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Best Public University MBA Programs

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 50 schools · Agent Insights
50
Schools Analyzed
$65,489
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
70%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$13,956
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 $65,489
Avg. graduation rate 70%
Avg. net price $13,956
Avg. median debt $18,097

How We Ranked

Public university MBA programs ranked by outcomes and in-state 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.

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Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

CUNY Bernard M Baruch Co…72%Georgia Institute of Tec…93%University of North Caro…92%University of Florida91%CUNY Brooklyn College55%Fashion Institute of Tec…82%University of Georgia89%San Jose State University67%CUNY Queens College56%University of Central Fl…77%William & Mary90%Florida State University84%University of North Flor…69%Florida International Un…74%Ramapo College of New Je…71%Florida Atlantic Univers…63%Virginia Polytechnic Ins…86%CUNY Lehman College50%Binghamton University83%The University of Texas …88%

Top 3

#1

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

New York, NY

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

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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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Graduation92%
Earnings$72,200
Net Price$11,655

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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

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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC · 20,752 students · Public

15% accepted 92% graduate $72,200 earnings
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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL · 35,629 students · Public

24% accepted 91% graduate $71,588 earnings
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#5

CUNY Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY · 10,543 students · Public

58% accepted 55% graduate $60,752 earnings
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#6

Fashion Institute of Technology

New York, NY · 7,637 students · Public

60% accepted 82% graduate $62,696 earnings
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#7

University of Georgia

Athens, GA · 32,137 students · Public

38% accepted 89% graduate $68,726 earnings
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#8

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA · 27,601 students · Public

85% accepted 67% graduate $78,988 earnings
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#9

CUNY Queens College

Queens, NY · 12,550 students · Public

64% accepted 56% graduate $62,763 earnings
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#10

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL · 59,146 students · Public

40% accepted 77% graduate $58,308 earnings
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#11

William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA · 7,055 students · Public

34% accepted 90% graduate $73,490 earnings
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#12

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL · 32,212 students · Public

24% accepted 84% graduate $61,675 earnings
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#13

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL · 13,359 students · Public

53% accepted 69% graduate $56,343 earnings
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#14

Florida International University

Miami, FL · 39,508 students · Public

55% accepted 74% graduate $60,249 earnings
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#15

Ramapo College of New Jersey

Mahwah, NJ · 4,898 students · Public

71% accepted 71% graduate $67,541 earnings
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#16

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL · 23,757 students · Public

66% accepted 63% graduate $56,746 earnings
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#17

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg, VA · 30,923 students · Public

55% accepted 86% graduate $81,698 earnings
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#18

CUNY Lehman College

Bronx, NY · 10,696 students · Public

57% accepted 50% graduate $58,013 earnings
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#19

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY · 14,655 students · Public

39% accepted 83% graduate $80,596 earnings
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#20

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX · 42,855 students · Public

27% accepted 88% graduate $75,121 earnings
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#21

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL · 37,207 students · Public

43% accepted 76% graduate $57,743 earnings
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#22

University of Florida-Online

Gainesville, FL · 4,627 students · Public

61% accepted 81% graduate $71,588 earnings
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#23

SUNY Maritime College

Throggs Neck, NY · 1,285 students · Public

72% accepted 70% graduate $95,951 earnings
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#24

University of Virginia's College at Wise

Wise, VA · 1,101 students · Public

29% accepted 48% graduate $45,325 earnings
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#25

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA · 35,377 students · Public

36% accepted 77% graduate $64,909 earnings
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#26

University of Utah

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

86% accepted 64% graduate $67,170 earnings
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#27

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA · 27,752 students · Public

87% accepted 69% graduate $76,343 earnings
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#28

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, TX · 21,751 students · Public

65% accepted 75% graduate $68,227 earnings
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#29

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA · 20,888 students · Public

72% accepted 80% graduate $69,954 earnings
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#30

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Edwardsville, IL · 8,750 students · Public

98% accepted 56% graduate $56,346 earnings
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#31

The College of New Jersey

Ewing, NJ · 7,105 students · Public

62% accepted 86% graduate $73,323 earnings
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#32

University of Delaware

Newark, DE · 19,071 students · Public

71% accepted 80% graduate $72,950 earnings
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#33

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA · 18,639 students · Public

96% accepted 50% graduate $68,077 earnings
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#34

Fort Hays State University

Hays, KS · 9,733 students · Public

90% accepted 48% graduate $48,928 earnings
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#35

Florida Gulf Coast University

Fort Myers, FL · 13,874 students · Public

63% accepted 57% graduate $54,560 earnings
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#36

University of West Florida

Pensacola, FL · 9,330 students · Public

58% accepted 60% graduate $49,137 earnings
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#37

Truman State University

Kirksville, MO · 2,513 students · Public

84% accepted 68% graduate $56,280 earnings
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#38

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI · 40,922 students · Public

85% accepted 81% graduate $67,253 earnings
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#39

Illinois State University

Normal, IL · 19,057 students · Public

88% accepted 65% graduate $62,117 earnings
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#40

CUNY York College

Jamaica, NY · 4,345 students · Public

64% accepted 31% graduate $56,945 earnings
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#41

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA · 22,264 students · Public

84% accepted 74% graduate $64,762 earnings
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#42

Clemson University

Clemson, SC · 23,300 students · Public

38% accepted 87% graduate $71,513 earnings
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#43

University of Mississippi

University, MS · 21,473 students · Public

97% accepted 70% graduate $50,994 earnings
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#44

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, NC · 24,453 students · Public

80% accepted 68% graduate $57,289 earnings
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#45

Southeastern Oklahoma State University

Durant, OK · 3,018 students · Public

76% accepted 32% graduate $45,079 earnings
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#46

University of North Texas

Denton, TX · 34,341 students · Public

72% accepted 60% graduate $57,010 earnings
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#47

Appalachian State University

Boone, NC · 19,444 students · Public

90% accepted 74% graduate $51,836 earnings
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#48

Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park, CA · 5,166 students · Public

93% accepted 59% graduate $65,986 earnings
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#49

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ · 9,019 students · Public

65% accepted 73% graduate $84,276 earnings
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#50

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI · 5,049 students · Public

92% accepted 47% graduate $56,318 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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