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Top 5 Business Schools in the U.S.


Rank University Name Business School Average GMAT score Acceptance Rate In-state Tuition Out-of-state Tuition Enrollment Employment Rate Average GPA Average Starting Salary
1 Stanford University
518 Memorial Way Stanford, CA 94305-5015
Phone: (650) 723-2766
E-mail: mba_2007_08@gsb.stanford.edu
Graduate School of Business 728 6.8% $53,118 per year $53,118 per year 799 75.8% 3.69 $131,949
2 Harvard University
Soldiers Field Boston, MA 02163
Phone: (617) 495-6128
E-mail: admissions@hbs.edu
Business School 724 11.2% $48,600 per year $48,600 per year 1,840 78.6% 3.67 $131,759
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
50 Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: (617) 258-5434
E-mail: mbaadmissions@sloan.mit.edu
Sloan School of Management 718 13.0% $50,353 per year $50,353 per year 797 75.6% 3.57 $125,905
4 University of Pennsylvania
420 Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 898-6183
E-mail: mba.admissions@wharton.upenn.edu
Wharton School 718 16.8% $48,550 per year $48,550 per year 1,687 72.5% 3.50 $132,579
5 Northwestern University  
2001 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208-2001
Phone: (847) 491-3308
E-mail: mbaadmissions@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Kellogg School of Management 714 19.9% $51,495 per year $51,495 per year 1,280 75.2% 3.52 $123,996
6 University of Chicago
5807 S. Woodlawn Avenue Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 702-7369
E-mail: admissions@ChicagoGSB.edu
Graduate School of Business 715 22.3% $50,900 per year $50,900 per year 1,177 75.8% 3.52 $126,779
7 Dartmouth College
100 Tuck Hall Hanover, NH 03755-9000
Phone: (603) 646-3162
E-mail: tuck.admissions@dartmouth.edu
Tuck School of Business 716 20.3% $50,700 per year $50,700 per year 537 80.0% 3.50 $128,013
8 University of California--Berkeley
545 Student Services Building Berkeley, CA 94720-1900
Phone: (510) 642-1405
E-mail:N/A
Haas School of Business 718 11.6% $41,680 per year $49,647 per year 497 64.9% 3.63 $120,164
9 Columbia University
3022 Broadway, 216 Uris Hall New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 854-1961
E-mail: apply@gsb.columbia.edu
Business School 712 15.3% $53,208 per year $53,208 per year 1,291 67.2% 3.50 $123,486
10 New York University
44 W. Fourth Street New York, NY 10012-1126
Phone: (212) 998-0600
E-mail: sternmba@stern.nyu.edu
Leonard N. Stern School of Business 715 13.2% $44,400 per year $44,400 per year 807 73.7% 3.42 $121,867
11 Yale University
Box 208200 New Haven, CT 06520-8200
Phone: (203) 432-5635
E-mail: mba.admissions@yale.edu
School of Management 722 17.3% $49,900 per year $49,900 per year 465 64.1% 3.52 $113,226
12 Duke University
Box 90104 Durham, NC 27708-0104
Phone: (919) 660-7705
E-mail: admissions-info@fuqua.duke.edu
Fuqua School of Business 697 23.7% $47,960 per year $47,960 per year 901 63.6% 3.40 $118,923
13 University of Virginia
PO Box 6550 Charlottesville, VA 22906-6550
Phone: (434) 924-7281
E-mail: darden@virginia.edu
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration 699 26.3% $42,173 per year $46,500 per year 649 69.0% 3.41 $119,278
14 University of California--Los Angeles
110 Westwood Plaza, Box 951481 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481
Phone: (310) 825-6944
E-mail: mba.admissions@anderson.ucla.edu
Anderson School of Management 710 29.0% $40,983 per year $48,927 per year 729 54.2% 3.53 $108,806
15 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
701 Tappan Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234
Phone: (734) 763-5796
E-mail: rossmba@umich.edu
Stephen M. Ross School of Business 704 25.4% $45,000 per year $50,000 per year 961 59.8% 3.40 $116,201
16 Cornell University
Sage Hall Ithaca, NY 14853-6201
Phone: (607) 255-4526
E-mail: mba@cornell.edu
