Best Business Schools
Ranked in 2017 | Best Business Schools Rankings Methodology
A career in business starts with finding the MBA program that fits your needs. With the U.S. News rankings of the top business schools, narrow your search by location, tuition, school size and test scores.
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| Rank | School name | Tuition | Enrollment (full-time) |
Average GMAT score (full-time)
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Acceptance rate (full-time)
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Full-time graduates employed at graduation
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Average starting salary and bonus
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Average undergraduate GPA (full-time)
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Full-time graduates employed three months after graduation
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Peer assessment score (out of 5)
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Recruiter assessment score (out of 5)
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#1Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 100 out of 100.
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Harvard University
Boston, MA |
$63,675 per year (full-time) | 1,871 | ||||||||
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#1Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 100 out of 100.
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University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Philadelphia, PA |
$67,516 per year (full-time) | 1,708 | ||||||||
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#3
Overall Score: Overall Score: 98 out of 100.
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University of Chicago (Booth)
Chicago, IL |
$66,540 per year (full-time) | 1,185 | ||||||||
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#4Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 96 out of 100.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
Cambridge, MA |
$67,938 per year (full-time) | 809 | ||||||||
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#4Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 96 out of 100.
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Northwestern University (Kellogg)
Evanston, IL |
$66,462 per year (full-time) | 1,301 | ||||||||
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#4Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 96 out of 100.
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Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
$66,540 per year (full-time) | 833 | ||||||||
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#7
Overall Score: Overall Score: 93 out of 100.
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University of California—Berkeley (Haas)
Berkeley, CA |
$56,009 per year (in-state, full-time); $57,560 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 502 | ||||||||
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#8
Overall Score: Overall Score: 92 out of 100.
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Dartmouth College (Tuck)
Hanover, NH |
$66,390 per year (full-time) | 567 | ||||||||
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#9Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 90 out of 100.
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Columbia University
New York, NY |
$68,792 per year (full-time) | 1,326 | ||||||||
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#9Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 90 out of 100.
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Yale University
New Haven, CT |
$64,200 per year (full-time) | 694 | ||||||||
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#11
Overall Score: Overall Score: 89 out of 100.
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University of Michigan—Ann Arbor (Ross)
Ann Arbor, MI |
$59,350 per year (in-state, full-time); $64,350 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 801 | ||||||||
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#12Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 87 out of 100.
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Duke University (Fuqua)
Durham, NC |
$63,200 per year (full-time) | 896 | ||||||||
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#12Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 87 out of 100.
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New York University (Stern)
New York, NY |
$66,588 per year (full-time) | 790 | ||||||||
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#14
Overall Score: Overall Score: 85 out of 100.
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University of Virginia (Darden)
Charlottesville, VA |
$57,790 per year (in-state, full-time); $60,108 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 678 | ||||||||
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#15
Overall Score: Overall Score: 84 out of 100.
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University of California—Los Angeles (Anderson)
Los Angeles, CA |
$52,272 per year (in-state, full-time); $55,159 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 734 | ||||||||
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#16
Overall Score: Overall Score: 82 out of 100.
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Cornell University (Johnson)
Ithaca, NY |
$61,584 per year (full-time) | 580 | ||||||||
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#17
Overall Score: Overall Score: 79 out of 100.
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University of Texas—Austin (McCombs)
Austin, TX |
$34,296 per year (in-state, full-time); $50,296 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 521 | ||||||||
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#18
Overall Score: Overall Score: 77 out of 100.
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University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
Chapel Hill, NC |
$40,015 per year (in-state, full-time); $56,138 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 574 | ||||||||
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#19
Overall Score: Overall Score: 75 out of 100.
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Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)
Pittsburgh, PA |
$61,440 per year (full-time) | 428 | ||||||||
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#20
Overall Score: Overall Score: 74 out of 100.
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Emory University (Goizueta)
Atlanta, GA |
$57,000 per year (full-time) | 350 | ||||||||
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#21Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 73 out of 100.
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Georgetown University (McDonough)
Washington, DC |
$55,050 per year (full-time) | 546 | ||||||||
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#21Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 73 out of 100.
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Indiana University (Kelley)
Bloomington, IN |
$25,500 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,460 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 370 | ||||||||
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#21Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 73 out of 100.
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Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)
St. Louis, MO |
$55,400 per year (full-time) | 268 | ||||||||
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#24
Overall Score: Overall Score: 72 out of 100.
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University of Southern California (Marshall)
Los Angeles, CA |
$55,474 per year (full-time) | 441 | ||||||||
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#25Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 71 out of 100.
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Arizona State University (Carey)
Tempe, AZ |
$26,080 per year (in-state, full-time); $43,186 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 203 | ||||||||
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