Best Business Schools
Ranked in 2012 | Best Business Schools Rankings Methodology
U.S. News surveyed 441 M.B.A. programs to get the information used in the ranking of top business schools.
| Save | Rank | School name | Tuition | Enrollment (full-time) | Average GMAT score | Average undergraduate GPA | Acceptance rate | Average starting salary and bonus | Full-time graduates employed at graduation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
Harvard University
Boston, MA | Full-time: $51,200 per year | 1,808 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #1 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA | Full-time: $55,200 per year | 803 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #3 |
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Philadelphia, PA | Full-time: $53,926 per year | 1,669 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #4 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
Cambridge, MA | Full-time: $52,628 per year | 804 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #4 |
Northwestern University (Kellogg)
Evanston, IL | Full-time: $54,000 per year | 1,201 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #4 |
University of Chicago (Booth)
Chicago, IL | Full-time: $53,400 per year | 1,160 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #7 |
University of California--Berkeley (Haas)
Berkeley, CA | In-state, full-time: $46,416 per year; Out-of-state, full-time: $53,396 per year | 492 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #8 |
Columbia University
New York, NY | Full-time: $55,868 per year | 1,264 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #9 |
Dartmouth College (Tuck)
Hanover, NH | Full-time: $53,490 per year | 547 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #10 |
Yale University
New Haven, CT | Full-time: $52,750 per year | 475 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #11 |
New York University (Stern)
New York, NY | Full-time: $48,320 per year | 784 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #12 |
Duke University (Fuqua)
Durham, NC | Full-time: $50,300 per year | 888 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #13 |
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor (Ross)
Ann Arbor, MI | In-state, full-time: $47,750 per year; Out-of-state, full-time: $52,750 per year | 1,000 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #13 |
University of Virginia (Darden)
Charlottesville, VA | In-state, full-time: $44,000 per year; Out-of-state, full-time: $49,000 per year | 659 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #15 |
University of California--Los Angeles (Anderson)
Los Angeles, CA | In-state, full-time: $45,386 per year; Out-of-state, full-time: $52,580 per year | 750 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #16 |
Cornell University (Johnson)
Ithaca, NY | Full-time: $51,480 per year | 546 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #17 |
University of Texas--Austin (McCombs)
Austin, TX | In-state, full-time: $32,140 per year; Out-of-state, full-time: $47,136 per year | 534 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #18 |
Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)
Pittsburgh, PA | Full-time: $54,800 per year | 420 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #19 |
Emory University (Goizueta)
Atlanta, GA | Full-time: $43,600 per year | 312 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #19 |
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
Chapel Hill, NC | In-state, full-time: $23,339 per year; Out-of-state, full-time: $47,221 per year | 575 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #21 |
University of Southern California (Marshall)
Los Angeles, CA | Full-time: $46,781 per year | 455 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #22 |
Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)
St. Louis, MO | Full-time: $46,000 per year | 287 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #23 |
Indiana University--Bloomington (Kelley)
Bloomington, IN | In-state, full-time: $24,478 per year; Out-of-state, full-time: $43,460 per year | 448 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #24 |
Georgetown University (McDonough)
Washington, DC | Full-time: $47,544 per year | 508 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #25 |
Ohio State University (Fisher)
Columbus, OH | In-state, full-time: $25,680 per year; Out-of-state, full-time: $42,405 per year | 231 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked |
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