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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 | Patrick Henry College | 6400 | 42000 | 0.847 | 425 | 1345 | 0.7744 | |
| 2 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 3 | Arkansas Tech University | 9800 | 22900 | 0.5715 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 4 | Francis Marion University | 10100 | 25400 | 0.6021 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 6 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11900 | 24800 | 0.5215 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 7 | University of West Florida | 12400 | 21500 | 0.4227 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 8 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 24400 | 0.4677 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 11 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 24800 | 0.424 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 12 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4594 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 14 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 15 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14700 | 25800 | 0.4273 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 15 | University of Idaho | 14700 | 26400 | 0.4429 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 17 | University of North Texas | 14800 | 25400 | 0.418 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 18 | California State University-Long Beach | 15400 | 25800 | 0.4032 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 19 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 20 | North Carolina State University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4331 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 20 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15600 | 23200 | 0.3255 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 22 | Troy University | 15900 | 26700 | 0.4044 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16100 | 24900 | 0.353 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 23 | Washburn University | 16100 | 25200 | 0.3607 | 5,331 | 1015 | 1 | |
| 25 | Lamar University | 16200 | 22900 | 0.2922 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 26 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16400 | 26800 | 0.3882 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 27 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 27 | Jacksonville State University | 17000 | 26600 | 0.3612 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 29 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17100 | 33600 | 0.4907 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 30 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 17200 | 29300 | 0.4133 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 31 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23300 | 0.2566 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 32 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 27700 | 0.36 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 33 | University of Maine | 17800 | 29000 | 0.3866 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 34 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 35 | University of Louisville | 18000 | 29100 | 0.3818 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 36 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 37 | Union College | 18300 | 91000 | 0.799 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 38 | Lehigh University | 18400 | 85700 | 0.7857 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 38 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3355 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 40 | Midwestern State University | 18500 | 29000 | 0.3617 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan University | 18700 | 36100 | 0.4817 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 41 | Greensboro College | 18700 | 37800 | 0.5052 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 43 | East Tennessee State University | 19200 | 26400 | 0.2748 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 44 | University of Memphis | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2695 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 45 | Western Kentucky University | 19400 | 26800 | 0.275 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 46 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 47 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 47 | Youngstown State University | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3307 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 49 | University of Mississippi | 19700 | 27000 | 0.2703 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 50 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19800 | 24500 | 0.1915 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 51 | University of Wyoming | 20000 | 26700 | 0.2497 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 52 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1701 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 53 | South Carolina State University | 20400 | 30000 | 0.3195 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
| 54 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3071 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 55 | Marshall University | 21000 | 36300 | 0.4218 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 55 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 55 | West Virginia University | 21000 | 23300 | 0.0987 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21100 | 29400 | 0.2824 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 59 | Niagara University | 21200 | 57400 | 0.6304 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 60 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 61 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 61 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 63 | Georgia College & State University | 21600 | 21600 | 0 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
| 64 | Dillard University | 21700 | 50400 | 0.5697 | 1,117 | 1080 | 0.4051 | |
| 65 | Northern Arizona University | 21900 | 32000 | 0.3168 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 66 | Bentley University | 22000 | 84500 | 0.7394 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 67 | University of California-Irvine | 22100 | 35300 | 0.3744 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 68 | Ave Maria University | 22300 | 44800 | 0.502 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 68 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22300 | 28000 | 0.2034 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 70 | Boise State University | 22400 | 41000 | 0.4534 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 70 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 72 | Sam Houston State University | 22600 | 23000 | 0.0174 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 73 | Bradley University | 23000 | 50900 | 0.5481 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 74 | Berry College | 23100 | 60800 | 0.6199 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 74 | Grove City College | 23100 | 37200 | 0.3791 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 76 | University of Central Florida | 23600 | 31400 | 0.2482 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 77 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23700 | 28300 | 0.1627 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 78 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36000 | 0.3352 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 79 | Utica University | 24100 | 41100 | 0.4133 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 80 | Beloit College | 24500 | 75600 | 0.6762 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 80 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 82 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24700 | 28500 | 0.1335 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 83 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24900 | 28000 | 0.1098 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 84 | Tennessee Technological University | 25100 | 33700 | 0.2548 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 85 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 0.947 | |
