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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 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 | Allegheny College | 0 | 93600 | 1 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 1 | Beloit College | 0 | 97600 | 1 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 1 | University of California-Irvine | 0 | 74700 | 1 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 1 | Westmont College | 0 | 80100 | 1 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 28600 | 0.7211 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 6 | Marshall University | 9200 | 34400 | 0.732 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 7 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9024 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 8 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10300 | 36100 | 0.7147 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 9 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 10 | Tennessee State University | 11400 | 48200 | 0.7627 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 11 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11500 | 24800 | 0.5368 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 48200 | 0.7577 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 13 | Midwestern State University | 12000 | 21600 | 0.4439 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 12600 | 34600 | 0.6365 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 14 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 25300 | 0.5014 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 16 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 12900 | 23400 | 0.4493 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 16 | University of West Florida | 12900 | 21500 | 0.3995 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 18 | Louisiana Tech University | 13000 | 36900 | 0.6476 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 18 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 20 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5712 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 20 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5437 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 22 | University of Idaho | 13400 | 25800 | 0.4809 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 22 | Youngstown State University | 13400 | 26800 | 0.4996 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 24 | Coastal Carolina University | 13700 | 27200 | 0.4964 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 25 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13900 | 25700 | 0.4586 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 26 | Arkansas Tech University | 14000 | 35900 | 0.6093 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 27 | Union College | 14100 | 92400 | 0.8473 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 29 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 14300 | 28900 | 0.5059 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14400 | 28000 | 0.4854 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 30 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14400 | 26800 | 0.4632 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 32 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 33 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 34 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 35 | Grand Valley State University | 15300 | 25300 | 0.3957 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 36 | Salisbury University | 15600 | 28700 | 0.4563 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 37 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89600 | 0.8252 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 38 | University of Memphis | 15800 | 26400 | 0.4023 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 38 | University of North Florida | 15800 | 33000 | 0.5216 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 40 | Oakland University | 16000 | 28200 | 0.4329 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 40 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 30300 | 0.4716 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 42 | Lamar University | 16200 | 22900 | 0.2922 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 43 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16300 | 23200 | 0.2974 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 44 | Jacksonville State University | 16400 | 36100 | 0.5455 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 45 | Lewis University | 16500 | 57700 | 0.7138 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 46 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 31800 | 0.4767 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 46 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16600 | 24900 | 0.3329 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 48 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 49 | University of Louisville | 17300 | 29100 | 0.4059 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 50 | Greensboro College | 17400 | 37800 | 0.5396 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 50 | Weber State University | 17400 | 41300 | 0.5782 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 52 | Georgia State University | 17500 | 26000 | 0.3271 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 52 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3515 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 54 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 55 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3591 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 56 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 26800 | 0.3326 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 56 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 52500 | 0.659 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 58 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 36500 | 0.5072 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 59 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3427 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 60 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 61 | SUNY Oneonta | 18400 | 29300 | 0.372 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 62 | Angelo State University | 18600 | 23100 | 0.1968 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 63 | East Tennessee State University | 18700 | 26100 | 0.283 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 64 | University of Mississippi | 18900 | 45000 | 0.5806 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 65 | Francis Marion University | 19100 | 37100 | 0.485 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 65 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 48000 | 0.6024 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 67 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19200 | 33700 | 0.4295 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 68 | Wheaton College | 19400 | 84800 | 0.7712 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 69 | Niagara University | 19900 | 57400 | 0.6531 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 70 | Dillard University | 20000 | 53700 | 0.6278 | 1,117 | 1080 | 0.4051 | |
| 70 | South Carolina State University | 20000 | 42000 | 0.5233 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
| 72 | Bradley University | 20100 | 48500 | 0.5849 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 72 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1691 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 72 | University of Wyoming | 20100 | 26700 | 0.2487 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 75 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 76 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20500 | 31000 | 0.3391 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 77 | Boise State University | 20600 | 59700 | 0.655 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 77 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20600 | 31100 | 0.3364 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 77 | Utica University | 20600 | 43400 | 0.5249 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 80 | South Dakota State University | 20700 | 25200 | 0.1804 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20800 | 26600 | 0.218 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 82 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20900 | 72100 | 0.7099 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 82 | Western Illinois University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3258 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 84 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 85 | Kennesaw State University | 21400 | 27200 | 0.2133 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 86 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 87 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 88 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22100 | 59900 | 0.6309 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 89 | West Texas A & M University | 22200 | 22400 | 0.0089 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 90 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23800 | 26300 | 0.0952 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 91 