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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 Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 5 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 6 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11600 | 26900 | 0.5682 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 8 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11900 | 24800 | 0.5215 | 7,393 | 1125 | 0.8968 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 12500 | 21500 | 0.4181 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 10 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 25300 | 0.5014 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 11 | Lamar University | 13100 | 22900 | 0.4274 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 11 | University of North Florida | 13100 | 22400 | 0.4157 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 13 | Western Kentucky University | 13600 | 27000 | 0.498 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 14 | University of Georgia | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4699 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 15 | Francis Marion University | 14300 | 24100 | 0.4074 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 15 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14300 | 30100 | 0.5243 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 17 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 18 | Grand Valley State University | 14600 | 25300 | 0.4234 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 19 | Midwestern State University | 14900 | 21600 | 0.3098 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 20 | Union College | 15100 | 92400 | 0.8365 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 21 | Austin Peay State University | 15400 | 29100 | 0.4725 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 22 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 23 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 23 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 25 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3886 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 26 | Coastal Carolina University | 15800 | 27200 | 0.4192 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 26 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 27000 | 0.415 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 28 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16300 | 26800 | 0.3922 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 29 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 30 | Tennessee State University | 16700 | 31100 | 0.4627 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 30 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16700 | 22300 | 0.2509 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan University | 17000 | 36100 | 0.5293 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 32 | University of Maine | 17000 | 29300 | 0.42 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 34 | Georgia Southern University | 17100 | 20100 | 0.1489 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University | 17400 | 40900 | 0.5743 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 36 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 37 | Colorado College | 17800 | 98000 | 0.8182 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17800 | 20700 | 0.1401 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 37 | University of Memphis | 17800 | 26400 | 0.3265 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 40 | University of Louisville | 18000 | 29100 | 0.3818 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 41 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 26600 | 0.3199 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 42 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 42 | Greensboro College | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5158 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 44 | Youngstown State University | 18700 | 34000 | 0.45 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 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 | 0.4222 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 48 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19800 | 30500 | 0.3506 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 49 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 50 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 50 | Wichita State University | 20100 | 29800 | 0.3252 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 52 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20200 | 72100 | 0.7197 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 53 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 53 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 55 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20500 | 52900 | 0.6123 | 1,108 | 990 | 1 | |
| 56 | Grove City College | 20800 | 39700 | 0.4767 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 57 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 20900 | 28500 | 0.267 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 58 | South Carolina State University | 21000 | 30000 | 0.2995 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 59 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 21200 | 27800 | 0.237 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 60 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 25300 | 0.1384 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 60 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 62 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 63 | Bradley University | 22300 | 50800 | 0.561 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 64 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22600 | 33600 | 0.3271 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 65 | Bentley University | 23200 | 85500 | 0.7286 | 4,620 | 1323 | 0.4729 | |
| 66 | Oklahoma City University | 23400 | 64400 | 0.6368 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 67 | East Tennessee State University | 23500 | 30600 | 0.2318 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 68 | Hope College | 23600 | 60100 | 0.6071 | 3,427 | 1216 | 0.8712 | |
| 69 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.349 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 70 | Allegheny College | 23800 | 76200 | 0.6878 | 1,125 | 1243 | 0.5877 | |
| 70 | West Texas A & M University | 23800 | 29200 | 0.1848 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 72 | Utica University | 24100 | 43400 | 0.4443 | 2,191 | 1214 | 0.9187 | |
| 73 | University of Arizona | 24300 | 38100 | 0.3623 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 74 | Park University | 24600 | 31300 | 0.2144 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 75 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 27500 | 0.1019 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 25000 | 41300 | 0.3947 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25300 | 34400 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 78 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 78 | Texas State University | 25400 | 25500 | 0.0039 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 78 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 81 | Dillard University | 25500 | 53600 | 0.5247 | 1,070 | 1055 | 0.7371 | |
| 81 | University of Dayton | 25500 | 64200 | 0.6029 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 83 | Ave Maria University | 25600 | 46600 | 0.4508 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 83 | Wheaton College | 25600 | 87500 | 0.7072 | 2,181 | 1357 | 0.8491 | |
