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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 North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | California Institute of Technology | 6700 | 91800 | 0.9274 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 3 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10600 | 25000 | 0.5752 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 6 | Tennessee State University | 11500 | 48200 | 0.7607 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 7 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11600 | 24800 | 0.5328 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 8 | West Virginia University | 12900 | 57700 | 0.7763 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 9 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13000 | 23400 | 0.445 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 10 | University of West Florida | 13100 | 21500 | 0.3902 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 11 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 12 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13500 | 23200 | 0.418 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 12 | University of Idaho | 13500 | 25800 | 0.4773 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 12 | Youngstown State University | 13500 | 26800 | 0.4958 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 15 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13700 | 17900 | 0.2365 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 16 | Coastal Carolina University | 13900 | 27200 | 0.4891 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 17 | Arkansas Tech University | 14100 | 35900 | 0.6065 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 18 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 14300 | 28900 | 0.5059 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 18 | Union College | 14300 | 92400 | 0.8451 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 18 | University of North Florida | 14300 | 22400 | 0.3621 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 21 | Louisiana Tech University | 14400 | 36900 | 0.6097 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 22 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 22 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14500 | 26800 | 0.4594 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 24 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14800 | 22600 | 0.3448 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 25 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 25 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 25 | University of North Texas | 15100 | 25700 | 0.413 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 28 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0759 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 29 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 30 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 30 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15600 | 23200 | 0.3254 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 32 | California State University-Long Beach | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 32 | University of Memphis | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3985 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 34 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 23000 | 0.3045 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 35 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 36 | Oakland University | 16200 | 28200 | 0.4258 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 37 | Jacksonville State University | 16500 | 27000 | 0.3896 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 38 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 32000 | 0.4763 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16800 | 24900 | 0.3249 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16900 | 48200 | 0.6498 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 41 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17100 | 33600 | 0.4907 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 42 | Lamar University | 17300 | 41900 | 0.5871 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 43 | Weber State University | 17400 | 41300 | 0.5782 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 44 | Greensboro College | 17500 | 37800 | 0.5373 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 44 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3507 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 46 | Francis Marion University | 17600 | 24100 | 0.2702 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 46 | Georgia State University | 17600 | 26000 | 0.3233 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 48 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 49 | Virginia State University | 17800 | 29500 | 0.3963 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 50 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 52 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18200 | 26700 | 0.3183 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 53 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 54 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2005 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 54 | SUNY Oneonta | 18500 | 29300 | 0.3686 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 56 | University of Arizona | 18700 | 30900 | 0.3955 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 57 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 58 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 59 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 965 | 0.4823 | |
| 60 | University of West Georgia | 19400 | 24900 | 0.221 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 61 | Midwestern State University | 19600 | 28600 | 0.3141 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 62 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 19800 | 22300 | 0.112 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 63 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 64 | South Carolina State University | 20200 | 42000 | 0.5186 | 2,950 | 910 | 0.8262 | |
| 65 | Boise State University | 20400 | 59700 | 0.6583 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 66 | Grove City College | 20500 | 39700 | 0.4842 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 20500 | 41300 | 0.5037 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 68 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 68 | Utica University | 20700 | 43400 | 0.5226 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 70 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 71 | University of the Incarnate Word | 21000 | 73100 | 0.7129 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 72 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 26600 | 0.1919 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 72 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 72 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 75 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21800 | 28200 | 0.2273 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 77 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 78 | West Texas A & M University | 22200 | 22400 | 0.0089 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 79 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22700 | 59600 | 0.6191 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 80 | Allegheny College | 22900 | 75400 | 0.6967 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 81 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23900 | 26300 | 0.0914 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 82 | Ave Maria University | 24100 | 45400 | 0.469 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 82 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 24100 | 58100 | 0.5848 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 84 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24800 | 28500 | 0.13 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 85 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 86 | Lewis University | 25300 | 57700 | 0.5613 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 87 | Hope College | 25500 | 60100 | 0.5755 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 