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Considering a degree in Management Science?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Management Science majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Management Science degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 3600 | 93100 | 0.9618 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 4 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.6491 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 7200 | 89100 | 0.919 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 8 | University of Washington-Bothell Campus | 7600 | 35300 | 0.7857 | 5,753 | 1195 | 0.864 | |
| 9 | Emory University | 7900 | 96200 | 0.9177 | 7,320 | 1499 | 0.103 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 11 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 12 | Indiana State University | 9600 | 25900 | 0.6303 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 9600 | 92500 | 0.8965 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 14 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10000 | 41400 | 0.7591 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 15 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 15 | University of St Francis | 10600 | 83800 | 0.8734 | 1,416 | 1030 | 0.6528 | |
| 17 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 41600 | 0.7315 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 18 | Eastern Illinois University | 11400 | 24700 | 0.5369 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 19 | University of California-Merced | 11600 | 40700 | 0.7153 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 20 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 22 | Wake Forest University | 12200 | 93800 | 0.8696 | 5,595 | 1463 | 0.2076 | |
| 23 | Trinity University | 13400 | 67000 | 0.7996 | 2,423 | 1408 | 0.2488 | |
| 24 | University of North Alabama | 13500 | 28200 | 0.5216 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 25 | Salem State University | 13900 | 38300 | 0.6367 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 26 | Georgetown University | 14000 | 92700 | 0.849 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 27 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14100 | 30100 | 0.5334 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 28 | Bridgewater State University | 14200 | 37300 | 0.6193 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 29 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 31400 | 0.5438 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 30 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 30 | Troy University | 14400 | 34700 | 0.585 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14500 | 44000 | 0.6708 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 33 | Bucknell University | 14600 | 95700 | 0.8479 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 33 | Mid-America Christian University | 14600 | 36800 | 0.6038 | 1,806 | 970 | 0.9176 | |
| 35 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15200 | 90700 | 0.8325 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 35 | University of Southern California | 15200 | 71400 | 0.7874 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 37 | University of Kansas | 15300 | 34900 | 0.5611 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 38 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15600 | 22300 | 0.3002 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 39 | Grand Valley State University | 15700 | 28300 | 0.4445 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 40 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15800 | 43700 | 0.6379 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 40 | William Carey University | 15800 | 34700 | 0.5453 | 3,052 | 1120 | 0.6029 | |
| 42 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 43 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16300 | 27800 | 0.4141 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 44 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16600 | 26600 | 0.3763 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 16700 | 19400 | 0.1391 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 46 | Boston College | 16900 | 97700 | 0.8273 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 46 | Weber State University | 16900 | 20300 | 0.1678 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17300 | 44000 | 0.6064 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 49 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 50 | University of Arkansas | 17600 | 28500 | 0.3842 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 51 | Holy Family University | 17700 | 56900 | 0.6891 | 2,808 | 975 | 0.7456 | |
| 52 | Alma College | 17800 | 64700 | 0.7248 | 1,198 | 1040 | 0.6569 | |
| 52 | La Roche University | 17800 | 87300 | 0.7963 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 52 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 55 | Quincy University | 18100 | 80500 | 0.7747 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 56 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18300 | 45300 | 0.5957 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 58 | Norwich University | 18700 | 100600 | 0.8144 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 59 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19200 | 39200 | 0.5107 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 60 | Ouachita Baptist University | 19300 | 65400 | 0.7047 | 1,715 | 1193 | 0.7072 | |
| 61 | Piedmont University | 19400 | 47400 | 0.5911 | 1,154 | 1080 | 0.9054 | |
| 61 | University of Houston | 19400 | 28400 | 0.3173 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 63 | Illinois College | 19500 | 55200 | 0.6471 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20200 | 38100 | 0.4698 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 64 | University of Northern Iowa | 20200 | 24800 | 0.1844 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 66 | Saint Leo University | 20300 | 50000 | 0.5938 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 66 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 68 | University of Montevallo | 20500 | 31500 | 0.3497 | 2,643 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 69 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 20800 | 41300 | 0.4964 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 71 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21100 | 51900 | 0.594 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 21300 | 49600 | 0.5702 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 73 | Grand Canyon University | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3701 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 73 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 21400 | 80400 | 0.7335 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 75 | Stetson University | 21700 | 81100 | 0.7327 | 2,414 | 1089 | 0.7167 | |
| 76 | Sterling College | 22100 | 77400 | 0.7152 | 649 | 1103 | 0.8759 | |
| 77 | Faulkner University | 22300 | 60900 | 0.6343 | 1,758 | 1025 | 0.7307 | |
| 77 | The University of Alabama | 22300 | 33400 | 0.3322 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 79 | Augustana College | 22500 | 72800 | 0.6908 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 79 | Newman University | 22500 | 55800 | 0.5964 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 79 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 82 | Illinois State University | 22800 | 36400 | 0.3742 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 83 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23700 | 47900 | 0.5048 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 85 | University of Dayton | 23900 | 64400 | 0.6286 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 86 | Wheaton College | 24000 | 68000 | 0.647 | 2,181 | 1357 | 0.8491 | |
| 87 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 87 | The University of Findlay | 24500 | 50600 | 0.5154 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 89 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 89 | Texas Wesleyan University | 24800 | 64700 | 0.6163 | 1,796 | 1060 | 0.6916 | |