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management 687 23.4% $49,272 per year $49,272 per year 549 66.8% 3.25 $112,039
17 University of Texas--Austin
MBA Program, 1 University Station, B6004 Austin, TX 78712
Phone: (512) 471-7698
E-mail: mccombsmba@mccombs.utexas.edu
McCombs School of Business 684 24.0% $30,128 per year $45,128 per year 537 64.8% 3.43 $108,886
18 Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 268-2272
E-mail: mba-admissions@andrew.cmu.edu
Tepper School of Business 694 27.5% $52,500 per year $52,500 per year 404 69.7% 3.23 $106,066
19 University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill
CB 3490, McColl Building Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3490
Phone: (919) 962-3236
E-mail: mba_info@unc.edu
Kenan-Flagler Business School 686 36.1% $21,475 per year $43,599 per year 585 60.3% 3.30 $111,327
20 Washington University
St. Louis, MO
  695 28.6% $44,300 per year $44,300 per year 303 61.0% 3.48 $90,767
21 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
  694 30.3% $28,896 per year $41,144 per year 170 63.0% 3.50 $97,298
22 University of Southern California
University Park Los Angeles, CA 90089-1421
Phone: (213) 740-7846
E-mail: marshallmba@marshall.usc.edu
Marshall School of Business 690 22.0% $44,917 per year $44,917 per year 460 53.6% 3.30 $101,810
23 Emory University  
1300 Clifton Road NE Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: (404) 727-6311
E-mail: admissions@bus.emory.edu
Goizueta Business School 680 33.3% $42,400 per year $42,400 per year 337 57.2% 3.34 $100,300
24 Indiana University--Bloomington
1275 E. Tenth Street, Suite 2010 Bloomington, IN 47405-1703
Phone: (812) 855-8006
E-mail: mbaoffice@indiana.edu
Kelley School of Business 664 41.7% $24,478 per year $43,460 per year 455 70.1% 3.31 $101,206
25 Georgetown University  
206 Old North Washington, DC 20057-1147
 Phone: (202) 687-4200
 E-mail: mba@georgetown.edu
Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business 684 42.5% $45,984 per year $45,984 per year 508 58.0% 3.37 $103,676
26 Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH
  676 27.0% $24,000 per year $39,930 per year 269 62.5% 3.40 $91,628
27 Arizona State University
PO Box 874906 Tempe, AZ 85287-4906
Phone: (480) 965-3332
E-mail: wpcareymba@asu.edu
W. P. Carey School of Business 672 29.6% $20,510 per year $34,058 per year 170 62.2% 3.31 $92,101
28 Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
Atlanta, GA
  678 22.0% $22,000 per year $33,712 per year 143 67.7% 3.28 $92,282
29 University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
  692 23.9% $31,453 per year $43,698 per year 117 67.4% 3.27 $96,295
30 University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, WI
  675 30.5% $11,344 per year $25,678 per year 236 55.0% 3.36 $93,332
31 Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
  673 36.0% $42,834 per year $42,834 per year 372 62.9% 3.40 $93,351
32 Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
  675 44.3% $10,280 per year $10,280 per year 330 62.2% 3.50 $97,207
33 Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
  646 22.7% $8,156 per year $19,316 per year 124 64.2% 3.40 $91,246
34 Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
  662 32.8% $35,560 per year $35,560 per year 208 66.7% 3.33 $91,282
35 Boston University
Boston, MA
  681 28.0% $39,314 per year $39,314 per year 334 68.4% 3.35 $90,157
36 Rice University
Houston, TX
  672 35.8% $42,000 per year $42,000 per year 226 52.6% 3.36 $102,017
37 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
  641 27.7% $17,500 per year $27,826 per year 207 61.5% 3.40 $95,276
38 University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
  685 33.0% $40,340 per year $40,340 per year 337 48.2% 3.33 $96,490
39 University of Washington
Seattle, WA
  681 31.3% $25,101 per year $37,419 per year 226 64.5% 3.34 $91,593
