Best Business Schools
Ranked in 2013 | Best Business Schools Rankings Methodology
A career in business starts with finding the MBA program that fits your needs. With U.S. News's 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) | Additional data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #26 |
University of Southern California (Marshall)
Los Angeles, CA |
$48,515 per year (full-time) | 431 |
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| #27 |
Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)
Atlanta, GA |
$25,284 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,246 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 131 | |
| #27 |
Ohio State University (Fisher)
Columbus, OH |
$26,968 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,280 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 229 | |
| #27 |
University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
Notre Dame, IN |
$43,460 per year (full-time) | 314 | |
| #30 |
Arizona State University (Carey)
Tempe, AZ |
$23,002 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,550 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 142 | |
| #30 |
Brigham Young University (Marriott)
Provo, UT |
$21,900 per year (full-time) | 325 | |
| #30 |
Rice University (Jones)
Houston, TX |
$46,000 per year (full-time) | 231 | |
| #30 |
Vanderbilt University (Owen)
Nashville, TN |
$45,000 per year (full-time) | 336 | |
| #34 |
University of Wisconsin‒Madison
Madison, WI |
$14,184 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,678 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 203 | |
| #35 |
Texas A&M University‒College Station (Mays)
College Station, TX |
$8,156 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,792 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 132 | |
| #36 |
University of Florida (Hough)
Gainesville, FL |
$12,589 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,983 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 116 | |
| #37 |
University of Maryland‒College Park (Smith)
College Park, MD |
$40,158 per year (in-state, full-time); $47,448 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 230 | |
| #37 |
University of Rochester (Simon)
Rochester, NY |
$48,007 per year (full-time) | 267 | |
| #37 |
University of Texas‒Dallas
Richardson, TX |
$14,258 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,118 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 112 | |
| #40 |
Boston College (Carroll)
Chestnut Hill, MA |
$38,416 per year (full-time) | 195 | |
| #40 |
Boston University
Boston, MA |
$42,400 per year (full-time) | 297 | |
| #40 |
University of California‒Davis
Davis, CA |
$34,560 per year (in-state, full-time); $46,805 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 100 | |
| #43 |
Michigan State University (Broad)
East Lansing, MI |
$26,146 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,476 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 180 | |
| #44 |
Purdue University‒West Lafayette (Krannert)
West Lafayette, IN |
$22,316 per year (in-state, full-time); $42,082 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 241 | |
| #44 |
University of Arizona (Eller)
Tucson, AZ |
$20,622 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,033 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 99 | |
| #44 |
University of Iowa (Tippie)
Iowa City, IA |
$18,758 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,420 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 129 | |
| #47 |
University of Illinois‒Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL |
$19,975 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,975 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 237 | |
| #47 |
Wake Forest University (Babcock)
Winston-Salem, NC |
$40,506 per year (full-time) | 123 | |
| #49 |
Pennsylvania State University‒University Park (Smeal)
University Park, PA |
$21,676 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,886 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 159 | |
| #49 |
University of California‒Irvine (Merage)
Irvine, CA |
$37,945 per year (in-state, full-time); $46,584 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 215 | |

