Recent Articles
Considering a degree in Business/Managerial Economics?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Business/Managerial Economics majors who live in South 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 South 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 | Patrick Henry College | 6200 | 42000 | 0.8518 | 425 | 1345 | 0.7744 | |
| 2 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 8200 | 34500 | 0.7619 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 3 | Greenville Technical College | 8300 | 18300 | 0.5481 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 4 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 5 | Arkansas Tech University | 9900 | 22900 | 0.5671 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12700 | 37100 | 0.6572 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 9 | University of Maine at Farmington | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5142 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 10 | Saginaw Valley State University | 13000 | 28600 | 0.5446 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 10 | University of West Florida | 13000 | 21500 | 0.3948 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 12 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 13 | Wichita State University | 13800 | 29800 | 0.5369 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 14 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 14000 | 38000 | 0.6321 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 14 | University of North Florida | 14000 | 22400 | 0.3755 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 16 | Louisiana Tech University | 14100 | 24800 | 0.4321 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 16 | Northern Arizona University | 14100 | 25400 | 0.4461 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4594 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 19 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14400 | 25600 | 0.4367 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 20 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 26400 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 22 | North Carolina State University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4331 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 23 | Appalachian State University | 15700 | 19500 | 0.1946 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 23 | Washburn University | 15700 | 25200 | 0.3765 | 5,331 | 1015 | 1 | |
| 25 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16000 | 22300 | 0.2822 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 26 | Oakland University | 16200 | 28000 | 0.422 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 27 | Coastal Carolina University | 16300 | 27200 | 0.4016 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 28 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4406 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 29 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16500 | 23200 | 0.2885 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 30 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16800 | 26300 | 0.3616 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 31 | Weber State University | 17000 | 22100 | 0.2309 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 32 | Francis Marion University | 17100 | 24100 | 0.2919 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 33 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17200 | 18900 | 0.0901 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 34 | University of Georgia | 17300 | 27100 | 0.3596 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 35 | University of Maine | 17600 | 29000 | 0.3935 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 36 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 23800 | 0.2441 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 37 | Midwestern State University | 18100 | 29000 | 0.3755 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 37 | University of Louisville | 18100 | 29100 | 0.3784 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 39 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 40 | Union College | 18300 | 91000 | 0.799 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 41 | Greensboro College | 18600 | 37800 | 0.5079 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 42 | Eastern Michigan University | 18900 | 36100 | 0.4762 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 43 | Saint Cloud State University | 19300 | 24500 | 0.2123 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 44 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 85700 | 0.7741 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 45 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 45 | University of Mississippi | 19500 | 27000 | 0.2777 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 45 | Youngstown State University | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3341 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 48 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 49 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19900 | 24500 | 0.1874 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 50 | Marshall University | 20700 | 36300 | 0.43 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 51 | Presbyterian College | 20800 | 58200 | 0.6427 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 51 | West Virginia University | 20800 | 23300 | 0.1073 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 53 | Niagara University | 21000 | 57400 | 0.6339 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 53 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 55 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 55 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 57 | Georgia College & State University | 21600 | 21600 | 0 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 58 | Dillard University | 21700 | 50400 | 0.5697 | 1,117 | 1080 | 0.4051 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21700 | 29400 | 0.262 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 60 | Bentley University | 22000 | 84500 | 0.7394 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 61 | Ave Maria University | 22300 | 44800 | 0.502 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 62 | Bradley University | 22600 | 50900 | 0.556 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 63 | Sam Houston State University | 22700 | 23000 | 0.013 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 64 | University of Memphis | 22900 | 26400 | 0.1328 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 64 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 66 | Berry College | 23100 | 60800 | 0.6199 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 66 | Grove City College | 23100 | 37200 | 0.3791 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 68 | University of Central Florida | 23600 | 31400 | 0.2482 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 69 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36000 | 0.3367 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 69 | Utica University | 23900 | 41100 | 0.4182 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 71 | Beloit College | 24100 | 75600 | 0.6815 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 72 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24900 | 28000 | 0.1098 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 72 | Miami University-Oxford | 24900 | 27200 | 0.0844 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 74 | Tennessee Technological University | 25100 | 33700 | 0.2548 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 75 | West Texas A & M University | 25300 | 27100 | 0.0664 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 76 | Lewis University | 25400 | 57400 | 0.5571 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 76 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 76 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 79 | Allegheny College | 25600 | 75200 | 0.6593 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 79 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 79 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0749 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 82 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 82 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 82 | Westmont College | 25900 | 76400 | 0.6612 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 85 | Georgia State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 85 | Hope College | 26000 | 60100 | 0.5672 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 85 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 26000 | 31500 | 0.1747 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 88 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5965 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 89 | Westminster University | 26400 | 59500 | 0.556 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 90 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26700 | 68400 | 0.6097 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 90 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 26700 | 48200 | 0.4462 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 92 | University of Arizona | 26800 | 35200 | 0.2384 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 92 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 26800 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 94 | Lamar University | 26900 | 37700 | 0.2862 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 95 | Capital University | 27400 | 68600 | 0.6007 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 95 | Cornell College | 27400 | 72200 | 0.6206 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 95 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 98 | Aquinas College | 27500 | 53300 | 0.4842 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 98 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 27500 | 53300 | 0.4839 | 2,803 | 1105 | 0.9576 | |
