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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 Montana.
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 Montana.
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 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 4 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 5 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 26900 | 0.5645 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 7 | University of West Florida | 12100 | 21500 | 0.4366 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12400 | 25000 | 0.5033 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 9 | University of Miami | 12500 | 95700 | 0.8693 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 10 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 11 | Colorado College | 13200 | 98000 | 0.8651 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 12 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13300 | 30000 | 0.5567 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 13 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13400 | 43000 | 0.6883 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 14 | Grand Valley State University | 14200 | 25300 | 0.4393 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 15 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14300 | 30100 | 0.5243 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 16 | Union College | 14400 | 92400 | 0.8441 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 17 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 18 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14800 | 23400 | 0.3671 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 19 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15300 | 25600 | 0.4016 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina University | 15500 | 27200 | 0.4302 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 20 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 22 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 22 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 25 | University of North Texas | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3876 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 26 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 26 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16200 | 23400 | 0.3081 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 26 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16200 | 22300 | 0.2733 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 29 | Arkansas State University | 16600 | 28100 | 0.4095 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 29 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5404 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 31 | Tennessee State University | 16700 | 31000 | 0.4614 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 31 | University of Maine | 16700 | 29300 | 0.4303 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University | 17000 | 40900 | 0.5841 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 34 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 35 | Sam Houston State University | 17200 | 27000 | 0.3631 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 36 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17300 | 20700 | 0.1642 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 37 | University of Memphis | 17600 | 26400 | 0.334 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 38 | Greensboro College | 17900 | 37800 | 0.5264 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 38 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 17900 | 42900 | 0.5834 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 40 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 40 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 40 | University of Mississippi | 18300 | 45000 | 0.5938 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 43 | Youngstown State University | 18400 | 34000 | 0.4589 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 44 | East Tennessee State University | 18600 | 26100 | 0.2869 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 45 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2615 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 46 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,967 | 940 | 0.9602 | |
| 47 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4217 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 48 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19800 | 72100 | 0.7252 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 48 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19800 | 30500 | 0.3506 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 48 | Wichita State University | 19800 | 29800 | 0.3352 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 51 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 52 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 52 | Fort Lewis College | 20300 | 29100 | 0.3027 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 52 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 55 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 56 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 56 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20600 | 52900 | 0.6104 | 1,108 | 990 | 1 | |
| 58 | South Carolina State University | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3062 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 59 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 60 | Midwestern State University | 21300 | 28600 | 0.2548 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 61 | Louisiana Tech University | 21400 | 26100 | 0.1802 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 62 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 63 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50800 | 0.5688 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 63 | South Dakota State University | 21900 | 25200 | 0.1305 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 65 | Oklahoma City University | 22800 | 64400 | 0.6461 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 66 | Hope College | 23000 | 60100 | 0.6171 | 3,427 | 1216 | 0.8712 | |
| 67 | Bentley University | 23300 | 85500 | 0.7274 | 4,620 | 1323 | 0.4729 | |
| 68 | West Texas A & M University | 23500 | 29200 | 0.195 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 69 | Montana State University | 23800 | 27200 | 0.123 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 69 | Utica University | 23800 | 43400 | 0.4512 | 2,191 | 1214 | 0.9187 | |
| 71 | Allegheny College | 23900 | 76200 | 0.6865 | 1,125 | 1243 | 0.5877 | |
| 72 | Miami University-Oxford | 24400 | 27500 | 0.1129 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 72 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3533 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 74 | Park University | 24500 | 31300 | 0.2176 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25000 | 34400 | 0.273 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 76 | Lewis University | 25200 | 57700 | 0.563 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 77 | Dillard University | 25300 | 53600 | 0.5284 | 1,070 | 1055 | 0.7371 | |
| 78 | University of Dayton | 25400 | 64200 | 0.6045 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 79 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 80 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25600 | 53800 | 0.5243 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 80 | Wheaton College | 25600 | 87500 | 0.7072 | 2,181 | 1357 | 0.8491 | |
