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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 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 | California Institute of Technology | 6800 | 91800 | 0.9264 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18300 | 0.6082 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 4 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 5 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 7 | Tennessee State University | 11700 | 48200 | 0.7565 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 7 | Wichita State University | 11700 | 29800 | 0.6086 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 9 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12400 | 43000 | 0.7116 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 10 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | Youngstown State University | 13600 | 26800 | 0.4921 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 12 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13700 | 27800 | 0.5064 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14000 | 19400 | 0.2784 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 14 | Arkansas Tech University | 14100 | 35900 | 0.6065 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 14 | University of West Florida | 14100 | 21500 | 0.3437 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 16 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 36900 | 0.6069 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 16 | Union College | 14500 | 92400 | 0.843 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 14700 | 27200 | 0.4605 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 20 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 21 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 22 | University of North Texas | 15300 | 25700 | 0.4052 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 23 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 24 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 25 | Salisbury University | 15900 | 28700 | 0.4458 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 25 | University of Memphis | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3985 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 27 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 27 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 23000 | 0.3045 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 29 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 29 | University of North Florida | 16100 | 22400 | 0.2816 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 31 | Lamar University | 16500 | 22900 | 0.2791 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 32 | Jacksonville State University | 16600 | 27000 | 0.3859 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 33 | Eastern Michigan University | 16800 | 32000 | 0.4732 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 34 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 17100 | 48200 | 0.6456 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 36 | Francis Marion University | 17400 | 24100 | 0.2795 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 37 | Weber State University | 17500 | 41300 | 0.5757 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 38 | Georgia State University | 17600 | 26000 | 0.3233 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 38 | Greensboro College | 17600 | 37800 | 0.5343 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 40 | University of Louisville | 17700 | 29100 | 0.3921 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 40 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 42 | Virginia State University | 17900 | 29500 | 0.3929 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 18000 | 20700 | 0.1304 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 44 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18100 | 52500 | 0.6552 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 46 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 23800 | 0.2357 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 46 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18200 | 50400 | 0.6392 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 46 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18200 | 36500 | 0.5017 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 49 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 49 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3391 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 51 | SUNY Oneonta | 18600 | 29300 | 0.3652 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 52 | East Tennessee State University | 18900 | 26100 | 0.2754 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 53 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19200 | 33700 | 0.431 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 54 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 965 | 0.4823 | |
| 54 | University of Idaho | 19300 | 45200 | 0.5725 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 56 | University of West Georgia | 19500 | 24900 | 0.217 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 57 | University of Mississippi | 19700 | 27000 | 0.2703 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 58 | Midwestern State University | 19800 | 28600 | 0.3072 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 59 | Boise State University | 20400 | 59700 | 0.6583 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 60 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 61 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 61 | Presbyterian College | 20600 | 60900 | 0.662 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 20700 | 41300 | 0.4989 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 64 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 64 | Utica University | 20800 | 43400 | 0.5203 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 66 | University of the Incarnate Word | 21100 | 73100 | 0.7115 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 67 | South Carolina State University | 21300 | 42000 | 0.4924 | 2,950 | 910 | 0.8262 | |
| 68 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 26600 | 0.1919 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 68 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 68 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 71 | Bradley University | 21800 | 50800 | 0.5708 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 72 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22000 | 28200 | 0.2202 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 74 | West Texas A & M University | 22200 | 22400 | 0.0089 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 75 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22300 | 59600 | 0.6258 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 76 | Allegheny College | 23100 | 75400 | 0.6941 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 77 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 24000 | 58100 | 0.5865 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 78 | Ave Maria University | 24100 | 45400 | 0.469 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 78 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4492 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 80 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24900 | 28500 | 0.1265 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 82 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25300 | 56100 | 0.5487 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 82 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 84 | Lewis University | 25400 | 57700 | 0.5596 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 85 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25500 | 31500 | 0.1906 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 85 | University of Redlands | 25500 | 84200 | 0.6975 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 85 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 25500 | 33900 | 0.2479 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 88 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 88 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.077 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 90 | Hope College | 25700 | 60100 | 0.5722 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 90 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 92 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26000 | 38900 | 0.3329 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 93 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26100 | 59900 | 0.5642 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 94 | Aquinas College | 26200 | 53400 | 0.5098 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 94 | Grand Valley State University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2786 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 94 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 26200 | 39200 | 0.3317 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 97 | Westminster University | 26300 | 81400 | 0.677 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 98 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26400 | 61400 | 0.5692 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 98 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26400 | 43000 | 0.3857 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 98 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26400 | 53800 | 0.5095 | 2,803 | 1085 | 0.9576 | |
| 101 | Oklahoma City University | 26600 | 62200 | 0.5722 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 102 | Washburn University | 26700 | 36300 | 0.2642 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 103 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 103 | Western Kentucky University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 105 | Oakland University | 27100 | 39700 | 0.3175 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 105 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 107 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 108 | Capital University | 27400 | 80300 | 0.6589 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 109 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27800 | 67800 | 0.5902 | 936 | 995 | 0.8003 | |
| 110 | George Fox University | 27900 | 76800 | 0.6367 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 110 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 112 | Marquette University | 28100 | 66200 | 0.5753 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 113 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6229 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 113 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4166 | 1,882 | 1220 | 0.6764 | |
| 113 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 113 | Missouri Valley College | 28200 | 38200 | 0.2618 | 1,558 | 1010 | 0.5269 | |
| 117 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 118 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 118 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0688 | 4,525 | 1000 | 0.7118 | |
| 120 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41900 | 0.272 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 121 | Beloit College | 30800 | 97600 | 0.6843 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 122 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 122 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 122 | Samford University | 30900 | 78000 | 0.6035 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 122 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 82600 | 0.6261 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 126 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 126 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 128 | Carroll University | 31200 | 61500 | 0.4929 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 128 | Wofford College | 31200 | 73200 | 0.5731 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 130 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 131 | University of Dayton | 32000 | 64200 | 0.5016 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 132 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 85400 | 0.6238 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 133 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 134 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32300 | 93400 | 0.6544 | 1,525 | 1283 | 0.556 | |
| 134 | Rider University | 32300 | 60600 | 0.4671 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 136 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 138 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 139 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 140 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 141 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55900 | 0.3974 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 142 | Hofstra University | 34900 | 77000 | 0.5466 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 143 | Loyola University Chicago | 35400 | 73600 | 0.5191 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 144 | Berry College | 35900 | 60900 | 0.4107 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 144 | Cedarville University | 35900 | 57000 | 0.3709 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 146 | Loyola University Maryland | 36100 | 78800 | 0.542 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 147 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 36200 | 42500 | 0.1481 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 148 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 148 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 150 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 151 | Saint Francis University | 38200 | 62800 | 0.392 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 152 | Westmont College | 38300 | 80300 | 0.523 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 153 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 154 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 154 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 156 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 157 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 158 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 159 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 160 | Seattle University | 41700 | 74600 | 0.4408 | 4,103 | 1243 | 0.7703 | |
| 161 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 162 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 163 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 163 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 165 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 166 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44000 | 53700 | 0.1806 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 167 | Saint Louis University | 44500 | 80900 | 0.4497 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 168 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 169 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 170 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 171 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 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 | University of California-Irvine | 72700 | 74700 | 0.0268 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 176 | 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.