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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 Texas.
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 Texas.
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 | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 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 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10300 | 27800 | 0.6285 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 6 | Austin Community College District | 11100 | 24200 | 0.5419 | 35,600 | 0 | 0.4666 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11200 | 25100 | 0.5525 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 8 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 11700 | 24800 | 0.5288 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 8 | Wichita State University | 11700 | 29800 | 0.6086 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11900 | 48200 | 0.7536 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 11 | Tennessee State University | 12300 | 48200 | 0.7441 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 12 | Midwestern State University | 12400 | 21800 | 0.4289 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 13 | Saginaw Valley State University | 13000 | 28600 | 0.5467 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 14 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 15 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 16 | Louisiana Tech University | 13300 | 36900 | 0.6395 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 17 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13700 | 23200 | 0.4094 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 17 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 19 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13800 | 27800 | 0.5028 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 20 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 14200 | 38900 | 0.6342 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 21 | University of West Florida | 14300 | 21500 | 0.3344 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 22 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 35900 | 0.5982 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 22 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 24 | Union College | 14700 | 92400 | 0.8408 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 25 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 26 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 27 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 28 | University of North Texas | 15700 | 25800 | 0.392 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 29 | Grand Valley State University | 15900 | 25300 | 0.372 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 30 | University of Memphis | 16000 | 26400 | 0.3947 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 31 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 32 | University of North Florida | 16200 | 22400 | 0.2771 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 33 | Lamar University | 16400 | 23000 | 0.2845 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 34 | Jacksonville State University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5399 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 35 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 32000 | 0.4701 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 37 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 17000 | 22300 | 0.2374 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 38 | Arkansas State University | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3917 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 38 | Sam Houston State University | 17100 | 23000 | 0.2574 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 40 | University of Maine | 17200 | 29300 | 0.4132 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 41 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17300 | 33600 | 0.4847 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 42 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17400 | 25000 | 0.3028 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 43 | Greensboro College | 17600 | 37800 | 0.5343 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 43 | Weber State University | 17600 | 41300 | 0.5733 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 43 | Western Kentucky University | 17600 | 27000 | 0.3488 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 46 | Georgia State University | 17700 | 26000 | 0.3194 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 46 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 48 | Virginia State University | 18000 | 29500 | 0.3895 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 18100 | 20800 | 0.1286 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 50 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 23800 | 0.2357 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 51 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 51 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18300 | 27800 | 0.341 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 51 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18300 | 36500 | 0.4989 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 54 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3355 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 55 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3073 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 56 | University of Arizona | 19000 | 30900 | 0.3857 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 57 | Francis Marion University | 19200 | 37100 | 0.4823 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 57 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19200 | 33700 | 0.431 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 59 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 965 | 0.4823 | |
| 59 | University of West Georgia | 19300 | 48000 | 0.5982 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 61 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 62 | Boise State University | 20500 | 59700 | 0.6567 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 63 | South Carolina State University | 20600 | 30000 | 0.3129 | 2,950 | 910 | 0.8262 | |
| 64 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 64 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 66 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 20900 | 41300 | 0.494 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 67 | Utica University | 20900 | 43400 | 0.518 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 69 | Angelo State University | 21000 | 23100 | 0.0923 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 69 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 71 | University of the Incarnate Word | 21100 | 73200 | 0.7118 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 72 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 73 | Kennesaw State University | 21600 | 26600 | 0.1881 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 73 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21600 | 42700 | 0.4943 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 75 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 75 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22100 | 28200 | 0.2167 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 77 | West Texas A & M University | 22100 | 22500 | 0.0181 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 79 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22500 | 59900 | 0.6242 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 80 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22900 | 59600 | 0.6158 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 81 | Allegheny College | 23300 | 75400 | 0.6914 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 82 | SUNY Oneonta | 23600 | 49300 | 0.5218 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 83 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3394 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 84 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 85 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 24000 | 58200 | 0.587 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 86 | Ave Maria University | 24200 | 45400 | 0.4668 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 86 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24200 | 26300 | 0.08 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 88 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 89 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 90 | University of Redlands | 25400 | 84200 | 0.6987 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 91 | Lewis University | 25600 | 57700 | 0.5561 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 91 | Marquette University | 25600 | 63100 | 0.5939 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 91 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 91 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.077 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 95 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 96 | Hope College | 25800 | 60100 | 0.5705 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 97 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25900 | 53800 | 0.5193 | 2,803 | 1085 | 0.9576 | |
| 97 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0923 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 99 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 26100 | 39200 | 0.3343 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 100 | Aquinas College | 26200 | 53400 | 0.5098 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 100 | East Tennessee State University | 26200 | 30600 | 0.1437 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 102 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26400 | 43000 | 0.3857 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 102 | Westminster University | 26400 | 81400 | 0.6758 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 104 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26500 | 61400 | 0.5676 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 105 | Oklahoma City University | 26700 | 62200 | 0.5706 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 106 | Washburn University | 26900 | 36300 | 0.2587 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 107 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 108 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 108 | Oakland University | 27300 | 39700 | 0.3124 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 110 | Capital University | 27500 | 80300 | 0.6576 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 111 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27800 | 67800 | 0.5902 | 936 | 995 | 0.8003 | |
| 112 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 113 | George Fox University | 28000 | 76800 | 0.6354 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 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 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 28500 | 28500 | 0 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 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 Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 121 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30400 | 33600 | 0.0934 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 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 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5784 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 125 | Beloit College | 31000 | 97600 | 0.6823 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 125 | Samford University | 31000 | 78000 | 0.6022 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 127 | The College of Wooster | 31100 | 83100 | 0.6259 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 128 | Carroll University | 31200 | 61500 | 0.4929 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 129 | Coastal Carolina University | 31700 | 45100 | 0.2972 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 130 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31800 | 59600 | 0.4661 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 131 | University of Dayton | 32100 | 64200 | 0.5001 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 131 | 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 | |
| 135 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 135 | Rider University | 32500 | 60600 | 0.4637 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 137 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 138 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 139 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55900 | 0.3956 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 140 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 142 | Hofstra University | 34900 | 77000 | 0.5466 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 143 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 144 | Loyola University Chicago | 35400 | 73600 | 0.5191 | 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 | |
| 147 | Loyola University Maryland | 36100 | 78800 | 0.542 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 148 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 149 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 36400 | 42500 | 0.1434 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 150 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 151 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 152 | California State University-Long Beach | 37700 | 38600 | 0.0233 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 153 | Westmont College | 38300 | 80300 | 0.523 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 154 | Saint Francis University | 38400 | 62800 | 0.3888 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 155 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 156 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 157 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 157 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 159 | Saint Louis University | 40000 | 80900 | 0.5053 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 160 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 161 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 162 | Seattle University | 41600 | 74600 | 0.4422 | 4,103 | 1243 | 0.7703 | |
| 163 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 164 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 165 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 165 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 167 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 168 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 169 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44300 | 53700 | 0.175 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 170 | Molloy University | 48800 | 62300 | 0.2168 | 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 | Presbyterian College | 60000 | 62700 | 0.043 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 176 | University of California-Irvine | 72700 | 74700 | 0.0268 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.