | 35000 | 45100 | 0.2237 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 130 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35400 | 56700 | 0.3754 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 131 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3736 | 5,794 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 132 | Virginia State University | 36000 | 42200 | 0.147 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 133 | Hofstra University | 36400 | 76900 | 0.5266 | 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 | 37600 | 69900 | 0.4621 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 137 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 138 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 138 | University of Redlands | 38100 | 84200 | 0.5478 | 1,941 | 1233 | 0.8272 | |
| 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 | 38700 | 69400 | 0.4422 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 142 | Saint Francis University | 38700 | 63100 | 0.3867 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 144 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 145 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 146 | Westmont College | 39200 | 80000 | 0.5097 | 1,311 | 1315 | 0.8059 | |
| 147 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4513 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 147 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 149 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 149 | University of Maine | 39600 | 45200 | 0.124 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 151 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 153 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 154 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 155 | Loyola University Chicago | 40800 | 74100 | 0.4492 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 155 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40800 | 48500 | 0.1587 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 157 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41100 | 53600 | 0.2333 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 158 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 41200 | 42300 | 0.026 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 159 | Butler University | 41400 | 72400 | 0.4283 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 160 | Susquehanna University | 42000 | 76800 | 0.4533 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 161 | Seattle University | 42500 | 85100 | 0.5004 | 4,370 | 1299 | 0.7313 | |
| 162 | Boise State University | 42900 | 50000 | 0.142 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 163 | Widener University | 43200 | 79400 | 0.4561 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 164 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 165 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 166 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 167 | Saint Louis University | 48500 | 80900 | 0.4003 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 168 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1555 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 169 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 170 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 171 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52400 | 52800 | 0.0076 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 172 | Chapman University | 52500 | 93100 | 0.4361 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 173 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 173 | Santa Clara University | 57400 | 85400 | 0.3279 | 6,695 | 1399 | 0.4788 | |
| 175 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 176 | Presbyterian College | 62700 | 62700 | 0 | 903 | 1150 | 0.6515 | |
| 177 | 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.