See the Top 20 Business Schools
MBAs are among the most popular advanced degrees and can lead graduates into a variety of high-paying career fields.
See which 21 universities, including ties, outperformed their peers to earn a top spot among the 2019 U.S. News Best Business Schools.
20 (tie). Emory University (Goizueta) (GA)
Full-time enrollment: 352
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $59,000
2017 acceptance rate: 34.6 percent
More about the Goizueta Business School.
20 (tie). University of Southern California (Marshall)
Full-time enrollment: 454
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $60,951
2017 acceptance rate: 29.1 percent
More about the Marshall School of Business.
19. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
Full-time enrollment: 581
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $43,015 (in-state); $58,138 (out-of-state)
2017 acceptance rate: 37.2 percent
More about Kenan-Flagler.
17 (tie). Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) (PA)
Full-time enrollment: 446
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $64,000
2017 acceptance rate: 29.9 percent
More about the Tepper School of Business.
17 (tie). University of Texas–Austin (McCombs)
Full-time enrollment: 527
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $35,324 (in-state); $51,804 (out-of-state)
2017 acceptance rate: 27.8 percent
More about the McCombs School of Business.
16. University of California–Los Angeles (Anderson)
Full-time enrollment: 725
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $56,927 (in-state); $58,458 (out-of-state)
2017 acceptance rate: 22.3 percent
More about the Anderson School of Management.
15. Cornell University (Johnson) (NY)
Full-time enrollment: 573
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $63,894
2017 acceptance rate: 29.9 percent
More about the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management.
13 (tie). New York University (Stern)
Full-time enrollment: 779
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $69,086
2017 acceptance rate: 20.9 percent
More about NYU Stern.
13 (tie). University of Virginia (Darden)
Full-time enrollment: 671
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $60,024 (in-state); $62,342 (out-of-state)
2017 acceptance rate: 24.5 percent
More about UVA Darden.
11 (tie). Duke University (Fuqua) (NC)
Full-time enrollment: 882
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $65,665
2017 acceptance rate: 22.4 percent
More about the Fuqua School of Business.
11 (tie). Yale University (CT)
Full-time enrollment: 716
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $66,650
2017 acceptance rate: 17.4 percent
More about the Yale School of Management.
10. Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NH)
Full-time enrollment: 582
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $68,910
2017 acceptance rate: 23 percent
More about the Tuck School of Business.
9. Columbia University (NY)
Full-time enrollment: 1,297
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $71,544
2017 acceptance rate: 14 percent
More about Columbia Business School.
7 (tie). University of California–Berkeley (Haas)
Full-time enrollment: 543
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $58,794 (in-state); $59,811 (out-of-state)
2017 acceptance rate: 12.9 percent
More about the Haas School of Business.
7 (tie). University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (Ross)
Full-time enrollment: 824
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $62,300 (in-state); $67,300 (out-of-state)
2017 acceptance rate: 25.3 percent
More about the Ross School of Business.
6. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)
Full-time enrollment: 1,296
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $68,955
2017 acceptance rate: 20.2 percent
More about the Kellogg School of Management.
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
Full-time enrollment: 813
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $71,000
2017 acceptance rate: 11.6 percent
More about MIT Sloan.
4. Stanford University (CA)
Full-time enrollment: 853
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $68,868
2017 acceptance rate: 5.7 percent
More about the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Full-time enrollment: 1,737
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $70,200
2017 acceptance rate: 19.2 percent
More about the Wharton School.
1 (tie). Harvard University (MA)
Full-time enrollment: 1,857
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $72,000
2017 acceptance rate: 9.9 percent
More about Harvard Business School.
1 (tie). University of Chicago (Booth)
Full-time enrollment: 1,176
2017-2018 tuition and fees: $69,200
2017 acceptance rate: 23.5 percent
More about the Booth School of Business.
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