Best Business Schools
Ranked in 2013 | Best Business Schools Rankings Methodology
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| Rank | School name | Tuition | Enrollment (full-time) | Additional data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #56 |
George Washington University
Washington, DC |
$1,420 per credit (full-time) | 239 |
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| #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 | |
| #30 |
Rice University (Jones)
Houston, TX |
$46,000 per year (full-time) | 231 | |
| #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 | |
| #23 |
University of Washington (Foster)
Seattle, WA |
$26,532 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,081 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 230 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Cleveland State University (Ahuja)
Cleveland, OH |
$14,222 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,565 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 229 | |
| #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 | |
| #61 |
Northeastern University
Boston, MA |
$1,345 per credit (full-time) | 219 | |
| #96 |
Pepperdine University (Graziadio)
Malibu, CA |
$42,280 per year (full-time) | 217 | |
| #52 |
Southern Methodist University (Cox)
Dallas, TX |
$41,980 per year (full-time) | 216 | |
| Unranked |
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL |
$750 per credit (in-state, full-time); $750 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 215 | |
| #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 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Willamette University (Atkinson)
Salem, OR |
$33,126 per year (full-time) | 215 | |
| #70 |
College of William and Mary (Mason)
Williamsburg, VA |
$29,350 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,750 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 206 | |
| #23 |
University of Minnesota‒Twin Cities (Carlson)
Minneapolis, MN |
$33,230 per year (in-state, full-time); $45,000 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 206 | |
| #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 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of Texas‒El Paso
El Paso, TX |
$248 per credit (in-state, full-time); $599 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 199 | |
| #40 |
Boston College (Carroll)
Chestnut Hill, MA |
$38,416 per year (full-time) | 195 | |
| #52 |
University of Missouri (Trulaske)
Columbia, MO |
$9,422 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,326 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 195 | |
| Unranked |
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA |
$16,202 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,130 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 189 | |
| #79 |
University of Colorado‒Boulder (Leeds)
Boulder, CO |
$15,282 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,898 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 186 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of California‒Riverside (Anderson)
Riverside, CA |
$37,495 per year (in-state, full-time); $49,740 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 184 | |
| Unranked |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA |
$1,239 per credit (full-time) | 184 | |
| #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 | |
| #73 |
University of South Carolina (Moore)
Columbia, SC |
$42,296 per program (in-state, full-time); $70,176 per program (out-of-state, full-time) | 180 | |
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