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Best ROI MBA Programs

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 42 schools · Agent Insights
42
Schools Analyzed
$82,403
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
82%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$20,874
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 42 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 42
Avg. earnings at 10yr $82,403
Avg. graduation rate 82%
Avg. net price $20,874
Avg. median debt $17,811

How We Ranked

MBA programs ranked by return on investment — earnings vs cost

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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$69K$124K$0$50KNET PRICECUNY BernardCornell UniversityUniversity ofGeorgia InstituteUniversity of

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

CUNY Bernard M Baruch Co…72%Cornell University95%University of Pennsylvan…97%Georgia Institute of Tec…93%University of North Caro…92%University of Florida91%Washington University in…94%CUNY Brooklyn College55%Babson College93%Emory University91%University of Notre Dame96%Carnegie Mellon Universi…93%Northwestern University96%University of Georgia89%Brigham Young University82%Georgetown University95%CUNY Queens College56%Boston College91%William & Mary90%San Jose State University67%

Top 3

#1

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

New York, NY

Graduation72%
Earnings$75,971
Net Price$3,033

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#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

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

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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

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

New York, NY · 16,154 students · Public

48% accepted 72% graduate $75,971 earnings
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#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · 15,995 students · Private nonprofit

9% accepted 95% graduate $104,043 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

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA · 18,785 students · Public

14% accepted 93% graduate $102,772 earnings
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#5

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC · 20,752 students · Public

15% accepted 92% graduate $72,200 earnings
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#6

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL · 35,629 students · Public

24% accepted 91% graduate $71,588 earnings
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#7

Washington University in St Louis

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

12% accepted 94% graduate $86,182 earnings
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#8

CUNY Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY · 10,543 students · Public

58% accepted 55% graduate $60,752 earnings
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#9

Babson College

Wellesley, MA · 2,728 students · Private nonprofit

17% accepted 93% graduate $123,938 earnings
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#10

Emory University

Atlanta, GA · 7,298 students · Private nonprofit

11% accepted 91% graduate $80,137 earnings
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#11

University of Notre Dame

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

11% accepted 96% graduate $99,980 earnings
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#12

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · 7,304 students · Private nonprofit

12% accepted 93% graduate $114,862 earnings
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#13

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL · 9,201 students · Private nonprofit

8% accepted 96% graduate $89,363 earnings
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#14

University of Georgia

Athens, GA · 32,137 students · Public

38% accepted 89% graduate $68,726 earnings
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#15

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT · 32,952 students · Private nonprofit

68% accepted 82% graduate $75,790 earnings
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#16

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · 7,569 students · Private nonprofit

13% accepted 95% graduate $103,494 earnings
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#17

CUNY Queens College

Queens, NY · 12,550 students · Public

64% accepted 56% graduate $62,763 earnings
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#18

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA · 10,085 students · Private nonprofit

16% accepted 91% graduate $103,937 earnings
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#19

William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA · 7,055 students · Public

34% accepted 90% graduate $73,490 earnings
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#20

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA · 27,601 students · Public

85% accepted 67% graduate $78,988 earnings
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#21

University of Southern California

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

10% accepted 92% graduate $92,498 earnings
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#22

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL · 59,146 students · Public

40% accepted 77% graduate $58,308 earnings
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#23

Bentley University

Waltham, MA · 4,474 students · Private nonprofit

45% accepted 88% graduate $120,959 earnings
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#24

CUNY Lehman College

Bronx, NY · 10,696 students · Public

57% accepted 50% graduate $58,013 earnings
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#25

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL · 32,212 students · Public

24% accepted 84% graduate $61,675 earnings
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#26

Florida International University

Miami, FL · 39,508 students · Public

55% accepted 74% graduate $60,249 earnings
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#27

Boston University

Boston, MA · 18,248 students · Private nonprofit

11% accepted 89% graduate $83,238 earnings
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#28

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL · 13,359 students · Public

53% accepted 69% graduate $56,343 earnings
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#29

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · 17,326 students · Private nonprofit

5% accepted 90% graduate $92,538 earnings
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#30

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC · 5,485 students · Private nonprofit

22% accepted 90% graduate $78,158 earnings
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#31

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL · 23,757 students · Public

66% accepted 63% graduate $56,746 earnings
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#32

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg, VA · 30,923 students · Public

55% accepted 86% graduate $81,698 earnings
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#33

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX · 42,855 students · Public

27% accepted 88% graduate $75,121 earnings
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#34

Ramapo College of New Jersey

Mahwah, NJ · 4,898 students · Public

71% accepted 71% graduate $67,541 earnings
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#35

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY · 14,655 students · Public

39% accepted 83% graduate $80,596 earnings
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#36

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL · 37,207 students · Public

43% accepted 76% graduate $57,743 earnings
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#37

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA · 5,898 students · Private nonprofit

26% accepted 89% graduate $105,584 earnings
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#38

SUNY Maritime College

Throggs Neck, NY · 1,285 students · Public

72% accepted 70% graduate $95,951 earnings
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#39

Santa Clara University

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

48% accepted 88% graduate $109,183 earnings
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#40

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA · 27,752 students · Public

87% accepted 69% graduate $76,343 earnings
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#41

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT · 27,264 students · Public

86% accepted 64% graduate $67,170 earnings
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#42

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA · 35,377 students · Public

36% accepted 77% graduate $64,909 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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