Recent Articles
                                Considering a degree in Business/Managerial Economics?
                                
                                These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Business/Managerial Economics majors who live in Illinois.
                                
                                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 Illinois.
                                
                                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 | 5800 | 42000 | 0.8613 | 425 | 1345 | 0.7744 | |
| 2 | Washington University in St Louis | 9600 | 96200 | 0.9006 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 3 | Francis Marion University | 9800 | 25400 | 0.6139 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 4 | Arkansas Tech University | 9900 | 22900 | 0.5671 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 6 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11800 | 24800 | 0.5247 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 7 | Marshall University | 11900 | 27100 | 0.56 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 8 | Northern Illinois University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5679 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 8 | Tennessee State University | 12500 | 30300 | 0.587 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 10 | University of Maine at Farmington | 12900 | 26500 | 0.514 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 10 | University of West Florida | 12900 | 21500 | 0.3995 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 24400 | 0.4677 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 14 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13700 | 19400 | 0.2939 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 16 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 24900 | 0.4451 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 16 | University of North Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3844 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 18 | West Virginia University | 14200 | 23300 | 0.3905 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 19 | University of Idaho | 14300 | 26400 | 0.458 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 14400 | 41100 | 0.6502 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 21 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 14500 | 38000 | 0.6189 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 22 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 23 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14700 | 25700 | 0.4275 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 24 | University of North Texas | 14900 | 25400 | 0.4141 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 25 | Coastal Carolina University | 15300 | 27200 | 0.4375 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 25 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 28100 | 0.4555 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 27 | California State University-Long Beach | 15400 | 25800 | 0.4032 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 28 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15500 | 22600 | 0.3137 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 29 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15700 | 23400 | 0.3295 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 30 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16400 | 22300 | 0.2643 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 31 | Sam Houston State University | 16700 | 23000 | 0.2739 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 32 | Oakland University | 16800 | 28000 | 0.4005 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 32 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16800 | 29300 | 0.427 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 34 | Weber State University | 16900 | 22100 | 0.2355 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 35 | University of Georgia | 17000 | 27100 | 0.3734 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 36 | Jacksonville State University | 17200 | 26600 | 0.3537 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 37 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 33600 | 0.4758 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 38 | Midwestern State University | 17800 | 29000 | 0.3858 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 39 | Northern Arizona University | 18000 | 32000 | 0.4372 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 40 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 41 | Greensboro College | 18400 | 37800 | 0.5131 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 41 | SUNY Oneonta | 18400 | 29300 | 0.372 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 43 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3283 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 43 | Union College | 18600 | 91000 | 0.7957 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 45 | Eastern Michigan University | 18800 | 36100 | 0.4792 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 46 | East Tennessee State University | 18900 | 26300 | 0.2816 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 47 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19000 | 27000 | 0.2967 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 48 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 48 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 45500 | 0.5807 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 50 | Youngstown State University | 19300 | 29300 | 0.3409 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 51 | University of Memphis | 19400 | 26400 | 0.2657 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 52 | Western Kentucky University | 19500 | 26800 | 0.2726 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 53 | University of West Georgia | 20100 | 23600 | 0.1481 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 54 | Niagara University | 20700 | 57400 | 0.6391 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 55 | South Dakota State University | 20800 | 25200 | 0.1739 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 56 | Allegheny College | 20900 | 75200 | 0.7218 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 56 | Beloit College | 20900 | 75600 | 0.7239 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 56 | South Carolina State University | 20900 | 30000 | 0.3029 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
| 59 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 21000 | 28500 | 0.2635 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 60 | Western Illinois University | 21100 | 31000 | 0.3205 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 60 | Wheaton College | 21100 | 82000 | 0.7426 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 29400 | 0.279 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 63 | Cleveland State University | 21400 | 30900 | 0.3071 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 64 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 65 | Dillard University | 21600 | 50400 | 0.5717 | 1,117 | 1080 | 0.4051 | |
| 66 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 67 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22100 | 28000 | 0.2106 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 68 | Bradley University | 22200 | 48300 | 0.5396 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 69 | Ave Maria University | 22300 | 44800 | 0.502 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 70 | University of California-Irvine | 22800 | 35300 | 0.3545 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 71 | Lewis University | 22900 | 57000 | 0.5984 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 71 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 73 | Grove City College | 23100 | 37200 | 0.3791 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 74 | Berry College | 23300 | 60800 | 0.6166 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 75 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23700 | 24500 | 0.0326 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 75 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23700 | 28300 | 0.1627 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 75 | Utica University | 23700 | 41100 | 0.423 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 78 | Bentley University | 23900 | 84500 | 0.7169 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 79 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 80 | Iowa State University | 25100 | 41400 | 0.3947 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 80 | West Texas A & M University | 25100 | 27100 | 0.0737 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 82 | St Bonaventure University | 25300 | 61000 | 0.5849 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 82 | University of North Dakota | 25300 | 27700 | 0.0863 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 84 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 85 | Hope College | 25700 | 60100 | 0.5722 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 86 | Loyola University New Orleans | 25900 | 71100 | 0.636 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 86 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 88 | Westmont College | 26000 | 96600 | 0.7311 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 89 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5966 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 89 | Westminster University | 26100 | 59500 | 0.561 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 91 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26200 | 38900 | 0.3264 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 92 | Aquinas College | 26300 | 53300 | 0.5067 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 93 | Benedictine University | 26500 | 48900 | 0.4581 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 93 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26700 | 0.0075 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 93 | University of Arizona | 26500 | 35200 | 0.247 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 96 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26600 | 68400 | 0.6111 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 97 | Lamar University | 26700 | 37700 | 0.2915 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 97 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 26700 | 48200 | 0.4462 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 97 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 30800 | 0.1328 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 100 | Cornell College | 26800 | 72200 | 0.6281 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 101 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 102 | Capital University | 27200 | 68600 | 0.6036 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 103 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 27300 | 53300 | 0.4877 | 2,803 | 1105 | 0.9576 | |