| 100 | Missouri Valley College | 27700 | 38100 | 0.2729 | 1,558 | 985 | 0.5269 | |
| 101 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27900 | 54800 | 0.4907 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 101 | Tennessee State University | 27900 | 39300 | 0.2903 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 103 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 103 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 105 | California State University-Long Beach | 28200 | 38400 | 0.266 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 106 | John Brown University | 28300 | 48300 | 0.4153 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 106 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 106 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 28300 | 28300 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 109 | Grand Valley State University | 28500 | 35700 | 0.2017 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 109 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 28500 | 28500 | 0 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 111 | Jacksonville State University | 28600 | 38200 | 0.2511 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 111 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 113 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3351 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 114 | George Fox University | 28900 | 67100 | 0.5697 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 115 | Western Illinois University | 29000 | 31000 | 0.0668 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 116 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29300 | 39700 | 0.2621 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 117 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29700 | 36500 | 0.1864 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 118 | University of North Dakota | 30000 | 32500 | 0.0791 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 119 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 120 | East Tennessee State University | 30600 | 30700 | 0.0033 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 120 | University of Redlands | 30600 | 81400 | 0.6239 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 122 | Gannon University | 30700 | 45300 | 0.3224 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 122 | St Bonaventure University | 30700 | 61000 | 0.4964 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 124 | Carroll University | 30800 | 61400 | 0.4983 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 125 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 125 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30900 | 41800 | 0.2609 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 127 | Azusa Pacific University | 31000 | 66000 | 0.5305 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 127 | The College of Wooster | 31000 | 82600 | 0.6254 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 129 | Wofford College | 31300 | 73200 | 0.5723 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 130 | University of West Georgia | 31400 | 36000 | 0.1279 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 131 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31600 | 36700 | 0.139 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 132 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.101 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 133 | Rider University | 31900 | 64300 | 0.5037 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 134 | Old Dominion University | 32100 | 35700 | 0.1009 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 134 | Samford University | 32100 | 65200 | 0.5076 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 134 | South Carolina State University | 32100 | 41600 | 0.2283 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
| 134 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 82700 | 0.6119 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 138 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 140 | Widener University | 32600 | 75300 | 0.5668 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 141 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32900 | 73700 | 0.5534 | 1,525 | 1241 | 0.556 | |
| 142 | University of Dayton | 33000 | 64100 | 0.4852 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 143 | Baylor University | 33100 | 70800 | 0.5322 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 144 | Virginia State University | 33300 | 42200 | 0.2111 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 145 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 146 | Stephen F Austin State University | 34000 | 42800 | 0.2056 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 147 | DePaul University | 35000 | 59100 | 0.4076 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 148 | Cedarville University | 35100 | 55100 | 0.364 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 149 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35200 | 38100 | 0.0768 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 150 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35800 | 43500 | 0.1771 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 151 | Boise State University | 35900 | 48800 | 0.2643 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 152 | Salisbury University | 36000 | 40900 | 0.1199 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 152 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36000 | 42400 | 0.1509 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 154 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 155 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 49800 | 0.2613 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 156 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 37400 | 46700 | 0.1992 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 157 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37700 | 51000 | 0.2603 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 158 | Seattle University | 38300 | 69800 | 0.4511 | 4,103 | 1256 | 0.7703 | |
| 159 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 159 | Xavier University | 38400 | 67500 | 0.4312 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 161 | Suffolk University | 38500 | 73600 | 0.4771 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 162 | Saint Vincent College | 38600 | 60700 | 0.3636 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 163 | University of Wyoming | 38800 | 43800 | 0.1158 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 164 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 164 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 166 | Loyola University Chicago | 39900 | 73500 | 0.457 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 167 | Alvernia University | 40000 | 68700 | 0.4179 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 168 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 169 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40600 | 68600 | 0.4079 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 170 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 41300 | 41300 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 171 | Hofstra University | 41600 | 74600 | 0.4422 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 172 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 41800 | 42500 | 0.0165 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 173 | Arkansas State University | 41900 | 45900 | 0.0854 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 174 | Loyola University Maryland | 42000 | 78800 | 0.4671 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 175 | Mercyhurst University | 42300 | 66400 | 0.3631 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 176 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 177 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43100 | 52100 | 0.1727 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 178 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 179 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 180 | Marquette University | 45600 | 75100 | 0.3929 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 181 | Saint Louis University | 46100 | 74500 | 0.3813 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 182 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 183 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50400 | 52300 | 0.0363 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 184 | Chapman University | 51400 | 87300 | 0.4113 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 185 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 186 | University of California-Irvine | 55200 | 64800 | 0.1481 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 187 | Santa Clara University | 56800 | 84800 | 0.3303 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.