| 91 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25000 | 32900 | 0.242 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 92 | Saint Norbert College | 25300 | 63000 | 0.598 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 93 | Walla Walla University | 25500 | 51700 | 0.5077 | 1,314 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 94 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 95 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 79200 | 0.6746 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.362 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 97 | New Jersey City University | 26100 | 39800 | 0.3445 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 98 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1824 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 99 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 26400 | 33000 | 0.1998 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 100 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 101 | William Peace University | 26600 | 50200 | 0.4711 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 102 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 103 | University of South Dakota | 27000 | 30600 | 0.1166 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 104 | Saint Ambrose University | 27100 | 57700 | 0.5306 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 105 | Creighton University | 27800 | 67900 | 0.5903 | 4,833 | 1328 | 0.9216 | |
| 106 | Cornell College | 27900 | 74800 | 0.6267 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 107 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 45200 | 0.3663 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 107 | Jacksonville University | 28700 | 102400 | 0.7197 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 109 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 110 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29000 | 112100 | 0.7412 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 110 | University of Toledo | 29000 | 32600 | 0.1093 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 112 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34200 | 0.149 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 113 | Southern Methodist University | 29400 | 96900 | 0.6963 | 7,545 | 1427 | 0.4764 | |
| 114 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 115 | Southern Adventist University | 30700 | 49000 | 0.3746 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 116 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 117 | Ohio Northern University | 31200 | 63500 | 0.5093 | 2,706 | 1203 | 0.7384 | |
| 118 | Elon University | 31400 | 69900 | 0.5512 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 119 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 31900 | 78800 | 0.5952 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 120 | Rider University | 32000 | 60200 | 0.4685 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 121 | Belmont Abbey College | 32300 | 39000 | 0.1716 | 1,300 | 1094 | 0.7465 | |
| 121 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 123 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3145 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 124 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 32800 | 45600 | 0.2805 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 125 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5412 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 126 | Drake University | 33400 | 68500 | 0.5131 | 2,504 | 1226 | 0.6494 | |
| 126 | Ferrum College | 33400 | 49500 | 0.3246 | 726 | 990 | 0.8898 | |
| 126 | Hamline University | 33400 | 70100 | 0.5234 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 129 | Pace University | 33700 | 75700 | 0.5551 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 130 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34000 | 51300 | 0.3371 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 131 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 132 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 133 | Washburn University | 34400 | 38400 | 0.1041 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 134 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 135 | Bradley University | 35100 | 60300 | 0.418 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 135 | New York Institute of Technology | 35100 | 83600 | 0.5799 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 137 | Curry College | 35400 | 105900 | 0.6655 | 1,808 | 1140 | 0.8765 | |
| 137 | Loyola Marymount University | 35400 | 99300 | 0.6436 | 7,187 | 1347 | 0.4821 | |
| 137 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 140 | Farmingdale State College | 36100 | 37800 | 0.0449 | 10,062 | 1125 | 0.6166 | |
| 141 | Western Washington University | 36400 | 36400 | 0 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 142 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 142 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66700 | 0.4469 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 144 | Hardin-Simmons University | 37200 | 49700 | 0.2514 | 1,291 | 1110 | 0.862 | |
| 145 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 145 | Xavier University | 37500 | 68100 | 0.4496 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 147 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 148 | University of St Thomas | 38100 | 74800 | 0.4906 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 149 | Cumberland University | 38900 | 47500 | 0.1805 | 2,745 | 1055 | 0.6733 | |
| 150 | Saint Vincent College | 39000 | 64600 | 0.3959 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 151 | University of Charleston | 39100 | 51200 | 0.2361 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 39200 | 86400 | 0.5466 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 153 | Saint Anselm College | 39700 | 77000 | 0.4845 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 153 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 155 | McKendree University | 40300 | 52900 | 0.2376 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 156 | Susquehanna University | 41700 | 85600 | 0.5127 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 157 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 157 | Bryant University | 42400 | 78500 | 0.46 | 3,511 | 1255 | 0.6484 | |
| 159 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42500 | 58500 | 0.2733 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 160 | Seattle University | 42700 | 85300 | 0.4993 | 4,370 | 1299 | 0.7313 | |
| 161 | Saint Louis University | 42800 | 84300 | 0.492 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 161 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 163 | Arkansas State University | 42900 | 44600 | 0.0381 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 164 | George Mason University | 43900 | 61400 | 0.2852 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 165 | LeTourneau University | 44700 | 57300 | 0.2197 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 166 | Duquesne University | 44900 | 70500 | 0.3626 | 5,382 | 1252 | 0.8639 | |
| 167 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 168 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 169 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 170 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49200 | 67600 | 0.2722 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 171 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 172 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 173 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 51900 | 67500 | 0.2312 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 174 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 52900 | 53300 | 0.0075 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 175 | California Lutheran University | 53500 | 71700 | 0.2541 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 176 | Hofstra University | 58900 | 83300 | 0.293 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 177 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 178 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 179 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 63600 | 0.044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 180 | Mercyhurst University | 61200 | 68000 | 0.1 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 181 | Stonehill College | 68300 | 76100 | 0.1025 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 181 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 69900 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 183 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.