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3366 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 92 | Ave Maria University | 24000 | 45400 | 0.4712 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 93 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 24100 | 58100 | 0.5848 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 94 | Old Dominion University | 24300 | 36600 | 0.3357 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 95 | St Bonaventure University | 24400 | 61200 | 0.6012 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 96 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 97 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24700 | 28500 | 0.1335 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 98 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25000 | 38500 | 0.3508 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 99 | University of North Dakota | 25100 | 27700 | 0.0922 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 100 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 101 | Hope College | 25400 | 60100 | 0.5772 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 102 | Mary Baldwin University | 25500 | 53100 | 0.5202 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 102 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25500 | 75700 | 0.6635 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 102 | University of Redlands | 25500 | 84200 | 0.6975 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 105 | Westminster University | 26000 | 81400 | 0.6807 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 106 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26100 | 38900 | 0.3307 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 106 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5961 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 106 | Washburn University | 26100 | 36300 | 0.2807 | 5,331 | 1015 | 1 | |
| 109 | Aquinas College | 26200 | 53400 | 0.5098 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 109 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26200 | 61400 | 0.5727 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 111 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26400 | 53800 | 0.5095 | 2,803 | 1105 | 0.9576 | |
| 112 | Benedictine University | 26500 | 48900 | 0.4581 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 113 | Cleveland State University | 26900 | 37300 | 0.279 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 114 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 27100 | 43000 | 0.3694 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 115 | Capital University | 27200 | 80300 | 0.6614 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 115 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38500 | 0.2932 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 117 | Cornell College | 27600 | 74800 | 0.6314 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 118 | George Fox University | 27700 | 76800 | 0.6393 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 118 | Marquette University | 27700 | 66200 | 0.5813 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 120 | Missouri Valley College | 27800 | 38200 | 0.2723 | 1,558 | 985 | 0.5269 | |
| 120 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27800 | 67800 | 0.5902 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 122 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 123 | John Brown University | 28300 | 48300 | 0.4148 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 124 | Wichita State University | 29000 | 40600 | 0.2867 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 125 | Oklahoma City University | 29500 | 64200 | 0.5401 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 126 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5527 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 127 | Gannon University | 30400 | 78000 | 0.6103 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 128 | Samford University | 30600 | 78000 | 0.6074 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 128 | University of North Texas | 30600 | 48200 | 0.3651 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 130 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 130 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 82400 | 0.6254 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 130 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5773 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 133 | Carroll University | 31300 | 61500 | 0.4912 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 134 | University of Dayton | 31800 | 64200 | 0.5048 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 135 | DePaul University | 32000 | 67100 | 0.5231 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 135 | Rider University | 32000 | 60600 | 0.472 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 137 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 138 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 139 | Alvernia University | 32800 | 69400 | 0.5272 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 140 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3989 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 140 | Virginia State University | 32900 | 42200 | 0.2206 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 142 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 33100 | 93400 | 0.6458 | 1,525 | 1241 | 0.556 | |
| 143 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55900 | 0.3974 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 144 | Loyola University Chicago | 34000 | 68100 | 0.5008 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 145 | Cedarville University | 34100 | 55100 | 0.3817 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 146 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 147 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70300 | 0.5063 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 147 | Hofstra University | 34700 | 77000 | 0.5492 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 149 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34800 | 37800 | 0.0807 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 150 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35200 | 38100 | 0.0761 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 151 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35700 | 42800 | 0.1649 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 152 | Berry College | 36000 | 60900 | 0.4091 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 152 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 36000 | 42500 | 0.1528 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 154 | Loyola University Maryland | 36400 | 78800 | 0.5381 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 154 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2784 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 154 | Seattle University | 36400 | 84600 | 0.5699 | 4,103 | 1256 | 0.7703 | |
| 157 | Tennessee Technological University | 36500 | 38500 | 0.0532 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 158 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 159 | California State University-Long Beach | 37400 | 38600 | 0.0311 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 160 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 161 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 162 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2679 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 163 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 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 | Saint Vincent College | 41500 | 64600 | 0.3569 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 167 | Marymount Manhattan College | 42200 | 69900 | 0.3963 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 168 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 168 | Widener University | 42400 | 79400 | 0.4661 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 170 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 171 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 172 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 173 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 174 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2287 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 175 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 176 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 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 | 48500 | 80900 | 0.4003 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 180 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 181 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 181 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48900 | 60000 | 0.1849 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 183 | Chapman University | 51400 | 103200 | 0.5021 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 184 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 185 | Santa Clara University | 57800 | 85400 | 0.3232 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 186 | Presbyterian College | 59800 | 62700 | 0.0462 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 187 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 188 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 72400 | 82000 | 0.1171 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.