87 | University of Redlands | 25500 | 84200 | 0.6975 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 89 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25600 | 75700 | 0.6622 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 89 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 91 | East Tennessee State University | 26000 | 30600 | 0.1502 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 91 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26000 | 59900 | 0.5658 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 91 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26000 | 38900 | 0.3329 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 94 | Westminster University | 26100 | 81400 | 0.6794 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 95 | Aquinas College | 26200 | 53400 | 0.5098 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 95 | Grand Valley State University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2786 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 97 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26300 | 61400 | 0.5709 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 97 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26300 | 43000 | 0.388 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 97 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26300 | 53800 | 0.5113 | 2,803 | 1085 | 0.9576 | |
| 100 | Oklahoma City University | 26500 | 62200 | 0.5738 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 101 | Washburn University | 26600 | 36300 | 0.2669 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 102 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 29600 | 0.0957 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 103 | Capital University | 27300 | 80300 | 0.6601 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 103 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 105 | George Fox University | 27800 | 76800 | 0.638 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 105 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27800 | 67800 | 0.5902 | 936 | 995 | 0.8003 | |
| 107 | Marquette University | 27900 | 66200 | 0.5783 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 107 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 109 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6229 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 109 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4166 | 1,882 | 1220 | 0.6764 | |
| 109 | Missouri Valley College | 28200 | 38200 | 0.2618 | 1,558 | 1010 | 0.5269 | |
| 112 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0688 | 4,525 | 1000 | 0.7118 | |
| 112 | Wichita State University | 28900 | 40600 | 0.2888 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 114 | Beloit College | 30500 | 97600 | 0.6874 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 115 | Samford University | 30700 | 78000 | 0.6061 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 116 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 116 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 116 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 82600 | 0.6261 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 116 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5784 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 120 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 121 | Carroll University | 31200 | 61500 | 0.4929 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 122 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31500 | 59600 | 0.4712 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 123 | University of Dayton | 31900 | 64200 | 0.5032 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 124 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 85400 | 0.6238 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 125 | Rider University | 32200 | 60600 | 0.4687 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 126 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 127 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32400 | 93400 | 0.6533 | 1,525 | 1283 | 0.556 | |
| 128 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 129 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 130 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 131 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 33100 | 38600 | 0.1425 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 132 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 133 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55900 | 0.3974 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 133 | University of Louisville | 33700 | 42000 | 0.1978 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 135 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1821 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 136 | Hofstra University | 34800 | 77000 | 0.5479 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 137 | Loyola University Chicago | 35500 | 73600 | 0.5177 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 138 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 139 | Berry College | 35900 | 60900 | 0.4107 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 139 | Cedarville University | 35900 | 57000 | 0.3709 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 139 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35900 | 42800 | 0.1613 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 142 | Loyola University Maryland | 36300 | 78800 | 0.5394 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 142 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 144 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.0786 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 145 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 145 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 147 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 148 | Saint Francis University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3936 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 149 | Westmont College | 38300 | 80300 | 0.523 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 150 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 151 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 152 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 152 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 154 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 155 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40800 | 0.0109 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 156 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 157 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 158 | Seattle University | 41800 | 74600 | 0.4395 | 4,103 | 1243 | 0.7703 | |
| 159 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 160 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 160 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 160 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43600 | 53700 | 0.188 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 163 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 164 | Saint Louis University | 44600 | 80900 | 0.4485 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 165 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 166 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 167 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 168 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 169 | DePaul University | 48900 | 67100 | 0.2712 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 169 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 169 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1365 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 172 | Chapman University | 51300 | 94000 | 0.4544 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 173 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 174 | Santa Clara University | 57700 | 85400 | 0.3244 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 175 | Presbyterian College | 59900 | 62700 | 0.0446 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 176 | University of California-Irvine | 72700 | 74700 | 0.0268 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 177 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82000 | 82000 | 0 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.