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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 | Dallas College | 5600 | 16500 | 0.6604 | 125,613 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 8300 | 91800 | 0.9096 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 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 | San Jacinto Community College | 11300 | 14300 | 0.2097 | 33,215 | 1135 | 1 | |
| 7 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12600 | 28900 | 0.5648 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 8 | Houston City College | 12700 | 18900 | 0.3281 | 59,451 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Lamar University | 12800 | 23000 | 0.4413 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 10 | Colorado College | 12900 | 98000 | 0.8688 | 1,887 | 1357 | 0.2209 | |
| 10 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 25100 | 0.4809 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 12 | University of North Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4202 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 14 | Western Kentucky University | 13400 | 27000 | 0.5029 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13500 | 30100 | 0.5515 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 16 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13600 | 43000 | 0.6837 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 17 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 18 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14300 | 30100 | 0.5243 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 19 | Union College | 14900 | 92400 | 0.8387 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 20 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15000 | 23500 | 0.36 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 21 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 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 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15600 | 25000 | 0.3748 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 26 | Troy University | 15700 | 26700 | 0.4119 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 27 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15900 | 23200 | 0.3122 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 28 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16200 | 26800 | 0.3959 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 29 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 29 | University of North Texas | 16300 | 26200 | 0.3786 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16400 | 26200 | 0.373 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 32 | Oakland University | 16600 | 28200 | 0.4116 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 33 | Arkansas State University | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4023 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 34 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 36100 | 0.5321 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 34 | University of Maine | 16900 | 29300 | 0.4235 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 37 | Tennessee State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4517 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 38 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 39 | Sam Houston State University | 17300 | 27000 | 0.36 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 40 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17500 | 23200 | 0.2456 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 41 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 42 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 17800 | 42900 | 0.5857 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 43 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 44 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 26600 | 0.3236 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 45 | Greensboro College | 18200 | 37800 | 0.5184 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 45 | University of Mississippi | 18200 | 27000 | 0.3258 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 47 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 35400 | 0.4821 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 47 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 49 | East Tennessee State University | 18900 | 26100 | 0.2754 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 50 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2615 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 51 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,967 | 940 | 0.9602 | |
| 52 | Virginia State University | 19500 | 29500 | 0.3387 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 53 | Georgia Southern University | 19800 | 20100 | 0.0149 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 29000 | 0.3108 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 54 | Wichita State University | 20000 | 29800 | 0.3285 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 56 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 56 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20100 | 72100 | 0.721 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 58 | Youngstown State University | 20200 | 34000 | 0.4059 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 59 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 59 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 61 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 62 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 20600 | 53000 | 0.611 | 1,108 | 990 | 1 | |
| 63 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 64 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 64 | West Texas A & M University | 21000 | 29100 | 0.2787 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 66 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 21100 | 27800 | 0.2406 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 67 | University of Memphis | 21300 | 26400 | 0.1935 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 68 | University of West Florida | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 69 | Louisiana Tech University | 21700 | 25300 | 0.1424 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 70 | Midwestern State University | 21800 | 28600 | 0.2374 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 70 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 72 | Bradley University | 22100 | 50800 | 0.5649 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 72 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 74 | Oklahoma City University | 23200 | 64400 | 0.6399 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 75 | Bentley University | 23300 | 85500 | 0.7274 | 4,620 | 1323 | 0.4729 | |
| 76 | Hope College | 23400 | 60100 | 0.6104 | 3,427 | 1216 | 0.8712 | |
| 77 | Allegheny College | 23800 | 76200 | 0.6878 | 1,125 | 1243 | 0.5877 | |
| 78 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 78 | Utica University | 24000 | 43400 | 0.4466 | 2,191 | 1214 | 0.9187 | |
| 80 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 27500 | 0.1056 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 80 | Park University | 24600 | 31300 | 0.2144 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 82 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 24800 | 53800 | 0.5397 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 83 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 84 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 84 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 86 | Dillard University | 25500 | 53600 | 0.5247 | 1,070 | 1055 | 0.7371 | |
| 86 | University of Dayton | 25500 | 64200 | 0.6029 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 88 | Ave Maria University | 25600 | 46600 | 0.4508 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 88 | Iowa State University | 25600 | 43300 | 0.4092 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 88 | Wheaton College | 25600 | 87500 | 0.7072 | 2,181 | 1357 | 0.8491 | |
