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By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 46 schools · Agent Insights
46
Schools Analyzed
$92,669
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
85%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$31,718
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 46 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 46
Avg. earnings at 10yr $92,669
Avg. graduation rate 85%
Avg. net price $31,718
Avg. median debt $21,573

How We Ranked

MBA programs ranked by graduate earnings at 10 years

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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$58KNET PRICEBabson CollegeBentley UniversityCarnegie MellonUniversity ofSanta Clara

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Babson College93%Bentley University88%Carnegie Mellon Universi…93%University of Pennsylvan…97%Santa Clara University88%Lehigh University89%Cornell University95%Boston College91%Stevens Institute of Tec…88%Georgia Institute of Tec…93%Georgetown University95%University of Notre Dame96%Villanova University92%Rensselaer Polytechnic I…83%SUNY Maritime College70%University of Southern C…92%Northeastern University90%George Washington Univer…85%Northwestern University96%Bryant University80%

Top 3

#1

Babson College

Wellesley, MA

Graduation93%
Earnings$123,938
Net Price$40,514

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#2

Bentley University

Waltham, MA

Graduation88%
Earnings$120,959
Net Price$37,930

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#3

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

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

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Full Rankings

#1

Babson College

Wellesley, MA · 2,728 students · Private nonprofit

17% accepted 93% graduate $123,938 earnings
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#2

Bentley University

Waltham, MA · 4,474 students · Private nonprofit

45% accepted 88% graduate $120,959 earnings
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#3

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · 7,304 students · Private nonprofit

12% accepted 93% graduate $114,862 earnings
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#4

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · 10,650 students · Private nonprofit

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

Santa Clara University

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

48% accepted 88% graduate $109,183 earnings
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#6

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA · 5,898 students · Private nonprofit

26% accepted 89% graduate $105,584 earnings
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#7

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · 15,995 students · Private nonprofit

9% accepted 95% graduate $104,043 earnings
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#8

Boston College

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

16% accepted 91% graduate $103,937 earnings
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#9

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, NJ · 4,222 students · Private nonprofit

48% accepted 88% graduate $108,772 earnings
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#10

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA · 18,785 students · Public

14% accepted 93% graduate $102,772 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 Notre Dame

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

11% accepted 96% graduate $99,980 earnings
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#13

Villanova University

Villanova, PA · 6,938 students · Private nonprofit

27% accepted 92% graduate $100,423 earnings
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#14

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY · 5,714 students · Private nonprofit

63% accepted 83% graduate $102,051 earnings
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#15

SUNY Maritime College

Throggs Neck, NY · 1,285 students · Public

72% accepted 70% graduate $95,951 earnings
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#16

University of Southern California

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

10% accepted 92% graduate $92,498 earnings
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#17

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · 17,326 students · Private nonprofit

5% accepted 90% graduate $92,538 earnings
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#18

George Washington University

Washington, DC · 11,182 students · Private nonprofit

47% accepted 85% graduate $90,873 earnings
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#19

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL · 9,201 students · Private nonprofit

8% accepted 96% graduate $89,363 earnings
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#20

Bryant University

Smithfield, RI · 3,194 students · Private nonprofit

65% accepted 80% graduate $90,008 earnings
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#21

Fairfield University

Fairfield, CT · 5,373 students · Private nonprofit

33% accepted 84% graduate $88,794 earnings
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#22

Washington University in St Louis

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

12% accepted 94% graduate $86,182 earnings
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#23

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA · 5,287 students · Private nonprofit

62% accepted 71% graduate $89,812 earnings
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#24

Providence College

Providence, RI · 4,229 students · Private nonprofit

51% accepted 87% graduate $87,054 earnings
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#25

University of San Diego

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

52% accepted 83% graduate $86,522 earnings
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#26

Milwaukee School of Engineering

Milwaukee, WI · 2,654 students · Private nonprofit

59% accepted 69% graduate $89,070 earnings
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#27

Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY · 2,196 students · Private nonprofit

77% accepted 74% graduate $89,696 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

Boston University

Boston, MA · 18,248 students · Private nonprofit

11% accepted 89% graduate $83,238 earnings
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#30

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg, VA · 30,923 students · Public

55% accepted 86% graduate $81,698 earnings
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#31

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, MD · 3,869 students · Private nonprofit

75% accepted 80% graduate $82,652 earnings
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#32

Emory University

Atlanta, GA · 7,298 students · Private nonprofit

11% accepted 91% graduate $80,137 earnings
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#33

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA · 21,996 students · Public

31% accepted 86% graduate $90,768 earnings
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#34

Fordham University

Bronx, NY · 10,512 students · Private nonprofit

59% accepted 81% graduate $85,569 earnings
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#35

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ · 9,019 students · Public

65% accepted 73% graduate $84,276 earnings
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#36

Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA · 4,948 students · Private nonprofit

89% accepted 79% graduate $86,881 earnings
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#37

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA · 3,553 students · Private nonprofit

63% accepted 84% graduate $82,939 earnings
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#38

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

New York, NY · 16,154 students · Public

48% accepted 72% graduate $75,971 earnings
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#39

New York University

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

9% accepted 88% graduate $82,509 earnings
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#40

University of Portland

Portland, OR · 2,957 students · Private nonprofit

89% accepted 80% graduate $82,804 earnings
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#41

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY · 14,655 students · Public

39% accepted 83% graduate $80,596 earnings
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#42

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA · 27,601 students · Public

85% accepted 67% graduate $78,988 earnings
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#43

University of Virginia-Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA · 17,597 students · Public

17% accepted 95% graduate $86,863 earnings
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#44

Manhattan University

Riverdale, NY · 2,744 students · Private nonprofit

79% accepted 65% graduate $86,316 earnings
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#45

Dominican University of California

San Rafael, CA · 1,114 students · Private nonprofit

84% accepted 77% graduate $84,713 earnings
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#46

Wake Forest University

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

22% accepted 90% graduate $78,158 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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