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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 | University of Pennsylvania | 3500 | 93100 | 0.9629 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3900 | 112100 | 0.9651 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 3 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.651 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | University of Notre Dame | 7300 | 86900 | 0.9165 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 6 | Emory University | 7900 | 96200 | 0.9181 | 7,320 | 1499 | 0.103 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 8 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 9 | Rice University | 9500 | 92600 | 0.8971 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 10 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9900 | 42400 | 0.766 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 11 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 50000 | 0.795 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 12 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8904 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 13 | Indiana State University | 10900 | 25900 | 0.5801 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 14 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 30900 | 0.6402 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 15 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 45200 | 0.7527 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 16 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 31200 | 0.6347 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 11600 | 19400 | 0.4019 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 17 | University of California-Merced | 11600 | 46300 | 0.7502 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 19 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38600 | 0.6885 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 20 | Wake Forest University | 12500 | 93800 | 0.867 | 5,595 | 1463 | 0.2076 | |
| 21 | Trinity University | 13400 | 67000 | 0.7996 | 2,423 | 1408 | 0.2488 | |
| 22 | Georgetown University | 14300 | 92700 | 0.8457 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 23 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 32500 | 0.5574 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 23 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 23 | Troy University | 14400 | 39100 | 0.6314 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14500 | 43300 | 0.6653 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 27 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 92800 | 0.8413 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 28 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 29 | University of Southern California | 15200 | 71400 | 0.7874 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 30 | Northern Illinois University | 15500 | 30400 | 0.4914 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 31 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 31 | William Carey University | 15800 | 48400 | 0.6742 | 3,052 | 1120 | 0.6029 | |
| 33 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | University of Washington-Bothell Campus | 16100 | 34300 | 0.5308 | 5,753 | 1195 | 0.864 | |
| 35 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16500 | 26300 | 0.3727 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 36 | Mid-America Christian University | 16700 | 36800 | 0.5466 | 1,806 | 970 | 0.9176 | |
| 37 | Boston College | 17100 | 122200 | 0.8597 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 37 | University of St Francis | 17100 | 57800 | 0.7039 | 1,416 | 1030 | 0.6528 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 40 | Holy Family University | 17700 | 69900 | 0.7466 | 2,808 | 975 | 0.7456 | |
| 41 | Alma College | 17800 | 73200 | 0.7568 | 1,198 | 1040 | 0.6569 | |
| 41 | La Roche University | 17800 | 87300 | 0.7963 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 41 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 58900 | 0.6983 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18300 | 44600 | 0.5893 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 18800 | 32900 | 0.4291 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 46 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 47 | Norwich University | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7469 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 47 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19200 | 39200 | 0.5107 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 49 | Ouachita Baptist University | 19300 | 77000 | 0.7493 | 1,715 | 1193 | 0.7072 | |
| 50 | Piedmont University | 19400 | 47400 | 0.5911 | 1,154 | 1080 | 0.9054 | |
| 50 | Salem State University | 19400 | 39400 | 0.5081 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 52 | Farmingdale State College | 19500 | 22500 | 0.1336 | 10,062 | 1125 | 0.6166 | |
| 53 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6439 | 1,008 | 1059 | 0.7494 | |
| 54 | Eastern Illinois University | 19900 | 28100 | 0.2912 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 55 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 20100 | 43200 | 0.5348 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20200 | 48100 | 0.5798 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 57 | University of Montevallo | 20500 | 30300 | 0.3235 | 2,643 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 58 | Grand Canyon University | 21400 | 48300 | 0.5569 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 59 | Stetson University | 21700 | 81100 | 0.7327 | 2,414 | 1089 | 0.7167 | |
| 60 | University of Houston | 21900 | 27800 | 0.2124 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 61 | Sterling College | 22100 | 77400 | 0.7142 | 649 | 1103 | 0.8759 | |
| 62 | Faulkner University | 22300 | 60900 | 0.6343 | 1,758 | 1025 | 0.7307 | |
| 63 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 64 | Newman University | 22800 | 55800 | 0.5917 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 65 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 22900 | 90700 | 0.7476 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 65 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22900 | 26900 | 0.1487 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 67 | University of North Alabama | 23000 | 37300 | 0.3834 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 68 | Bridgewater State University | 23100 | 37300 | 0.3823 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 69 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 70 | Texas Wesleyan University | 23600 | 64500 | 0.634 | 1,796 | 1060 | 0.6916 | |
| 70 | Weber State University | 23600 | 31500 | 0.2511 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 72 | University of Dayton | 23900 | 94000 | 0.7457 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 73 | The University of Findlay | 24500 | 84900 | 0.7118 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 74 | Susquehanna University | 24600 | 122200 | 0.799 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 24700 | 55700 | 0.5567 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 76 | Saint Leo University | 25000 | 50000 | 0.4998 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 76 | University of Kansas | 25000 | 43000 | 0.4182 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 78 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51700 | 0.5047 | 1,314 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 79 | Northwood University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 80 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 81000 | 0.6814 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 25800 | 50000 | 0.4837 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 82 | Saint Norbert College | 26200 | 63000 | 0.5837 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 83 | University of South Dakota | 26300 | 29600 | 0.111 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 83 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 43300 | 0.393 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 85 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 86 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 52400 | 0.4945 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 87 | Iowa State University | 26600 | 43300 | 0.3862 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 88 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 89 | Rider University | 26900 | 60200 | 0.5534 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 90 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27300 | 39800 | 0.314 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 91 | Creighton University | 27700 | 67900 | 0.5916 | 4,833 | 1328 | 0.9216 | |