| 91 | Lewis University | 25700 | 57700 | 0.5544 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 92 | Georgia State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 26,785 | 1089 | 0.5722 | |
| 93 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5967 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 94 | Northern Arizona University | 26200 | 43200 | 0.3924 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 95 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26400 | 64700 | 0.5922 | 871 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 96 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 96 | St Bonaventure University | 26600 | 61200 | 0.5653 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 98 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 99 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1094 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 100 | University of the Incarnate Word | 27100 | 61500 | 0.5593 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 101 | Capital University | 27300 | 62400 | 0.5624 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 102 | Missouri Valley College | 27600 | 38200 | 0.2775 | 1,687 | 980 | 0.6922 | |
| 102 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 27600 | 31500 | 0.1239 | 7,393 | 1125 | 0.8968 | |
| 104 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 105 | John Brown University | 28000 | 48300 | 0.4198 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 105 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 107 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 107 | George Fox University | 28100 | 69400 | 0.5954 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 109 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 28500 | 28500 | 0 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 109 | Westminster University | 28500 | 62600 | 0.545 | 868 | 1205 | 0.6513 | |
| 111 | Francis Marion University | 28600 | 40200 | 0.2889 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 112 | Jacksonville State University | 29200 | 38200 | 0.2354 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 113 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 114 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 43300 | 0.2954 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 115 | Wofford College | 30700 | 73200 | 0.5805 | 1,781 | 1305 | 0.5487 | |
| 116 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 116 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 83100 | 0.6278 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 118 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 119 | Rider University | 31300 | 60600 | 0.4832 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 120 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 121 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 121 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31500 | 75700 | 0.5836 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 121 | South Carolina State University | 31500 | 41600 | 0.2427 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 124 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 125 | Berry College | 32400 | 60900 | 0.4682 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 126 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 127 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 128 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 129 | Marquette University | 33100 | 66500 | 0.5022 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 130 | Ursinus College | 33200 | 83700 | 0.6038 | 1,378 | 1303 | 0.9285 | |
| 131 | Fort Lewis College | 33500 | 41400 | 0.191 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.7732 | |
| 132 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 133 | Loyola University Maryland | 34100 | 78800 | 0.5673 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 134 | Washburn University | 34300 | 38400 | 0.1067 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 135 | Beloit College | 34900 | 81400 | 0.5709 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 137 | Coastal Carolina University | 35200 | 45100 | 0.2193 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 137 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 35200 | 38700 | 0.0905 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 139 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3736 | 5,794 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 140 | Hofstra University | 36600 | 76900 | 0.524 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 141 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 142 | Marymount Manhattan College | 37400 | 69900 | 0.4649 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 143 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38000 | 62800 | 0.3948 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 143 | University of Redlands | 38000 | 84200 | 0.549 | 1,941 | 1233 | 0.8272 | |
| 145 | Seton Hall University | 38100 | 67400 | 0.4345 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 146 | Xavier University | 38400 | 68100 | 0.4364 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 147 | Alvernia University | 38500 | 69400 | 0.4451 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 148 | Southern Connecticut State University | 38700 | 52900 | 0.2685 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 149 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 150 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 150 | Saint Francis University | 39100 | 63100 | 0.3804 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 150 | Westmont College | 39100 | 80000 | 0.5109 | 1,311 | 1315 | 0.8059 | |
| 153 | Arcadia University | 39300 | 71600 | 0.4513 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 153 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 155 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 156 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 157 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40000 | 50000 | 0.2002 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 157 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 159 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 160 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40400 | 44100 | 0.0839 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 161 | Loyola University Chicago | 40600 | 74100 | 0.4519 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 162 | Butler University | 41300 | 72400 | 0.4297 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 163 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 53600 | 0.2203 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 164 | Susquehanna University | 42100 | 76800 | 0.452 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 165 | Seattle University | 42400 | 85100 | 0.5015 | 4,370 | 1299 | 0.7313 | |
| 166 | Boise State University | 42900 | 50000 | 0.142 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 167 | Widener University | 43200 | 79400 | 0.4561 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 168 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 169 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 46700 | 55800 | 0.1631 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 170 | Saint Louis University | 48400 | 80900 | 0.4015 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 171 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 172 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 173 | Chapman University | 52500 | 93100 | 0.4361 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 174 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52600 | 52800 | 0.0038 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 175 | Santa Clara University | 57400 | 85400 | 0.3279 | 6,695 | 1399 | 0.4788 | |
| 176 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 177 | Presbyterian College | 62700 | 62700 | 0 | 903 | 1150 | 0.6515 | |
| 178 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 179 | Mercyhurst University | 65900 | 68000 | 0.0309 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.