Best Business Schools

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Rank School name Tuition Enrollment (full-time) Average GMAT score Acceptance rate Full-time graduates employed at graduation Average starting salary and bonus Average undergraduate GPA Full-time graduates employed three months after graduation Peer assessment score (out of 5) Recruiter assessment score (out of 5)
Unranked Duquesne University (Donahue)

Pittsburgh, PA

$46,971 per program (full-time) 22
Unranked Northern Michigan University

Marquette, MI

$599 per credit (in-state, full-time); $599 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 22
Unranked University of West Florida

Pensacola, FL

$353 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,013 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 23
Unranked Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, KY

$440 per credit (in-state, full-time); $770 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 24
Rank Not Published Belmont University (Massey)

Nashville, TN

$46,050 per program (full-time) 25
Unranked Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

$950 per credit (full-time) 25
Unranked Pennsylvania State University–​Erie, The Behrend College (Black)

Erie, PA

$773 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,198 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 25
Unranked The Citadel

Charleston, SC

$510 per credit (in-state, full-time); $840 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 25
Unranked University of Alaska–​Fairbanks

Fairbanks, AK

$383 per credit (in-state, full-time); $783 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 26
Unranked William Paterson University (Cotsakos)

Wayne, NJ

$500 per credit (in-state, full-time); $854 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 26
Unranked Morgan State University (Graves)

Baltimore, MD

$348 per credit (in-state, full-time); $678 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 28
Unranked St. Mary's University (Greehey)

San Antonio, TX

$740 per credit (full-time) 28
Unranked Monmouth University

West Long Branch, NJ

$922 per credit (full-time) 29
Rank Not Published Alfred University

Alfred, NY

$36,736 per year (full-time) 31
Unranked Northern Arizona University (Franke)

Flagstaff, AZ

$9,578 per program (in-state, full-time); $20,672 per program (out-of-state, full-time) 31
Unranked Millsaps College (Else)

Jackson, MS

$968 per credit (full-time) 32
Unranked Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT

$10,356 per program (in-state, full-time); $29,805 per program (out-of-state, full-time) 33
Unranked University of New Hampshire (Paul)

Durham, NH

$28,000 per program (in-state, full-time); $42,000 per program (out-of-state, full-time) 33
Unranked University of Wisconsin–​Parkside

Kenosha, WI

$482 per credit (in-state, full-time); $990 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 33
Unranked Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green, OH

$17,448 per program (in-state, full-time); $28,410 per program (out-of-state, full-time) 34
#104 West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

$21,720 per program (in-state, full-time); $54,100 per program (out-of-state, full-time) 34
Unranked Ithaca College

Ithaca, NY

$821 per credit (full-time) 35
Unranked Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI

$13,392 per year (in-state, full-time); $13,392 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 35
Unranked Widener University

Chester, PA

$874 per credit (full-time) 35
Unranked Indiana University-​Purdue University–​Fort Wayne (Doermer)

Fort Wayne, IN

$600 per credit (in-state, full-time); $995 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 36

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