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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 Washington.
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 Washington.
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 | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11000 | 25000 | 0.5592 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11600 | 28700 | 0.5961 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 8 | Tennessee State University | 11800 | 48200 | 0.7544 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | University of West Florida | 13400 | 21500 | 0.3763 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 12 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13700 | 23200 | 0.4094 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 12 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 14 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13800 | 27800 | 0.5028 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 15 | Coastal Carolina University | 14100 | 27200 | 0.4817 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 16 | Arkansas Tech University | 14200 | 35900 | 0.6038 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 16 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 14200 | 38900 | 0.6342 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 18 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 14300 | 28900 | 0.5059 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 19 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 20 | Louisiana Tech University | 14600 | 36900 | 0.6042 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 20 | University of North Florida | 14600 | 22400 | 0.3487 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 22 | Union College | 14700 | 92400 | 0.8408 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 23 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14800 | 25700 | 0.4236 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 24 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 25 | Troy University | 15200 | 32600 | 0.5335 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 25 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 27 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 25700 | 0.4013 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 28 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 29 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 30 | Central Washington University | 15800 | 22800 | 0.3047 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 31 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 30300 | 0.4749 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 32 | Salisbury University | 16000 | 28700 | 0.4423 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 32 | University of Maine at Farmington | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3116 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 34 | California State University-Long Beach | 16100 | 25800 | 0.3761 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 34 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 34 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 37 | Bellevue College | 16300 | 16700 | 0.0242 | 11,472 | 0 | 0.1736 | |
| 38 | Jacksonville State University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5399 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 38 | Lamar University | 16600 | 22900 | 0.2748 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 38 | Oakland University | 16600 | 28200 | 0.4116 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 41 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 42 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 32000 | 0.4701 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 17200 | 48200 | 0.6435 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 44 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17300 | 33600 | 0.4847 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 45 | Greensboro College | 17600 | 37800 | 0.5343 | 899 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
| 45 | Weber State University | 17600 | 41300 | 0.5733 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 45 | Western Kentucky University | 17600 | 27000 | 0.3488 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 48 | Georgia State University | 17700 | 26000 | 0.3194 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
| 48 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 50 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 51 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 51 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3477 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 53 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 26800 | 0.3214 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 54 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18300 | 50400 | 0.6372 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 54 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18300 | 36500 | 0.4989 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 57 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3355 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 58 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2005 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 59 | SUNY Oneonta | 18600 | 29300 | 0.3652 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 60 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 61 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 62 | East Tennessee State University | 19000 | 26100 | 0.2716 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 63 | Francis Marion University | 19200 | 37100 | 0.4823 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 64 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 965 | 0.4823 | |
| 64 | University of West Georgia | 19300 | 48000 | 0.5982 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 66 | Midwestern State University | 20000 | 28600 | 0.3002 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 67 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 68 | Boise State University | 20500 | 59700 | 0.6567 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 68 | South Carolina State University | 20500 | 42000 | 0.5114 | 2,950 | 910 | 0.8262 | |
| 70 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 70 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 72 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 73 | Utica University | 20900 | 43400 | 0.518 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 74 | University of the Incarnate Word | 21100 | 73100 | 0.7115 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 26600 | 0.2029 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 76 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
| 77 | Kennesaw State University | 21600 | 27200 | 0.206 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 77 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21600 | 42700 | 0.4943 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 79 | Bentley University | 22000 | 85500 | 0.7426 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 79 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 81 | West Texas A & M University | 22200 | 22400 | 0.0089 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
| 82 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4763 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 83 | Southern Connecticut State University | 22900 | 59600 | 0.6158 | 7,252 | 965 | 0.9482 | |
