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Considering a degree in Management Science?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Management Science majors who live in South Carolina.
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 South Carolina.
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 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18300 | 0.6083 | 11,999 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7800 | 90000 | 0.9138 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 4 | Emory University | 8600 | 92500 | 0.9069 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1065 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 7 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 11000 | 86200 | 0.8729 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 9 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 10 | Felician University | 11700 | 58700 | 0.8008 | 1,870 | 1020 | 0.9401 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 11700 | 25900 | 0.5491 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 12 | University of California-San Diego | 11800 | 39700 | 0.7026 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 12 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11800 | 29100 | 0.595 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 14 | University of Houston | 11900 | 22000 | 0.4582 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 15 | Saginaw Valley State University | 12800 | 28600 | 0.5517 | 6,135 | 1055 | 0.7207 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13100 | 28000 | 0.5318 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 16 | University of North Alabama | 13100 | 28200 | 0.5358 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13500 | 19400 | 0.304 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 19 | Trinity University | 13600 | 69600 | 0.805 | 2,518 | 1423 | 0.2592 | |
| 20 | Western Washington University | 13700 | 31400 | 0.5637 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 21 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 22 | Georgetown University | 14000 | 92700 | 0.849 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 23 | University of California-Merced | 14200 | 41900 | 0.6612 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 24 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 27400 | 0.4711 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 24 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30400 | 0.5222 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 26 | Wake Forest University | 14800 | 91900 | 0.8386 | 5,490 | 1469 | 0.2167 | |
| 27 | Troy University | 15600 | 26700 | 0.4156 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 28 | Ball State University | 16000 | 22400 | 0.2861 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 28 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16000 | 38700 | 0.5863 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 30 | University of Kansas | 16200 | 34900 | 0.5357 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 30 | Weber State University | 16200 | 23600 | 0.3131 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Coastal Carolina University | 16400 | 27200 | 0.3981 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 33 | University of Southern Maine | 16500 | 23000 | 0.2823 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 34 | Arkansas State University | 16700 | 28100 | 0.4059 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16800 | 40600 | 0.5856 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 36 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17200 | 44500 | 0.6131 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 37 | Mid-America Christian University | 17500 | 36800 | 0.5249 | 1,806 | 970 | 0.9176 | |
| 38 | Salem State University | 17700 | 28500 | 0.3789 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 39 | Boston College | 18000 | 97600 | 0.8154 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 40 | University of St Francis | 18200 | 57800 | 0.6847 | 1,343 | 1145 | 0.6529 | |
| 41 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 42 | Holy Family University | 19100 | 56200 | 0.6607 | 2,643 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 43 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6438 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 43 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 43 | Lee University | 19700 | 37400 | 0.4736 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 43 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78700 | 0.7498 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 47 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19800 | 38000 | 0.4787 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 48 | Farmingdale State College | 19900 | 22500 | 0.1158 | 10,007 | 1145 | 0.6329 | |
| 48 | Ouachita Baptist University | 19900 | 58200 | 0.6583 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
| 50 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20000 | 30400 | 0.3418 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 51 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 20100 | 32900 | 0.3896 | 624 | 1125 | 0.9664 | |
| 51 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 51 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 54 | Eastern Illinois University | 20200 | 28100 | 0.2802 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 55 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 55 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75900 | 0.7329 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 57 | Stetson University | 21000 | 79100 | 0.7349 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 58 | Piedmont University | 21800 | 47200 | 0.5381 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 59 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 60 | Newman University | 22200 | 54000 | 0.5893 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 60 | Sterling College | 22200 | 53900 | 0.5882 | 670 | 1070 | 0.4817 | |
| 62 | La Roche University | 22300 | 72600 | 0.6931 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 63 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 64 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4764 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 65 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22600 | 53000 | 0.5731 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 66 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.688 | 2,522 | 1163 | 0.6268 | |
| 67 | Faulkner University | 23000 | 40600 | 0.434 | 1,758 | 1025 | 0.7307 | |
| 68 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 68 | Hamline University | 23200 | 56500 | 0.5889 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23200 | 45900 | 0.495 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 71 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 72 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23800 | 38200 | 0.3768 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 73 | Wittenberg University | 23800 | 65400 | 0.636 | 1,227 | 1178 | 0.7235 | |
| 75 | Saint Norbert College | 23900 | 63800 | 0.6252 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 76 | Texas Wesleyan University | 24200 | 64500 | 0.6247 | 1,796 | 1060 | 0.6916 | |
| 77 | Saint Ambrose University | 24300 | 55400 | 0.561 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 78 | Bradley University | 24400 | 50800 | 0.5196 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 24600 | 41300 | 0.4044 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 80 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24900 | 24900 | 0.0001 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 81 | Lewis University | 25000 | 57700 | 0.5665 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 82 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0823 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 83 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51700 | 0.5046 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 84 | The University of Findlay | 26300 | 50600 | 0.4798 | 4,062 | 1124 | 0.8337 | |
