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Best MBA Programs in Pennsylvania

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 35 schools · Agent Insights
35
Schools Analyzed
$66,010
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
67%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$25,720
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 35 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 35
Avg. earnings at 10yr $66,010
Avg. graduation rate 67%
Avg. net price $25,720
Avg. median debt $25,327

How We Ranked

MBA programs in Pennsylvania ranked by graduate outcomes and value

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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.

$15K$68K$120K$0$50KNET PRICEUniversity ofCarnegie MellonLehigh UniversityVillanova UniversityWest Chester

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

University of Pennsylvan…97%Carnegie Mellon Universi…93%Lehigh University89%Villanova University92%West Chester University …70%Immaculata University68%Robert Morris University66%University of Scranton80%Shippensburg University …54%La Salle University58%Elizabethtown College77%Saint Joseph's Universit…79%Seton Hill University69%Holy Family University61%King's College60%East Stroudsburg Univers…44%Indiana University of Pe…54%Kutztown University of P…54%Millersville University …56%Widener University66%

Top 3

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

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

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#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Graduation93%
Earnings$114,862
Net Price$31,944

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#3

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

Graduation89%
Earnings$105,584
Net Price$36,931

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Full Rankings

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · 10,650 students · Private nonprofit

5% accepted 97% graduate $111,371 earnings
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#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · 7,304 students · Private nonprofit

12% accepted 93% graduate $114,862 earnings
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#3

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA · 5,898 students · Private nonprofit

26% accepted 89% graduate $105,584 earnings
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#4

Villanova University

Villanova, PA · 6,938 students · Private nonprofit

27% accepted 92% graduate $100,423 earnings
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#5

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, PA · 14,164 students · Public

78% accepted 70% graduate $61,258 earnings
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#6

Immaculata University

Immaculata, PA · 1,320 students · Private nonprofit

86% accepted 68% graduate $75,701 earnings
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#7

Robert Morris University

Moon Township, PA · 2,896 students · Private nonprofit

90% accepted 66% graduate $62,105 earnings
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#8

University of Scranton

Scranton, PA · 3,554 students · Private nonprofit

81% accepted 80% graduate $74,652 earnings
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#9

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Shippensburg, PA · 4,086 students · Public

87% accepted 54% graduate $56,351 earnings
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#10

La Salle University

Philadelphia, PA · 1,953 students · Private nonprofit

97% accepted 58% graduate $67,416 earnings
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#11

Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown, PA · 1,868 students · Private nonprofit

78% accepted 77% graduate $62,399 earnings
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#12

Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA · 4,948 students · Private nonprofit

89% accepted 79% graduate $86,881 earnings
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#13

Seton Hill University

Greensburg, PA · 1,492 students · Private nonprofit

80% accepted 69% graduate $51,748 earnings
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#14

Holy Family University

Philadelphia, PA · 2,464 students · Private nonprofit

71% accepted 61% graduate $62,235 earnings
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#15

King's College

Wilkes-Barre, PA · 1,484 students · Private nonprofit

93% accepted 60% graduate $59,498 earnings
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#16

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

East Stroudsburg, PA · 4,814 students · Public

92% accepted 44% graduate $56,148 earnings
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#17

Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

Indiana, PA · 6,764 students · Public

91% accepted 54% graduate $51,019 earnings
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#18

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Kutztown, PA · 6,180 students · Public

91% accepted 54% graduate $53,775 earnings
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#19

Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Millersville, PA · 5,728 students · Public

86% accepted 56% graduate $55,246 earnings
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#20

Widener University

Chester, PA · 2,951 students · Private nonprofit

71% accepted 66% graduate $70,920 earnings
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#21

La Roche University

Pittsburgh, PA · 751 students · Private nonprofit

76% accepted 57% graduate $52,341 earnings
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#22

Moravian University

Bethlehem, PA · 1,949 students · Private nonprofit

54% accepted 71% graduate $61,860 earnings
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#23

DeSales University

Center Valley, PA · 2,128 students · Private nonprofit

77% accepted 72% graduate $61,295 earnings
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#24

Messiah University

Mechanicsburg, PA · 2,259 students · Private nonprofit

79% accepted 77% graduate $54,064 earnings
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#25

Waynesburg University

Waynesburg, PA · 1,009 students · Private nonprofit

90% accepted 63% graduate $58,537 earnings
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#26

Gannon University

Erie, PA · 2,365 students · Private nonprofit

74% accepted 68% graduate $58,845 earnings
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#27

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA · 20,970 students · Public

80% accepted 75% graduate $63,727 earnings
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#28

Carlow University

Pittsburgh, PA · 1,348 students · Private nonprofit

87% accepted 58% graduate $51,051 earnings
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#29

Lebanon Valley College

Annville, PA · 1,684 students · Private nonprofit

84% accepted 69% graduate $62,621 earnings
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#30

Gwynedd Mercy University

Gwynedd Valley, PA · 1,067 students · Private nonprofit

90% accepted 58% graduate $67,145 earnings
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#31

Chatham University

Pittsburgh, PA · 1,232 students · Private nonprofit

62% accepted 65% graduate $52,410 earnings
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#32

Wilkes University

Wilkes-Barre, PA · 1,985 students · Private nonprofit

91% accepted 62% graduate $63,454 earnings
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#33

Alvernia University

Reading, PA · 2,152 students · Private nonprofit

58% accepted 57% graduate $55,055 earnings
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#34

Arcadia University

Glenside, PA · 1,948 students · Private nonprofit

80% accepted 65% graduate $58,336 earnings
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#35

Geneva College

Beaver Falls, PA · 1,096 students · Private nonprofit

61% graduate $50,004 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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