| 84 | Allegheny College | 23300 | 75400 | 0.6914 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 85 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 86 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 24000 | 58100 | 0.5865 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 87 | Ave Maria University | 24200 | 45400 | 0.4668 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
| 88 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24900 | 28500 | 0.1265 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 89 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 90 | University of Redlands | 25400 | 84200 | 0.6987 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 91 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25500 | 31500 | 0.1906 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 92 | Lewis University | 25600 | 57700 | 0.5561 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 92 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 94 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 95 | Hope College | 25800 | 60100 | 0.5705 | 3,395 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
| 96 | Saginaw Valley State University | 26000 | 38900 | 0.3329 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 97 | Grand Valley State University | 26100 | 36300 | 0.2814 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 97 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 26100 | 39200 | 0.3343 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 99 | Aquinas College | 26200 | 53400 | 0.5098 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 99 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26200 | 59900 | 0.5625 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 101 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26400 | 53800 | 0.5095 | 2,803 | 1085 | 0.9576 | |
| 101 | Westminster University | 26400 | 81400 | 0.6758 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 103 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26500 | 61400 | 0.5676 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
| 104 | Oklahoma City University | 26700 | 62200 | 0.5706 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 105 | Washburn University | 26900 | 36300 | 0.2587 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 106 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2815 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 106 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 108 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 109 | Capital University | 27500 | 80300 | 0.6576 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 110 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27800 | 67800 | 0.5902 | 936 | 995 | 0.8003 | |
| 111 | George Fox University | 28000 | 76800 | 0.6354 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 112 | Cornell College | 28200 | 74800 | 0.6229 | 1,085 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
| 112 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4166 | 1,882 | 1220 | 0.6764 | |
| 112 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 112 | Missouri Valley College | 28200 | 38200 | 0.2618 | 1,558 | 1010 | 0.5269 | |
| 116 | Marquette University | 28300 | 66200 | 0.5722 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 117 | Villanova University | 28800 | 88800 | 0.6754 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 118 | Western Illinois University | 28900 | 31000 | 0.0688 | 4,525 | 1000 | 0.7118 | |
| 118 | Wichita State University | 28900 | 40600 | 0.2888 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 121 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 121 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 121 | Wofford College | 30900 | 73200 | 0.5784 | 1,817 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
| 124 | Beloit College | 31000 | 97600 | 0.6823 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 124 | Samford University | 31000 | 78000 | 0.6022 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 126 | The College of Wooster | 31100 | 83100 | 0.6259 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 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 | |
| 129 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31800 | 59600 | 0.4661 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 130 | University of Dayton | 32100 | 64200 | 0.5001 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 130 | Wheaton College | 32100 | 85400 | 0.6238 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
| 132 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 133 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 32300 | 93400 | 0.6544 | 1,525 | 1283 | 0.556 | |
| 134 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 134 | Rider University | 32500 | 60600 | 0.4637 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 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 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 140 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55900 | 0.3956 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 141 | Hofstra University | 34900 | 77000 | 0.5466 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 142 | Virginia State University | 35100 | 42200 | 0.1684 | 4,829 | 926 | 0.891 | |
| 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 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.0786 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 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 | Seattle University | 37500 | 74600 | 0.4971 | 4,103 | 1243 | 0.7703 | |
| 150 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 152 | Westmont College | 38300 | 80300 | 0.523 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
| 153 | Saint Francis University | 38400 | 62800 | 0.3888 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 154 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 155 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 156 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1095 | 0.8814 | |
| 156 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 156 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 159 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 160 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40700 | 0.0084 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 161 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 162 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 163 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 164 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 164 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 166 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 167 | Saint Louis University | 44400 | 80900 | 0.451 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 168 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 169 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 170 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 171 | Molloy University | 48800 | 62300 | 0.2168 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 171 | University of Kentucky | 48800 | 56600 | 0.1372 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 173 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 174 | Chapman University | 51300 | 94000 | 0.4544 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 175 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 176 | Santa Clara University | 57700 | 85400 | 0.3244 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 177 | Presbyterian College | 60000 | 62700 | 0.043 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
| 178 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.