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Best Private University MBA Programs

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 50 schools · Agent Insights
50
Schools Analyzed
$82,220
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
82%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$28,059
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 50 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 50
Avg. earnings at 10yr $82,220
Avg. graduation rate 82%
Avg. net price $28,059
Avg. median debt $20,835

How We Ranked

Private university MBA programs ranked by graduate outcomes

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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 PRICECornell UniversityWashington andUniversity ofBabson CollegeEmory University

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Cornell University95%Washington and Lee Unive…94%University of Pennsylvan…97%Babson College93%Emory University91%Washington University in…94%University of Notre Dame96%Carnegie Mellon Universi…93%Northwestern University96%Brigham Young University82%Georgetown University95%University of Southern C…92%Bentley University88%Boston College91%Boston University89%University of Richmond86%Wake Forest University90%Northeastern University90%Trinity University83%Brigham Young University…55%

Top 3

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

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

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#2

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA

Graduation94%
Earnings$94,810
Net Price$23,781

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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

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA · 1,881 students · Private nonprofit

14% accepted 94% graduate $94,810 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

Babson College

Wellesley, MA · 2,728 students · Private nonprofit

17% accepted 93% graduate $123,938 earnings
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#5

Emory University

Atlanta, GA · 7,298 students · Private nonprofit

11% accepted 91% graduate $80,137 earnings
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#6

Washington University in St Louis

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

12% accepted 94% graduate $86,182 earnings
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#7

University of Notre Dame

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

11% accepted 96% graduate $99,980 earnings
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#8

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · 7,304 students · Private nonprofit

12% accepted 93% graduate $114,862 earnings
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#9

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL · 9,201 students · Private nonprofit

8% accepted 96% graduate $89,363 earnings
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#10

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT · 32,952 students · Private nonprofit

68% accepted 82% graduate $75,790 earnings
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#11

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · 7,569 students · Private nonprofit

13% accepted 95% graduate $103,494 earnings
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#12

University of Southern California

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

10% accepted 92% graduate $92,498 earnings
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#13

Bentley University

Waltham, MA · 4,474 students · Private nonprofit

45% accepted 88% graduate $120,959 earnings
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#14

Boston College

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

16% accepted 91% graduate $103,937 earnings
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#15

Boston University

Boston, MA · 18,248 students · Private nonprofit

11% accepted 89% graduate $83,238 earnings
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#16

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, VA · 2,980 students · Private nonprofit

22% accepted 86% graduate $76,178 earnings
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#17

Wake Forest University

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

22% accepted 90% graduate $78,158 earnings
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#18

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · 17,326 students · Private nonprofit

5% accepted 90% graduate $92,538 earnings
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#19

Trinity University

San Antonio, TX · 2,505 students · Private nonprofit

26% accepted 83% graduate $71,668 earnings
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#20

Brigham Young University-Idaho

Rexburg, ID · 44,397 students · Private nonprofit

96% accepted 55% graduate $53,406 earnings
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#21

Santa Clara University

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

48% accepted 88% graduate $109,183 earnings
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#22

Saint Johns University

Collegeville, MN · 1,395 students · Private nonprofit

91% accepted 76% graduate $76,786 earnings
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#23

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA · 5,898 students · Private nonprofit

26% accepted 89% graduate $105,584 earnings
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#24

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX · 11,026 students · Private nonprofit

44% accepted 86% graduate $68,424 earnings
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#25

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, MD · 3,869 students · Private nonprofit

75% accepted 80% graduate $82,652 earnings
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#26

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA · 5,671 students · Private nonprofit

52% accepted 83% graduate $86,522 earnings
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#27

Villanova University

Villanova, PA · 6,938 students · Private nonprofit

27% accepted 92% graduate $100,423 earnings
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#28

Wofford College

Spartanburg, SC · 1,816 students · Private nonprofit

52% accepted 82% graduate $68,964 earnings
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#29

Christian Brothers University

Memphis, TN · 905 students · Private nonprofit

87% accepted 55% graduate $57,478 earnings
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#30

Saint Peter's University

Jersey City, NJ · 2,135 students · Private nonprofit

90% accepted 61% graduate $57,815 earnings
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#31

New York University

New York, NY · 28,663 students · Private nonprofit

9% accepted 88% graduate $82,509 earnings
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#32

Berea College

Berea, KY · 1,513 students · Private nonprofit

19% accepted 60% graduate $43,150 earnings
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#33

Trevecca Nazarene University

Nashville, TN · 1,737 students · Private nonprofit

69% accepted 54% graduate $49,378 earnings
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#34

William Jewell College

Liberty, MO · 924 students · Private nonprofit

38% accepted 64% graduate $59,268 earnings
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#35

Mount St. Mary's University

Emmitsburg, MD · 1,768 students · Private nonprofit

74% accepted 62% graduate $64,072 earnings
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#36

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK · 2,813 students · Private nonprofit

62% accepted 73% graduate $61,408 earnings
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#37

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY · 6,331 students · Private nonprofit

40% accepted 85% graduate $79,042 earnings
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#38

North Park University

Chicago, IL · 1,818 students · Private nonprofit

69% accepted 57% graduate $59,572 earnings
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#39

University of Portland

Portland, OR · 2,957 students · Private nonprofit

89% accepted 80% graduate $82,804 earnings
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#40

Gonzaga University

Spokane, WA · 5,198 students · Private nonprofit

82% accepted 87% graduate $78,892 earnings
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#41

University of Denver

Denver, CO · 6,025 students · Private nonprofit

78% accepted 77% graduate $71,155 earnings
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#42

Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, PA · 1,799 students · Private nonprofit

28% accepted 85% graduate $76,124 earnings
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#43

Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, NY · 2,694 students · Private nonprofit

21% accepted 82% graduate $69,363 earnings
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#44

George Washington University

Washington, DC · 11,182 students · Private nonprofit

47% accepted 85% graduate $90,873 earnings
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#45

University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA · 3,204 students · Private nonprofit

71% accepted 68% graduate $78,445 earnings
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#46

University of Detroit Mercy

Detroit, MI · 2,438 students · Private nonprofit

75% accepted 68% graduate $71,030 earnings
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#47

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, NJ · 4,222 students · Private nonprofit

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

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA · 3,876 students · Private nonprofit

29% accepted 86% graduate $93,807 earnings
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#49

Grace College and Theological Seminary

Winona Lake, IN · 1,464 students · Private nonprofit

82% accepted 69% graduate $45,411 earnings
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#50

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH · 7,682 students · Private nonprofit

65% accepted 81% graduate $75,537 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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