| 85 | West Texas A & M University | 25400 | 27100 | 0.0627 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 87 | Allegheny College | 25600 | 75200 | 0.6593 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 87 | Lewis University | 25600 | 57400 | 0.5536 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 87 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 90 | Westmont College | 25800 | 76400 | 0.6625 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 91 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 91 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 93 | Georgia State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 93 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26000 | 38900 | 0.3313 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 95 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5965 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 96 | Hope College | 26300 | 60100 | 0.5622 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 97 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 26600 | 48200 | 0.4483 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 97 | Westminster University | 26600 | 59500 | 0.5526 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 99 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26900 | 68400 | 0.6068 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 100 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 35200 | 0.2328 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 101 | Cornell College | 27400 | 72200 | 0.6206 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 101 | Oakland University | 27400 | 39800 | 0.3117 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 103 | Aquinas College | 27500 | 53300 | 0.4842 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 103 | Capital University | 27500 | 68600 | 0.5992 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 105 | Missouri Valley College | 27700 | 38100 | 0.2729 | 1,558 | 985 | 0.5269 | |
| 105 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 27700 | 53300 | 0.4802 | 2,803 | 1105 | 0.9576 | |
| 107 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27900 | 54800 | 0.4907 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 107 | Weber State University | 27900 | 33300 | 0.1622 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 109 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 109 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 111 | John Brown University | 28300 | 48300 | 0.4153 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 111 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 113 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 114 | Grand Valley State University | 28900 | 35700 | 0.1905 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 115 | Western Illinois University | 29000 | 31000 | 0.0668 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 116 | George Fox University | 29100 | 67100 | 0.5667 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 117 | Tennessee State University | 29300 | 39300 | 0.2547 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 118 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29900 | 36500 | 0.1809 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 119 | University of North Dakota | 30000 | 32500 | 0.0791 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 120 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 121 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 30400 | 41000 | 0.2583 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 122 | University of Redlands | 30500 | 81400 | 0.6252 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 123 | 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 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 125 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 125 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5776 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 128 | Gannon University | 31000 | 45300 | 0.3157 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 128 | The College of Wooster | 31000 | 82600 | 0.6254 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 130 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 31100 | 33100 | 0.0605 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 131 | University of West Georgia | 31500 | 36000 | 0.1251 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 132 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.101 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 133 | Hampton University | 32100 | 47000 | 0.3171 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 133 | Old Dominion University | 32100 | 35700 | 0.1009 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 133 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 82700 | 0.6119 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 136 | Rider University | 32300 | 64300 | 0.4975 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 137 | Samford University | 32400 | 65200 | 0.503 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 138 | Widener University | 32700 | 75300 | 0.5655 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 139 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32800 | 73700 | 0.5547 | 1,525 | 1241 | 0.556 | |
| 140 | Virginia State University | 33200 | 42200 | 0.2134 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
| 141 | University of Dayton | 33300 | 64100 | 0.4805 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 142 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 143 | Appalachian State University | 34000 | 35800 | 0.0503 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 144 | Stephen F Austin State University | 34200 | 42800 | 0.2009 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 145 | Baylor University | 34400 | 70800 | 0.5138 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 146 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34900 | 0.0039 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 147 | Cedarville University | 35100 | 55100 | 0.364 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
| 148 | DePaul University | 35200 | 59100 | 0.4042 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 148 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35200 | 38100 | 0.0768 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 150 | Coastal Carolina University | 35600 | 44700 | 0.2034 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 151 | Salisbury University | 35900 | 40900 | 0.1224 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 152 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36300 | 42400 | 0.1438 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 153 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 49800 | 0.2613 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 154 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0533 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 155 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37600 | 51000 | 0.2623 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 156 | Wichita State University | 38100 | 39700 | 0.0404 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 157 | Suffolk University | 38400 | 73600 | 0.4785 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 157 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 157 | Xavier University | 38400 | 67500 | 0.4312 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 160 | Saint Vincent College | 38600 | 60700 | 0.3636 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 161 | Seattle University | 38700 | 69800 | 0.4453 | 4,103 | 1256 | 0.7703 | |
| 162 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 163 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
| 163 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 165 | Loyola University Chicago | 39800 | 73500 | 0.4583 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 166 | Alvernia University | 39900 | 68700 | 0.4193 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 167 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40500 | 68600 | 0.4093 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 167 | SUNY Oneonta | 40500 | 45300 | 0.1059 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 41300 | 41300 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 170 | Hofstra University | 41600 | 74600 | 0.4422 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 171 | Loyola University Maryland | 41900 | 78800 | 0.4684 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 172 | Mercyhurst University | 42000 | 66400 | 0.3677 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 172 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42000 | 42500 | 0.0118 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 174 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 175 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 176 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 177 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43700 | 52100 | 0.1612 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 178 | Marquette University | 45500 | 75100 | 0.3942 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 179 | Saint Louis University | 46300 | 74500 | 0.3786 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 180 | Presbyterian College | 47300 | 62700 | 0.2455 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 181 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 182 | Chapman University | 51400 | 87300 | 0.4113 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 183 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 184 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 185 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 56700 | 66500 | 0.1474 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 186 | 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.