Best Colleges for Business

Business remains one of the most popular undergraduate majors in America. These top-ranked colleges for business majors offer strong programs in accounting, finance, marketing, and management. Our composite ranking considers each school's overall academic reputation, graduation rates, program enrollment strength, and graduate salary outcomes.

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Top 100 schools ranked in this list.

RankSchoolTuitionAcceptance
#1University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, 19104$71,236 5%
#2Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, 15213$68,096 12%
#3Washington University in St. Louis Louis, MO, 63130$69,594 12%
#4University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA, 22904-17%
#5University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-16%
#6New York University New York, NY, 10012$65,622 9%
#7University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, 90089$75,162 10%
#8University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-15%
#9Cornell University Ithaca, NY, 14853$72,270 8%
#10University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN, 46556$67,607 11%
#11University of Georgia Athens, GA, 30602-38%
#12University of Florida Gainesville, FL, 32611-24%
#13Emory University Atlanta, GA, 30322$68,056 10%
#14The University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX, 78705-27%
#15University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA, 92093-27%
#16Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA, 18015$67,920 26%
#17Rice University Houston, TX, 77005$65,475 8%
#18University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA, 92697-29%
#19Rutgers University--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ, 08854-41%
#20University of Maryland, College Park College Park, MD, 20742-45%
#21University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL, 61820-42%
#22Howard University Washington, DC, 20059$38,936 41%
#23Indiana University--Bloomington Bloomington, IN, 47405-78%
#24William & Mary Williamsburg, VA, 23185-34%
#25Wake Forest University Salem, NC, 27109$70,332 22%
#26The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, 43210-61%
#27Boston University Boston, MA, 02215$71,372 11%
#28University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI, 53706-45%
#29Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA, 24061-55%
#30Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA, 30332-14%
#31Texas A&M University College Station, TX, 77843-57%
#32University of Washington Seattle, WA, 98195-39%
#33Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467$73,508 16%
#34Northeastern University Boston, MA, 02115$69,289 5%
#35Florida State University Tallahassee, FL, 32306-24%
#36Purdue University--Main Campus West Lafayette, IN, 47907-50%
#37University of San Diego San Diego, CA, 92110$62,420 52%
#38University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN, 55455-80%
#39University of Rochester Rochester, NY, 14627$70,384 40%
#40Rutgers University--Newark Newark, NJ, 07102-71%
#41North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, 27695-42%
#42The Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA, 16802-61%
#43Brandeis University Waltham, MA, 02454$70,957 41%
#44Robert Morris University Moon Township, PA, 15108$37,150 90%
#45Clemson University Clemson, SC, 29634-38%
#46Villanova University Villanova, PA, 19085$70,826 27%
#47University of Delaware Newark, DE, 19716-69%
#48Michigan State University East Lansing, MI, 48824-85%
#49University of Massachusetts--Amherst Amherst, MA, 01003-60%
#50Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA, 95053$63,514 48%
#51University of Connecticut Storrs, CT, 06269-52%
#52University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA, 15260-58%
#53Stony Brook University--SUNY Stony Brook, NY, 11794-49%
#54North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Greensboro, NC, 27411-51%
#55Brigham Young University Provo, UT, 84602$6,888 68%
#56Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL, 32307-21%
#57University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI, 48221$33,606 75%
#58Yeshiva University New York, NY, 10033$53,150 56%
#59University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA, 92521-77%
#60Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN, 46383$50,390 89%
#61Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA, 70118$71,997 14%
#62University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY, 14260-74%
#63Mercer University Macon, GA, 31207$43,570 69%
#64University of Tennessee--Knoxville Knoxville, TN, 37996-42%
#65Auburn University Auburn, AL, 36849-46%
#66University of California, Merced Merced, CA, 95343-90%
#67The University of Oklahoma Norman, OK, 73019-77%
#68University of Dayton Dayton, OH, 45469$50,610 65%
#69Rutgers University--Camden Camden, NJ, 08102-66%
#70Florida International University Miami, FL, 33199-55%
#71University of South Florida Tampa, FL, 33620-43%
#72University of South Carolina Columbia, SC, 29208-60%
#73Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX, 76129$63,590 44%
#74Clark University Worcester, MA, 01610$60,740 40%
#75St. John Fisher University Rochester, NY, 14618$43,174 66%
#76George Washington University Washington, DC, 20052$70,170 47%
#77Marquette University Milwaukee, WI, 53233$53,270 81%
#78University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO, 80309-76%
#79Bradley University Peoria, IL, 61625$43,850 77%
#80University of St. Thomas (TX) Houston, TX, 77006$35,754 90%
#81University of New Hampshire Durham, NH, 03824-88%
#82Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH, 44106$69,280 38%
#83University of Iowa Iowa City, IA, 52242-84%
#84University of Missouri Columbia, MO, 65211-78%
#85University of Miami Coral Gables, FL, 33146$65,430 19%
#86University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA, 95064-66%
#87Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ, 07030$65,606 48%
#88Miami University--Oxford Oxford, OH, 45056-75%
#89University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL, 60607-77%
#90Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY, 12180$66,024 63%
#91Arizona State University Tempe, AZ, 85287-90%
#92DePaul University Chicago, IL, 60604$47,676 76%
#93Gallaudet University Washington, DC, 20002$20,206 58%
#94Fairfield University Fairfield, CT, 06824$60,410 33%
#95University of St. Thomas (MN) St Paul, MN, 55105$56,460 86%
#96New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ, 07102-65%
#97University of Oregon Eugene, OR, 97403-88%
#98Clarkson University Potsdam, NY, 13699$61,148 77%
#99Iowa State University of Science and Technology Ames, IA, 50011-89%
#100Drake University Des Moines, IA, 50311$52,130 64%

This ranking only displays the Top 100 schools. The full ranking includes more institutions not shown here.