| 84 | University of South Dakota | 26300 | 29600 | 0.1107 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 86 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 87 | University of Central Arkansas | 27000 | 31200 | 0.137 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27400 | 37700 | 0.2735 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 89 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 36500 | 0.2467 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 90 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2289 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 91 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28000 | 32800 | 0.1459 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 92 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 93 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.3398 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 94 | Southern Methodist University | 29000 | 90100 | 0.6781 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 95 | Bridgewater State University | 29100 | 35500 | 0.1793 | 8,270 | 1180 | 0.8781 | |
| 96 | Creighton University | 29200 | 68000 | 0.5709 | 4,377 | 1328 | 0.7975 | |
| 96 | Ferrum College | 29200 | 49500 | 0.4098 | 724 | 990 | 0.8898 | |
| 98 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3665 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 99 | William Peace University | 30000 | 50200 | 0.4026 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 100 | Otterbein University | 30300 | 57300 | 0.4712 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 101 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 101 | Jacksonville University | 30900 | 74200 | 0.5834 | 2,946 | 1195 | 0.5694 | |
| 101 | Ohio Northern University | 30900 | 63500 | 0.5143 | 2,706 | 1269 | 0.744 | |
| 104 | George Mason University | 31000 | 35700 | 0.1315 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 104 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31000 | 77600 | 0.6003 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 104 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 55800 | 0.4442 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 107 | Rider University | 31300 | 60600 | 0.4832 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 108 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5891 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 109 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5371 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 109 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 111 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3124 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 112 | Suffolk University | 33000 | 70300 | 0.5305 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 113 | Drake University | 33600 | 68500 | 0.5089 | 2,585 | 1259 | 0.6385 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 114 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 116 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 117 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34200 | 36100 | 0.0526 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 118 | Washburn University | 34600 | 38400 | 0.0989 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 119 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34700 | 44300 | 0.2166 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 120 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 121 | California Lutheran University | 35300 | 70000 | 0.4959 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 122 | University of Montevallo | 35400 | 44900 | 0.2118 | 2,642 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 123 | Hardin-Simmons University | 35500 | 49700 | 0.2856 | 1,291 | 1110 | 0.9 | |
| 123 | New Jersey City University | 35500 | 39800 | 0.1081 | 3,871 | 1015 | 0.9838 | |
| 125 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 126 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 127 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37300 | 38100 | 0.021 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 128 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 37500 | 57100 | 0.3435 | 1,831 | 1108 | 0.9143 | |
| 129 | Hofstra University | 38300 | 76900 | 0.5019 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 130 | Cumberland University | 39200 | 47500 | 0.1745 | 2,745 | 1055 | 0.6733 | |
| 130 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.6152 | |
| 132 | Saint Vincent College | 39300 | 64600 | 0.3915 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 132 | Xavier University | 39300 | 68100 | 0.4232 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 134 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 135 | McKendree University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 136 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1166 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 137 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40500 | 50000 | 0.1902 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 138 | Pace University | 40800 | 74800 | 0.4544 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 139 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41000 | 52100 | 0.2132 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 140 | Seattle University | 41900 | 74600 | 0.4381 | 4,078 | 1305 | 0.7692 | |
| 141 | Susquehanna University | 42100 | 76800 | 0.452 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 142 | Bryant University | 42200 | 75900 | 0.4438 | 3,200 | 1265 | 0.6546 | |
| 143 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 144 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53600 | 0.1942 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 145 | Manhattan University | 43500 | 74100 | 0.4129 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 146 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 147 | Duquesne University | 45200 | 70500 | 0.3586 | 5,371 | 1274 | 0.8356 | |
| 148 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45400 | 50600 | 0.1028 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 149 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0668 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 150 | Saint Louis University | 45900 | 80900 | 0.4324 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 151 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 152 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 153 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 154 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 155 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 156 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 157 | University of Portland | 50700 | 84800 | 0.4021 | 2,986 | 1277 | 0.8917 | |
| 158 | University of Iowa | 50900 | 53200 | 0.0429 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 160 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 54200 | 66400 | 0.1838 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 161 | Elon University | 55900 | 68900 | 0.1888 | 6,452 | 1215 | 0.6635 | |
| 162 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 56900 | 59200 | 0.0385 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60300 | 64100 | 0.0592 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 165 | Mercyhurst University | 60900 | 68000 | 0.1044 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 165 | University of Washington-Bothell Campus | 60900 | 66000 | 0.0773 | 5,472 | 1333 | 0.906 | |
| 167 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 168 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 169 | Loyola Marymount University | 74600 | 95500 | 0.2187 | 7,273 | 1353 | 0.4508 | |
| 170 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.