Best Colleges for Business Majors

Business is the most popular degree on campus today. These 50 colleges have large business programs and boast high salaries for recent business graduates. They also score well on Money's value analysis.

Published on July 5, 2022. Sources: U.S. Department of Education, Peterson's, Money/Witlytic calculations.

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College Name	Overall Score	Acceptance rate	Est. full price 2022-23	Est. price with average grant	% of students who get any grants	Graduation rate	Early career earnings
Rank College Name Overall Score
1 Babson College Wellesley, MA 82.04	82.04	26%	$77,000	$33,300	43%	91%	$106,600
2 Bentley University Waltham, MA 80.40	80.40	47%	$76,100	$45,200	75%	89%	$107,970
3 CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College New York, NY 76.68	76.68	43%	$34,700	$4,100	71%	66%	$67,140
4 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 85.99	85.99	8%	$83,400	$25,500	51%	95%	$103,250
5 Georgetown University Washington, DC 85.69	85.69	14%	$81,000	$32,400	41%	94%	$96,380
6 Bryant University Smithfield, RI 67.19	67.19	71%	$67,500	$42,200	91%	80%	$91,110
7 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 85.26	85.26	16%	$79,000	$31,700	61%	97%	$88,960
8 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 89.41	89.41	23%	$32,400	$18,800	53%	92%	$75,840
9 Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN 73.03	73.03	78%	$26,900	$13,900	71%	78%	$58,810
10 University of Georgia Athens, GA 72.87	72.87	45%	$28,400	$17,500	88%	84%	$59,770
11 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 84.78	84.78	59%	$32,000	$14,300	61%	84%	$71,540
12 University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 81.41	81.41	54%	$27,900	$14,800	42%	87%	$65,210
13 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 81.10	81.10	32%	$74,100	$30,700	52%	88%	$95,030
14 Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO 78.72	78.72	14%	$81,800	$28,800	45%	94%	$82,730
15 Florida International University Miami, FL 70.56	70.56	58%	$24,500	$9,500	74%	57%	$54,500
16 California State University, Fullerton Fullerton, CA 78.47	78.47	53%	$29,500	$8,800	68%	68%	$54,590
17 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 80.97	80.97	70%	$28,500	$21,400	57%	83%	$73,160
18 Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX 79.45	79.45	58%	$32,300	$21,000	62%	82%	$66,570
19 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 77.64	77.64	27%	$80,800	$31,900	48%	92%	$93,020
20 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 86.11	86.11	24%	$36,700	$20,100	48%	94%	$77,050
21 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 69.81	69.81	86%	$30,400	$15,500	85%	66%	$55,750
22 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 76.42	76.42	11%	$82,400	$42,000	65%	92%	$83,430
23 Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA 66.15	66.15	75%	$67,400	$37,800	93%	80%	$73,430
24 Villanova University Villanova, PA 71.40	71.40	28%	$78,000	$40,400	55%	90%	$90,610
25 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 73.20	73.20	36%	$23,800	$13,500	85%	82%	$53,450
26 San Jose State University San Jose, CA 78.41	78.41	64%	$29,800	$16,900	60%	65%	$67,370
27 University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC 63.45	63.45	69%	$29,900	$23,000	82%	77%	$54,110
28 Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 82.39	82.39	19%	$79,800	$28,700	61%	95%	$86,020
29 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA 80.31	80.31	28%	$29,700	$21,600	53%	82%	$80,640
30 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Pomona, CA 79.35	79.35	55%	$29,000	$15,300	69%	71%	$63,730
31 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 84.13	84.13	11%	$81,200	$29,100	47%	94%	$91,180
32 Ohio State University Columbus, OH 69.98	69.98	54%	$29,500	$19,900	68%	83%	$55,330
33 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 75.15	75.15	71%	$30,000	$17,600	60%	79%	$61,100
34 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 83.65	83.65	37%	$22,000	$10,600	85%	88%	$64,460
35 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 77.77	77.77	32%	$29,700	$17,800	49%	83%	$67,840
36 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 71.95	71.95	44%	$23,500	$11,700	72%	72%	$51,910
37 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 75.16	75.16	15%	$78,900	$39,100	51%	89%	$100,000
38 San Diego State University San Diego, CA 76.00	76.00	34%	$31,100	$13,900	53%	74%	$59,030
39 California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, CA 81.39	81.39	39%	$24,900	$11,200	72%	69%	$57,120
40 Iowa State University Ames, IA 78.00	78.00	92%	$22,600	$17,000	97%	74%	$57,350
41 San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 74.21	74.21	67%	$27,900	$15,600	61%	55%	$60,130
42 University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD 75.01	75.01	44%	$28,600	$18,600	51%	85%	$71,840
43 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 86.22	86.22	23%	$25,200	$10,600	53%	89%	$61,920
44 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 76.67	76.67	30%	$79,400	$27,800	48%	88%	$74,970
45 University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 83.49	83.49	27%	$37,100	$13,800	69%	83%	$71,960
46 University of Houston Houston, TX 67.68	67.68	65%	$25,300	$15,300	82%	59%	$56,760
47 California State University, Northridge Northridge, CA 76.07	76.07	59%	$24,000	$9,400	75%	54%	$53,360
48 Northeastern University Boston, MA 71.48	71.48	18%	$77,900	$39,900	64%	87%	$79,790
49 The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 60.76	60.76	83%	$31,900	$21,700	67%	71%	$52,750
50 University of San Diego San Diego, CA 66.90	66.90	49%	$74,000	$39,600	71%	80%	$74,820

Best Colleges for Business Majors

Babson College

Wellesley, MA

Bentley University

Waltham, MA

CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College

New York, NY

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Bryant University

Smithfield, RI

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Indiana University-Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, MO

Florida International University

Miami, FL

California State University, Fullerton

Fullerton, CA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg, VA

Texas A & M University-College Station

College Station, TX

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, PA

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA

University of South Carolina-Columbia

Columbia, SC

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Pomona, CA

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

California State University, Long Beach

Long Beach, CA

Iowa State University