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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 Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | 6900 | 91800 | 0.9253 | 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 | University of Central Florida | 12800 | 25300 | 0.4935 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 13100 | 21500 | 0.3902 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13500 | 23200 | 0.418 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 11 | Youngstown State University | 13500 | 26800 | 0.4958 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 13 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13600 | 27800 | 0.5099 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 14 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 13800 | 38900 | 0.6445 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 15 | Coastal Carolina University | 13900 | 27200 | 0.4891 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 16 | Arkansas Tech University | 14100 | 35900 | 0.6065 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 17 | Union College | 14300 | 92400 | 0.8451 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 17 | University of North Florida | 14300 | 22400 | 0.3621 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 19 | Louisiana Tech University | 14400 | 36900 | 0.6097 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 20 | Saint Francis University | 14800 | 61600 | 0.7596 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 20 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14800 | 22600 | 0.3448 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 22 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 22 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 22 | University of North Texas | 15100 | 25700 | 0.413 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 25 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 26 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15600 | 23200 | 0.3254 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 27 | Salisbury University | 15700 | 28700 | 0.4528 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 27 | University of Memphis | 15700 | 29900 | 0.4745 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 29 | Lehigh University | 16100 | 88600 | 0.8183 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 29 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 31 | Jacksonville State University | 16500 | 27000 | 0.3896 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 32 | Appalachian State University | 16600 | 19500 | 0.1489 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 33 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 32000 | 0.4763 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 34 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16800 | 24900 | 0.3249 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 36 | Sam Houston State University | 16900 | 23000 | 0.2653 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16900 | 48200 | 0.6498 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 38 | University of Maine | 17000 | 29300 | 0.42 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 39 | Lamar University | 17300 | 41900 | 0.5871 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 40 | Greensboro College | 17500 | 37800 | 0.537 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 40 | University of Louisville | 17500 | 29100 | 0.399 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 40 | Weber State University | 17500 | 41300 | 0.5757 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 40 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3507 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 44 | Georgia State University | 17600 | 26000 | 0.3233 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 45 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 46 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17800 | 20700 | 0.1401 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 47 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 27700 | 0.3549 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 48 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 26800 | 0.3289 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 48 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18000 | 52500 | 0.6571 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 50 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 36500 | 0.5044 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 52 | Grove City College | 18200 | 39700 | 0.5412 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 53 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 53 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3391 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 55 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2005 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 56 | East Tennessee State University | 18800 | 26100 | 0.2792 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 57 | Francis Marion University | 19100 | 37100 | 0.485 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 57 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 48000 | 0.6024 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 59 | Allegheny College | 19300 | 72400 | 0.733 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 59 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 965 | 0.4823 | |
| 61 | University of Mississippi | 19500 | 27000 | 0.2777 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 62 | Midwestern State University | 19600 | 28600 | 0.3141 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 63 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 26500 | 0.2542 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 64 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 65 | South Carolina State University | 20200 | 42000 | 0.5186 | 2,950 | 910 | 0.8262 | |
| 66 | Boise State University | 20400 | 59700 | 0.6583 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 67 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 31000 | 0.3359 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20700 | 33400 | 0.3819 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 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 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20900 | 26700 | 0.2171 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 71 | Saint Vincent College | 20900 | 64600 | 0.6765 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 73 | University of the Incarnate Word | 21000 | 73100 | 0.7129 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 74 | Villanova University | 21300 | 87900 | 0.7577 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 27200 | 0.2096 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 75 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 77 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 78 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 79 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22200 | 59900 | 0.6293 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 79 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22200 | 59600 | 0.6275 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 79 | West Texas A & M University | 22200 | 22400 | 0.0089 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 82 | SUNY Oneonta | 23500 | 49300 | 0.5238 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 83 | Ave Maria University | 24100 | 45400 | 0.469 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 83 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4487 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 83 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 24100 | 58100 | 0.5848 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 86 | Miami University-Oxford | 24900 | 28400 | 0.1232 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 87 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 88 | Lewis University | 25300 | 57700 | 0.5613 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 89 | Hope College | 25500 | 60100 | 0.5755 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 89 | University of Redlands | 25500 | 84200 | 0.6975 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 91 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25600 | 75700 | 0.6622 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 91 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 93 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0923 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 25900 | 39200 | 0.3394 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 95 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26000 | 38900 | 0.3329 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 96 | Westminster University | 26100 | 81400 | 0.6794 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 97 | Aquinas College | 26200 | 53400 | 0.5098 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 97 | Grand Valley State University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2786 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 99 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26300 | 61400 | 0.5709 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 99 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26300 | 43000 | 0.388 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 99 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26300 | 53800 | 0.5113 | 2,803 | 1085 | 0.9576 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma City University | 26500 | 62200 | 0.5738 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 103 | Washburn University | 26600 | 36300 | 0.2669 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 104 | Oakland University | 26900 | 39700 | 0.3225 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 105 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 105 | Susquehanna University | 27000 | 76800 | 0.6489 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 105 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 108 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 109 | Capital University | 27300 | 80300 | 0.6601 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 109 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 111 | George Fox University | 27800 | 76800 | 0.638 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 111 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27800 | 67800 | 0.5902 | 936 | 995 | 0.8003 | |
| 113 | Marquette University | 27900 | 66200 | 0.5783 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 114 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6229 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 114 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4166 | 1,882 | 1220 | 0.6764 | |
| 114 | Missouri Valley College | 28200 | 38200 | 0.2618 | 1,558 | 1010 | 0.5269 | |
| 117 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0688 | 4,525 | 1000 | 0.7118 | |
| 117 | Wichita State University | 28900 | 40600 | 0.2888 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 119 | Elizabethtown College | 29100 | 54600 | 0.4672 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 121 | Beloit College | 30500 | 97600 | 0.6874 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 121 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 42500 | 0.2822 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 123 | Samford University | 30700 | 78000 | 0.6061 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 124 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 82400 | 0.6264 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 125 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 125 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 125 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5784 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 128 | Carroll University | 31200 | 61500 | 0.4929 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 129 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31500 | 59600 | 0.4712 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 130 | University of Dayton | 31900 | 64200 | 0.5032 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 131 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 85400 | 0.6238 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 132 | Rider University | 32200 | 60600 | 0.4687 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 133 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 134 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32400 | 93400 | 0.6533 | 1,525 | 1283 | 0.556 | |
| 135 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 137 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 138 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 139 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 140 | Arcadia University | 33900 | 71600 | 0.5256 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 142 | Hofstra University | 34800 | 77000 | 0.5479 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 143 | Virginia State University | 35200 | 42200 | 0.166 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 144 | Loyola University Chicago | 35500 | 73600 | 0.5177 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 145 | Berry College | 35900 | 60900 | 0.4107 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 145 | Cedarville University | 35900 | 57000 | 0.3709 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 145 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35900 | 42800 | 0.1613 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 148 | Loyola University Maryland | 36200 | 78800 | 0.5407 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 149 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 150 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 151 | California State University-Long Beach | 37500 | 38600 | 0.0285 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 151 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 153 | Westmont College | 38300 | 80300 | 0.523 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 154 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 155 | Arkansas State University | 39100 | 40300 | 0.0298 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 156 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 157 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 157 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 159 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 160 | Mercyhurst University | 40500 | 65600 | 0.3827 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 161 | Seattle University | 41800 | 74600 | 0.4395 | 4,103 | 1243 | 0.7703 | |
| 162 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42300 | 42300 | 0 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 163 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 163 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43600 | 53700 | 0.188 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 165 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 166 | Saint Louis University | 44600 | 80900 | 0.4485 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 167 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 168 | Widener University | 45500 | 78400 | 0.4196 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 169 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 170 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 171 | DePaul University | 48900 | 67100 | 0.2712 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 171 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 171 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1365 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 174 | Chapman University | 51300 | 94000 | 0.4544 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 175 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 56000 | 63900 | 0.1236 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 176 | Santa Clara University | 57700 | 85400 | 0.3244 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 177 | Presbyterian College | 59900 | 62700 | 0.0446 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.