| 104 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 105 | Missouri Valley College | 27800 | 38100 | 0.2703 | 1,558 | 985 | 0.5269 | |
| 106 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27900 | 54800 | 0.4907 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 106 | University of Louisville | 27900 | 42200 | 0.3387 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 108 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 109 | Grand Valley State University | 28200 | 35700 | 0.2101 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 109 | Washburn University | 28200 | 38100 | 0.26 | 5,331 | 1015 | 1 | |
| 111 | Lehigh University | 28300 | 85700 | 0.6702 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 112 | John Brown University | 28400 | 48300 | 0.4114 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 113 | Mississippi State University | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1201 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 114 | George Fox University | 28600 | 67100 | 0.5742 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 114 | The College of Wooster | 28600 | 79000 | 0.6378 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 116 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28900 | 39700 | 0.2722 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 117 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 29800 | 41000 | 0.2729 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 118 | Belmont University | 30400 | 67800 | 0.5512 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 118 | Gannon University | 30400 | 45300 | 0.329 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 120 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30600 | 31100 | 0.0161 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 121 | University of Redlands | 30700 | 81400 | 0.6227 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 122 | Georgia State University | 30800 | 44400 | 0.306 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 122 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30800 | 73700 | 0.5819 | 1,525 | 1241 | 0.556 | |
| 124 | Azusa Pacific University | 31000 | 66000 | 0.5305 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 124 | Carroll University | 31000 | 61400 | 0.495 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 126 | Wofford College | 31100 | 73200 | 0.575 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 127 | North Carolina State University | 31300 | 53000 | 0.4091 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 128 | Rider University | 31600 | 64300 | 0.5084 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 129 | Samford University | 31800 | 65200 | 0.5122 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 130 | Angelo State University | 32000 | 35400 | 0.0956 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 131 | Hampton University | 32300 | 47000 | 0.3128 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 132 | Widener University | 32400 | 75300 | 0.5695 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 133 | Virginia State University | 32600 | 42200 | 0.2277 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 134 | University of Dayton | 32800 | 64100 | 0.4883 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 135 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 136 | Appalachian State University | 33500 | 35800 | 0.0642 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 137 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 138 | Arkansas State University | 33800 | 41900 | 0.1932 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 140 | Baylor University | 34600 | 70800 | 0.511 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 141 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34900 | 37800 | 0.0763 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 141 | DePaul University | 34900 | 56200 | 0.3791 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 143 | Cedarville University | 35300 | 55100 | 0.3606 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 143 | Tennessee Technological University | 35300 | 37100 | 0.0508 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 145 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35400 | 38100 | 0.0718 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 146 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35700 | 42400 | 0.158 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 146 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35700 | 43500 | 0.1794 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 148 | Boise State University | 35800 | 48800 | 0.2664 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 149 | University of Maine | 36000 | 45100 | 0.2018 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 150 | Salisbury University | 36200 | 40900 | 0.115 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 151 | Alvernia University | 36500 | 68700 | 0.4688 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 152 | University of Central Florida | 36700 | 39600 | 0.0733 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 153 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 49800 | 0.2613 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 154 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 37000 | 46700 | 0.2077 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 155 | Wichita State University | 37600 | 39600 | 0.0504 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 156 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37800 | 51000 | 0.2585 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 156 | Seattle University | 37800 | 69800 | 0.4582 | 4,103 | 1256 | 0.7703 | |
| 158 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38400 | 44400 | 0.1352 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 158 | Xavier University | 38400 | 67500 | 0.4312 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 160 | Suffolk University | 38700 | 73600 | 0.4744 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 161 | Saint Vincent College | 38800 | 60700 | 0.3605 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 162 | University of Wyoming | 39000 | 43800 | 0.1114 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 163 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39300 | 52900 | 0.2569 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 164 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 165 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4108 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 166 | Loyola University Chicago | 40600 | 67600 | 0.3996 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 167 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40800 | 68600 | 0.405 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 41300 | 41300 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 169 | Marquette University | 41400 | 75100 | 0.4489 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 170 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 41600 | 42500 | 0.0212 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 171 | Hofstra University | 41800 | 74600 | 0.4395 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 172 | Loyola University Maryland | 42100 | 78800 | 0.4658 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 173 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 52400 | 0.1926 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 174 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 175 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 176 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 177 | Mercyhurst University | 43900 | 66400 | 0.339 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 178 | Georgia College & State University | 45100 | 52400 | 0.1393 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 178 | Saint Louis University | 45100 | 74500 | 0.3947 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 180 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 181 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 182 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 183 | Chapman University | 46600 | 87300 | 0.4663 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 184 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 185 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 56000 | 0.1236 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 186 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 187 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 188 | Santa Clara University | 57200 | 84800 | 0.3256 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 189 | Presbyterian College | 61900 | 62700 | 0.0128 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | 
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.