40 Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
  650 37.0% $20,074 per year $32,898 per year 191 64.6% 3.40 $95,480
41 Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
  674 40.7% $40,350 per year $40,350 per year 183 75.0% 3.23 $78,443
42 University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
  673 27.9% $33,326 per year $44,300 per year 181 51.4% 3.48 $76,981
43 University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
  657 37.5% $17,218 per year $31,596 per year 140 68.4% 3.36 $92,802
44 The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX
  668 20.7% $11,000 per year $21,000 per year 105 55.6% 3.60 $74,540
45 University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD
  670 38.8% $77,200 per program $92,850 per program 276 41.9% 3.34 $91,269
46 University of Rochester  
Schlegel Hall Rochester, NY 14627
Phone: (585) 275-3533
E-mail: admissions@simon.rochester.edu
William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration 677 33.5% $43,737 per year $43,737 per year 483 41.5% 3.50 $78,083
47 University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
  694 26.6% $10,915 per year $28,309 per year 144 35.5% 3.51 $75,403
48 Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
  653 51.5% $38,036 per year $38,036 per year 135 60.6% 3.20 $88,390
49 Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
  636 29.4% $23,700 per year $37,290 per year 185 52.7% 3.30 $92,359
50 Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
  654 33.2% $20,170 per year $38,632 per year 221 48.4% 3.36 $89,655
51 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
  629 57.7% $15,572 per year $34,102 per year 73 82.6% 3.33 $64,993
52 Babson College
Babson Park, MA
  624 52.2% $46,000 per year $46,000 per year 390 51.0% 3.18 $85,531
53 George Washington University
Washington, DC
  635 42.4% $1,250 per credit $1,250 per credit 235 61.3% 3.30 $79,417
54 University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
  646 35.5% $8,590 per year $22,176 per year 193 56.8% 3.50 $56,805
55 University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
  630 69.4% $41,229 per program $69,805 per program 184 52.5% 3.23 $74,124
56 Northeastern University
Boston, MA
  630 32.7% $1,250 per credit $1,250 per credit 200 62.7% 3.20 $69,251
57 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Newark, NJ
  638 58.6% $21,880 per year $36,068 per year 208 64.6% 3.27 $84,827
58 Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
  643 35.0% $43,990 per year $43,990 per year 226 42.9% 3.22 $84,196
59 University of Georgia, Athens
Athens, GA
  627 41.2% $10,628 per year $28,440 per year 94 42.5% 3.29 $69,721
60 Baylor University
Waco, TX
  622 48.4% $26,966 per year $26,966 per year 87 50.0% 3.44 $66,503
61 University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, MA
  641 28.7% $110 per credit $414 per credit 73 38.1% 3.39 $65,625
62 University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
  610 57.0% $28,944 per program $54,510 per program 166 50.7% 3.37 $69,687
63 Auburn University
Auburn, AL
  646 57.3% $7,894 per year $21,898 per year 63 56.7% 3.40 $58,950
64 Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, CA
  642 51.9% $1,554 per credit $1,554 per credit 89 15.0% 3.36 $54,695
65 Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
  610 50.7% $33,234 per year $33,234 per year 240 61.9% 3.47 $48,880
66 Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
  617 34.9% $21,492 per year $31,914 per year 104 39.5% 3.38 $64,056
67 University of Alabama, Birmingham
Tuscaloosa, AL
  640 48.8% $7,900 per year $20,500 per year 180 52.7% 3.50 $68,389
68 The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
  601 50.5% $18,540 per year $34,402 per year 100 38.1% 3.46 $70,282
69 Iowa State University
Ames, IA
  603 50.0% $7,120 per year $18,548 per year 74 74.1% 3.48 $60,530