| 85 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25900 | 53800 | 0.5188 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 86 | Georgia State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 86 | Lewis University | 26000 | 57700 | 0.5492 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 88 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5967 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 88 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 90 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26500 | 64700 | 0.5907 | 871 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 91 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 92 | St Bonaventure University | 26700 | 61200 | 0.5636 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 92 | Troy University | 26700 | 34700 | 0.2305 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 92 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 95 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1094 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 96 | University of the Incarnate Word | 27200 | 61400 | 0.5572 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 97 | Capital University | 27300 | 62400 | 0.5624 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 98 | Oakland University | 27400 | 39300 | 0.3027 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 99 | Missouri Valley College | 27500 | 38200 | 0.2802 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6922 | |
| 100 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 101 | John Brown University | 28000 | 48300 | 0.4198 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 102 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 103 | George Fox University | 28400 | 69400 | 0.5911 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 104 | Westminster University | 28500 | 62600 | 0.545 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 105 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28800 | 31800 | 0.0943 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 107 | Jacksonville State University | 29300 | 38200 | 0.2328 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 107 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 109 | Marquette University | 29700 | 63800 | 0.5346 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 110 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 111 | The College of Wooster | 30700 | 82600 | 0.628 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 111 | Wofford College | 30700 | 73200 | 0.5805 | 1,781 | 1305 | 0.5487 | |
| 113 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 113 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 115 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 116 | Rider University | 31200 | 60600 | 0.4849 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 117 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 117 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31500 | 75700 | 0.5836 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 119 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 119 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31600 | 59100 | 0.4651 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 121 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 122 | Berry College | 32400 | 60900 | 0.4682 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 123 | Samford University | 32900 | 64600 | 0.4908 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 124 | Ursinus College | 33200 | 83700 | 0.6038 | 1,378 | 1303 | 0.9285 | |
| 125 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 126 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 127 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55300 | 0.3889 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 127 | Loyola University Maryland | 33800 | 78800 | 0.5711 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 129 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34000 | 53100 | 0.3595 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 130 | Beloit College | 34900 | 81400 | 0.5709 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 131 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 35400 | 38700 | 0.0853 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 132 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3736 | 5,794 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 133 | Virginia State University | 35800 | 42200 | 0.1518 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 134 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35900 | 56700 | 0.3666 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 135 | Hofstra University | 36600 | 76900 | 0.524 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 136 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 137 | Marymount Manhattan College | 37400 | 69900 | 0.4649 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 138 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 139 | University of Redlands | 37900 | 84200 | 0.5501 | 1,941 | 1233 | 0.8272 | |
| 140 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38000 | 62800 | 0.3948 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 141 | Seton Hall University | 38100 | 67400 | 0.4345 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 142 | Xavier University | 38400 | 68100 | 0.4364 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 143 | Alvernia University | 38500 | 69400 | 0.4451 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 144 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38700 | 52900 | 0.2685 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 145 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 146 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 146 | Westmont College | 39100 | 80000 | 0.5109 | 1,311 | 1315 | 0.8059 | |
| 148 | Saint Francis University | 39200 | 63100 | 0.3788 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 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 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40000 | 50000 | 0.2002 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 152 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 154 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 154 | Arkansas State University | 40200 | 41000 | 0.0195 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 156 | Middle Tennessee State University | 40500 | 46000 | 0.1195 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 156 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40500 | 44100 | 0.0817 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 158 | Loyola University Chicago | 40600 | 74100 | 0.4519 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 159 | Butler University | 41200 | 72400 | 0.431 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 160 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41300 | 48500 | 0.1484 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 161 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42100 | 53600 | 0.2147 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 162 | Susquehanna University | 42200 | 76800 | 0.4507 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 163 | Seattle University | 42400 | 85100 | 0.5015 | 4,370 | 1299 | 0.7313 | |
| 163 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 165 | Boise State University | 43000 | 50000 | 0.14 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 166 | Widener University | 43200 | 79400 | 0.4561 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 167 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 168 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 169 | Saint Louis University | 48300 | 80900 | 0.4027 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 170 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 171 | Chapman University | 52500 | 93100 | 0.4361 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 172 | Santa Clara University | 57400 | 85400 | 0.3279 | 6,695 | 1399 | 0.4788 | |
| 173 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 174 | Presbyterian College | 62700 | 62700 | 0 | 903 | 1150 | 0.6515 | |
| 175 | Mercyhurst University | 65900 | 68000 | 0.0309 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 176 | University of California-Irvine | 71900 | 75600 | 0.049 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 177 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.