| 92 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27800 | 27800 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 93 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 94 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 95 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 96 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29000 | 77600 | 0.6261 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 97 | Ferrum College | 29200 | 49500 | 0.41 | 726 | 990 | 0.8898 | |
| 97 | William Peace University | 29200 | 50200 | 0.4179 | 778 | 1150 | 0.8633 | |
| 99 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 99 | Southern Methodist University | 29700 | 88100 | 0.6632 | 7,545 | 1427 | 0.4764 | |
| 101 | Wheaton College | 30000 | 87500 | 0.6572 | 2,181 | 1357 | 0.8491 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 30100 | 44300 | 0.3203 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 103 | Jacksonville University | 30500 | 73200 | 0.5831 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 104 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 105 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 106 | Hamline University | 31400 | 79000 | 0.6029 | 1,852 | 1175 | 0.9013 | |
| 107 | Ohio Northern University | 31500 | 63500 | 0.505 | 2,706 | 1203 | 0.7384 | |
| 108 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 109 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 109 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 111 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 111 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 32800 | 34200 | 0.0409 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 113 | Saint Ambrose University | 32900 | 57700 | 0.43 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 114 | Belmont Abbey College | 33500 | 39000 | 0.1409 | 1,300 | 1094 | 0.7465 | |
| 115 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 116 | Lee University | 34200 | 37800 | 0.0952 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 117 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 118 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 34500 | 62800 | 0.4506 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 119 | Drake University | 34700 | 68500 | 0.4941 | 2,504 | 1226 | 0.6494 | |
| 120 | Bradley University | 35100 | 60000 | 0.4153 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 120 | Washburn University | 35100 | 38400 | 0.0859 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 122 | Loyola Marymount University | 35400 | 118300 | 0.7009 | 7,187 | 1347 | 0.4821 | |
| 122 | New Jersey City University | 35400 | 39800 | 0.1107 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 122 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.577 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 122 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 126 | Curry College | 35700 | 105900 | 0.6626 | 1,808 | 1140 | 0.8765 | |
| 127 | Western Washington University | 36300 | 36300 | 0 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 128 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 129 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 36600 | 47900 | 0.2357 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 130 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66600 | 0.4457 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 131 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 70600 | 0.4731 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 132 | Hardin-Simmons University | 37300 | 49700 | 0.2496 | 1,291 | 1110 | 0.862 | |
| 133 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 37500 | 57700 | 0.3502 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 133 | Xavier University | 37500 | 107200 | 0.6501 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 135 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 136 | University of St Thomas | 38200 | 74700 | 0.4887 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 137 | Manhattan University | 38500 | 73700 | 0.4776 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 138 | Drexel University | 39100 | 107600 | 0.6364 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 138 | University of Charleston | 39100 | 51200 | 0.2361 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 140 | Cumberland University | 39200 | 47500 | 0.1747 | 2,745 | 1055 | 0.6733 | |
| 140 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39200 | 40300 | 0.0273 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 142 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3916 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 143 | Saint Anselm College | 40000 | 76800 | 0.4792 | 2,094 | 1195 | 0.7805 | |
| 143 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 145 | Pace University | 40400 | 75500 | 0.4649 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 145 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40400 | 51300 | 0.2124 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 147 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 148 | Saint Louis University | 41800 | 81100 | 0.4847 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 149 | Old Dominion University | 42500 | 50500 | 0.1584 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 150 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 68700 | 0.3801 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 151 | Bryant University | 42700 | 96800 | 0.5592 | 3,511 | 1255 | 0.6484 | |
| 151 | Seattle University | 42700 | 85100 | 0.498 | 4,370 | 1299 | 0.7313 | |
| 151 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 57200 | 0.2535 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 154 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 155 | Arkansas State University | 43200 | 45100 | 0.0422 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 156 | LeTourneau University | 44800 | 55000 | 0.1855 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 157 | Duquesne University | 45200 | 70500 | 0.3587 | 5,382 | 1252 | 0.8639 | |
| 158 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 159 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 46900 | 53300 | 0.12 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 160 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 161 | University of Southern Maine | 47900 | 63100 | 0.2408 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 162 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 163 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48700 | 86200 | 0.4349 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 164 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 165 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 166 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 167 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 52700 | 67000 | 0.2136 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 168 | California Lutheran University | 53500 | 109800 | 0.513 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 169 | The University of Alabama | 53800 | 66500 | 0.191 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 170 | George Mason University | 53900 | 61400 | 0.1222 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 171 | Elon University | 54500 | 69600 | 0.2169 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 171 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 173 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63500 | 0.0787 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 174 | Hofstra University | 58800 | 83400 | 0.2949 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 175 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 176 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 60600 | 64800 | 0.0648 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 176 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60600 | 65000 | 0.0677 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 178 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63600 | 63600 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 179 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 180 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 76400 | 0.136 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 181 | Stonehill College | 68600 | 85800 | 0.2005 | 2,569 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 182 | Auburn University | 75400 | 85500 | 0.1181 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 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.