| 82 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 83 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5967 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 84 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26200 | 64700 | 0.5953 | 871 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 85 | St Bonaventure University | 26300 | 61200 | 0.5702 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 86 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 87 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 88 | Troy University | 26800 | 34700 | 0.2277 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 88 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 88 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 41800 | 0.3588 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 91 | Oakland University | 26900 | 39300 | 0.3154 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 92 | University of the Incarnate Word | 27000 | 61400 | 0.5604 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 93 | Capital University | 27100 | 62400 | 0.5656 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 94 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 94 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27400 | 36500 | 0.2495 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 96 | Missouri Valley College | 27600 | 38200 | 0.2775 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6922 | |
| 96 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 27600 | 31500 | 0.1239 | 7,393 | 1125 | 0.8968 | |
| 98 | George Fox University | 27700 | 69400 | 0.6012 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 98 | Rider University | 27700 | 60600 | 0.5426 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 100 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 101 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 102 | John Brown University | 28000 | 48300 | 0.4198 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 103 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 104 | Francis Marion University | 28500 | 40200 | 0.2914 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 104 | Westminster University | 28500 | 62600 | 0.545 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 106 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 107 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 34000 | 0.1501 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 107 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28900 | 39700 | 0.2722 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 109 | Jacksonville State University | 29100 | 38200 | 0.2381 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 110 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 111 | University of West Georgia | 30200 | 46800 | 0.3546 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 112 | University of North Florida | 30500 | 33000 | 0.0758 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 113 | Wofford College | 30700 | 73200 | 0.5805 | 1,781 | 1305 | 0.5487 | |
| 114 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 114 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 83100 | 0.6278 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 116 | University of Louisville | 31300 | 42000 | 0.2546 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 117 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 117 | 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 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 122 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 124 | Marquette University | 32800 | 66500 | 0.5067 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 125 | Ursinus College | 33200 | 83700 | 0.6038 | 1,378 | 1303 | 0.9285 | |
| 126 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 127 | Washburn University | 34300 | 38400 | 0.1067 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 128 | Loyola University Maryland | 34400 | 78800 | 0.5635 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 129 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 34900 | 38700 | 0.0982 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 130 | Beloit College | 35000 | 81400 | 0.5697 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 131 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35400 | 56700 | 0.3754 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 132 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3736 | 5,794 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 133 | Virginia State University | 36000 | 42200 | 0.147 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 134 | Hofstra University | 36400 | 76900 | 0.5266 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 135 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 135 | Georgia State University | 36600 | 45400 | 0.1939 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 137 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 138 | The University of Montana | 37400 | 45000 | 0.1689 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 139 | Marymount Manhattan College | 37600 | 69900 | 0.4621 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 140 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 140 | University of Redlands | 38100 | 84200 | 0.5478 | 1,941 | 1233 | 0.8272 | |
| 142 | Seton Hall University | 38200 | 67400 | 0.433 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 143 | Xavier University | 38400 | 68100 | 0.4364 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 144 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38600 | 52900 | 0.2704 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 145 | Alvernia University | 38700 | 69400 | 0.4422 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 145 | Saint Francis University | 38700 | 63100 | 0.3867 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 147 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 148 | Westmont College | 39200 | 80000 | 0.5097 | 1,311 | 1315 | 0.8059 | |
| 149 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4513 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 149 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 151 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 152 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 153 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39800 | 50000 | 0.2042 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 154 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 155 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 156 | Loyola University Chicago | 40800 | 74100 | 0.4492 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 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 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41500 | 46000 | 0.0978 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 161 | Susquehanna University | 42000 | 76800 | 0.4533 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 162 | Seattle University | 42500 | 85100 | 0.5004 | 4,370 | 1299 | 0.7313 | |
| 163 | Boise State University | 42900 | 50000 | 0.142 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 164 | Widener University | 43200 | 79400 | 0.4561 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 165 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 166 | Saint Louis University | 48500 | 80900 | 0.4003 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 167 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1555 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 170 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 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 | Santa Clara University | 57400 | 85400 | 0.3279 | 6,695 | 1399 | 0.4788 | |
| 174 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 175 | Presbyterian College | 62700 | 62700 | 0 | 903 | 1150 | 0.6515 | |
| 176 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 177 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 68000 | 0.0294 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 178 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.