70 Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
  636 45.5% $34,860 per year $34,860 per year 98 62.5% 3.23 $60,873
71 University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO
  631 64.3% $14,024 per year $27,432 per year 220 32.1% 3.35 $70,219
72 University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
  604 26.6% $9,972 per year $25,884 per year 106 42.2% 3.44 $90,313
73 Bentley College
Waltham, MA
  597 56.3% $34,080 per year $34,080 per year 88 55.0% 3.13 $66,077
74 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
  624 48.2% $8,783 per year $17,238 per year 103 38.3% 3.46 $66,592
75 Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA
  643 63.9% $38,734 per year $38,734 per year 307 40.0% 3.21 $71,774
76 Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
  613 68.3% $811 per credit $811 per credit 254 51.2% 3.19 $107,375
77 Thunderbird (AGSIM)
Glendale, AZ
  610 80.4% $41,040 per year $41,040 per year 519 18.0% 3.30 $86,912
78 State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
  617 35.4% $9,380 per year $15,140 per year 201 46.0% 3.40 $53,564
79 University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
  608 81.8% $23,476 per program $29,380 per program 93 75.0% 3.44 $62,484
80 Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
  595 60.4% $39,960 per year $39,960 per year 170 39.0% 3.24 $73,632
81 Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX
  647 60.0% $28,080 per year $28,080 per year 118 37.5% 3.28 $66,403
82 University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
  609 76.0% $45,000 per program $75,000 per program 152 27.8% 3.42 $59,667
83 College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA
  615 52.1% $25,000 per year $36,500 per year 218 27.5% 3.20 $77,851
84 North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
  603 54.8% $13,483 per year $26,016 per year 115 44.0% 3.21 $72,531
85 City University of New York, Baruch College
New York, NY
  641 33.8% $15,350 per year $27,100 per year 131 44.4% 3.29 $72,153
86 University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
  638 46.4% $1,538 per credit $1,538 per credit 178 30.2% 3.30 $60,176
87 University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
  608 40.7% $34,509 per program $48,765 per program 253 32.4% 3.31 $65,790
88 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA
  612 75.1% $1,159 per credit $1,159 per credit 106 68.4% 3.50 $77,100
89 DePaul University
Chicago, IL
  623 48.1% $860 per credit $860 per credit 105 44.8% 3.24 $58,469
90 Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
  605 49.0% $9,672 per program $31,320 per program 157 50.0% 3.45 $57,895
91 Howard University
Washington, DC
  537 38.7% $24,194 per year $24,194 per year 74 76.3% 3.10 $92,105
92 University of Oklahoma, Norman
Norman, OK
  603 62.2% $163 per credit $591 per credit 110 20.0% 3.44 $59,947
93 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
  649 40.9% $16,466 per year $22,296 per year 112 28.6% 3.26 $53,203
94 Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
  580 37.5% $371 per credit $1,002 per credit 41 27.8% 3.44 $60,531
95 Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO
  578 77.2% $49,765 per year $49,765 per year 47 46.2% 3.13 $58,882
96 University of Houston
Houston, TX
  582 68.6% $10,231 per year $17,671 per year 157 48.0% 3.24 $70,140
97 Fordham University
New York, NY
  599 65.3% $1,109 per credit $1,109 per credit 690 29.4% 3.38 $76,575
98 Miami University
Oxford, OH
  589 53.6% $20,610 per program $46,010 per program 31 33.3% 3.23 $58,817
99 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
Stillwater, OK
  529 75.8% $155 per credit $621 per credit 122 67.7% 3.25 $53,330
100 Pace University
New York, NY
  539 62.1% $954 per credit $954 per credit 170 80.3% 3.33 $69,600

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