The 50 colleges that score highest for Business administration and management on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Pennsylvania | PA | Median earnings $136,806 · 67 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | Washington University in St Louis | MO | Median earnings $160,235 (field-wide) · 20 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | University of Southern California | CA | Median earnings $109,128 · 832 graduates last year · 14% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | Median earnings $144,654 · 608 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | Boston University | MA | Median earnings $108,412 · 713 graduates last year · 15% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | GA | Median earnings $106,155 · 392 graduates last year · 9% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | Georgetown University | DC | Median earnings $117,733 · 43 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | Boston College | MA | Median earnings $123,144 · 84 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | Median earnings $107,904 · 116 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Austin | TX | Median earnings $94,458 · 250 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | University of California-Berkeley | CA | Median earnings $144,599 · 425 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | William & Mary | VA | Median earnings $111,366 · 201 graduates last year · 10% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | NC | Median earnings $135,874 · 418 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | George Washington University | DC | Median earnings $107,904 (field-wide) · 166 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | University of Richmond | VA | Median earnings $103,856 · 249 graduates last year · 26% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | CA | Median earnings $110,902 · 748 graduates last year · 15% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | University of Florida | FL | Median earnings $82,615 · 552 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | Villanova University | PA | Median earnings $114,211 · 26 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | Emory University | GA | Median earnings $136,731 · 55 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon University | PA | Median earnings $160,783 · 185 graduates last year · 9% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | Washington and Lee University | VA | Median earnings $121,699 · 109 graduates last year · 18% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | University of Colorado Boulder | CO | Median earnings $86,441 · 1,147 graduates last year · 16% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | Syracuse University | NY | Median earnings $91,472 · 111 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | Lehigh University | PA | Median earnings $98,481 · 34 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | Bentley University | MA | Median earnings $99,514 · 120 graduates last year · 13% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | University of California-Irvine | CA | Median earnings $80,755 · 430 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | Tulane University of Louisiana | LA | Median earnings $95,966 · 202 graduates last year · 8% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | MA | Median earnings $92,623 · 353 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | Median earnings $82,213 · 469 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | Stevens Institute of Technology | NJ | Median earnings $108,400 · 92 graduates last year · 11% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | Fairfield University | CT | Median earnings $84,962 · 85 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | Franklin and Marshall College | PA | Median earnings $101,895 · 78 graduates last year · 13% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | Median earnings $78,771 · 27 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $85,586 · 239 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | PA | Median earnings $95,917 · 123 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | Auburn University | AL | Median earnings $80,323 · 612 graduates last year · 10% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | Michigan State University | MI | Median earnings $91,187 · 438 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | University of Georgia | GA | Median earnings $80,881 · 238 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide | FL | Median earnings $84,131 (college-wide) · 366 graduates last year · 24% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | Median earnings $100,005 · 214 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | Median earnings $81,040 · 167 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | Median earnings $84,349 · 916 graduates last year · 14% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | University of Maryland-College Park | MD | Median earnings $86,590 · 272 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | Providence College | RI | Median earnings $85,119 · 115 graduates last year · 11% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | Gettysburg College | PA | Median earnings $84,973 · 89 graduates last year · 13% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | Trinity University | TX | Median earnings $81,146 (field-wide) · 11 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | Marist University | NY | Median earnings $90,855 · 206 graduates last year · 18% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | Baylor University | TX | Median earnings $85,961 · 198 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | Fordham University | NY | Median earnings $90,192 · 157 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | Texas Christian University | TX | Median earnings $106,765 · 97 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees |
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