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Best MBA Programs for Entrepreneurship

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 41 schools · Agent Insights
41
Schools Analyzed
$82,265
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
80%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$26,121
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 41 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.

Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.

The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.

Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 41
Avg. earnings at 10yr $82,265
Avg. graduation rate 80%
Avg. net price $26,121
Avg. median debt $22,353

How We Ranked

MBA programs for founders — ranked by innovation data, outcomes, and business program strength

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Earnings vs. Cost

Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.

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Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Cornell University95%Georgia Institute of Tec…93%University of Pennsylvan…97%University of Notre Dame96%Washington University in…94%Carnegie Mellon Universi…93%Brigham Young University82%Virginia Polytechnic Ins…86%Lehigh University89%Santa Clara University88%University of Florida91%Boston University89%New Jersey Institute of …73%Christian Brothers Unive…55%University of Rochester85%The University of Texas …75%Michigan Technological U…68%University of Detroit Me…68%Stevens Institute of Tec…88%University of Dayton81%

Top 3

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Graduation95%
Earnings$104,043
Net Price$28,690

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#2

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA

Graduation93%
Earnings$102,772
Net Price$12,116

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#3

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Graduation97%
Earnings$111,371
Net Price$28,699

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Full Rankings

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · 15,995 students · Private nonprofit

9% accepted 95% graduate $104,043 earnings
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#2

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA · 18,785 students · Public

14% accepted 93% graduate $102,772 earnings
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#3

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · 10,650 students · Private nonprofit

5% accepted 97% graduate $111,371 earnings
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#4

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN · 8,818 students · Private nonprofit

11% accepted 96% graduate $99,980 earnings
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#5

Washington University in St Louis

St. Louis, MO · 7,857 students · Private nonprofit

12% accepted 94% graduate $86,182 earnings
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#6

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · 7,304 students · Private nonprofit

12% accepted 93% graduate $114,862 earnings
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#7

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT · 32,952 students · Private nonprofit

68% accepted 82% graduate $75,790 earnings
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#8

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg, VA · 30,923 students · Public

55% accepted 86% graduate $81,698 earnings
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#9

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA · 5,898 students · Private nonprofit

26% accepted 89% graduate $105,584 earnings
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#10

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA · 6,552 students · Private nonprofit

48% accepted 88% graduate $109,183 earnings
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#11

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL · 35,629 students · Public

24% accepted 91% graduate $71,588 earnings
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#12

Boston University

Boston, MA · 18,248 students · Private nonprofit

11% accepted 89% graduate $83,238 earnings
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#13

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ · 9,019 students · Public

65% accepted 73% graduate $84,276 earnings
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#14

Christian Brothers University

Memphis, TN · 905 students · Private nonprofit

87% accepted 55% graduate $57,478 earnings
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#15

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY · 6,331 students · Private nonprofit

40% accepted 85% graduate $79,042 earnings
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#16

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, TX · 21,751 students · Public

65% accepted 75% graduate $68,227 earnings
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#17

Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI · 5,955 students · Public

92% accepted 68% graduate $78,198 earnings
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#18

University of Detroit Mercy

Detroit, MI · 2,438 students · Private nonprofit

75% accepted 68% graduate $71,030 earnings
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#19

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, NJ · 4,222 students · Private nonprofit

48% accepted 88% graduate $108,772 earnings
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#20

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH · 7,682 students · Private nonprofit

65% accepted 81% graduate $75,537 earnings
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#21

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI · 40,922 students · Public

85% accepted 81% graduate $67,253 earnings
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#22

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI · 7,660 students · Private nonprofit

81% accepted 82% graduate $78,257 earnings
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#23

Milwaukee School of Engineering

Milwaukee, WI · 2,654 students · Private nonprofit

59% accepted 69% graduate $89,070 earnings
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#24

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · 20,443 students · Private nonprofit

10% accepted 92% graduate $92,498 earnings
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#25

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY · 5,714 students · Private nonprofit

63% accepted 83% graduate $102,051 earnings
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#26

University of Evansville

Evansville, IN · 1,539 students · Private nonprofit

78% accepted 68% graduate $53,770 earnings
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#27

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV · 17,385 students · Public

89% accepted 63% graduate $55,939 earnings
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#28

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH · 6,437 students · Private nonprofit

37% accepted 87% graduate $87,989 earnings
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#29

Western New England University

Springfield, MA · 2,603 students · Private nonprofit

83% accepted 64% graduate $73,157 earnings
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#30

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA · 3,618 students · Private nonprofit

41% accepted 86% graduate $77,231 earnings
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#31

Clemson University

Clemson, SC · 23,300 students · Public

38% accepted 87% graduate $71,513 earnings
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#32

Babson College

Wellesley, MA · 2,728 students · Private nonprofit

17% accepted 93% graduate $123,938 earnings
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#33

Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY · 2,196 students · Private nonprofit

77% accepted 74% graduate $89,696 earnings
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#34

Bradley University

Peoria, IL · 3,574 students · Private nonprofit

77% accepted 74% graduate $66,852 earnings
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#35

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston, MA · 3,747 students · Private nonprofit

91% accepted 68% graduate $82,721 earnings
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#36

Alfred University

Alfred, NY · 1,423 students · Private nonprofit

74% accepted 56% graduate $54,897 earnings
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#37

Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, IN · 2,083 students · Private nonprofit

89% accepted 69% graduate $63,191 earnings
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#38

Gonzaga University

Spokane, WA · 5,198 students · Private nonprofit

82% accepted 87% graduate $78,892 earnings
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#39

LeTourneau University

Longview, TX · 1,468 students · Private nonprofit

38% accepted 60% graduate $57,103 earnings
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#40

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, NY · 13,215 students · Private nonprofit

67% accepted 70% graduate $76,571 earnings
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#41

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK · 2,813 students · Private nonprofit

62% accepted 73% graduate $61,408 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

Chetty, R., Friedman, J., Saez, E., Turner, N., & Yagan, D. (2017). Mobility Report Cards: The Role of Colleges in Intergenerational Mobility. NBER Working Paper No. 23618. →

[2]

U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics. →

[3]

National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). →

[4]

U.S. News & World Report. Best Business Schools MBA Rankings. Used for MBA program validation. →

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David Krug

Co-Founder, CollegeRanker

David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.

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