--- title: These Are the 10 Best Colleges for Business Majors description: These colleges score well on Money's value rankings, have large business programs and boast high salaries for recent business grads. authors: - name: Kaitlin Mulhere role: Editor url: https://money.com/author/kaitlin-mulhere/ bio: Kaitlin Mulhere is an editor at Money.com. Since joining in 2015, she’s written and edited about a variety of personal finance topics, including banks, credit, student debt, saving strategies and more. education: University of Florida at_money_since: 2015 articles: 217 covers: - Education - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://twitter.com/KMulhere - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaitlin-mulhere-64503048/ editors: - name: Kristen Bahler role: Managing Editor url: https://money.com/author/kristen-bahler/ bio: Kristen Bahler has spent more than a decade turning culture, work and consumer spending trends into conversation-driving stories. Today, she leads Money's sponsored content channel and reader-favorite franchises like Best Places to Live and Best Places to Travel. education: Northeastern University, MA Journalism at_money_since: 2016 articles: 52 covers: - Education - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-bahler/ published: '2022-07-05T14:15:54.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T12:53:45.000Z' section: Education tags: - Best colleges - College - News word_count: 1268 canonical: https://money.com/best-business-colleges/ type: NewsArticle source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Campus of Georgetown University](https://img.money.com/2022/06/Best-Colleges-Business-2022-Feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C152px%2C2880px%2C1620px&quality=85) Business is the most common undergraduate degree in the country, with roughly 375,000 students earning a bachelor’s degree in the field each year. The popularity of a business degree has held for several years now, owing to flexible career paths and higher-than-average salaries. In fact, a new [report](https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/business/) from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce finds that while the precise payoff varies, the majority of business programs lead to median earnings that are roughly 10 times what graduates owe in student debt payments. Put simply: studying business is a pretty safe return-on-investment bet. Plus, a business degree, which includes majors in accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing and management, can position students to work in almost any industry that catches their interest. To help budding business leaders sort through potential schools, we’ve narrowed down our latest college rankings — which focus on affordability and outcomes — to highlight the campuses in our list with strong business offerings. (We included colleges on our [main ranking](https://money.com/best-colleges/), plus the schools on our selective colleges ranking.) Next, we scored colleges based on the median salaries of recent alumni with business degrees. We also scored colleges on the number and share of recent graduates earning bachelor’s degrees in business as a proxy for the resources and opportunities available to business students on that campus. Read on to see the top 10, then check out the full ranking of the [50 best colleges for studying business here](https://money.com/best-business-colleges/). ## 1\. Babson College ![Busy day at the Babson College Dining Hall](https://img.money.com/2022/06/Best-Colleges-Business-2022-Babson.jpg) - **Location:** Wellesley, Massachusetts - **Estimated price with average grant:** $33,300 - **Graduation rate:** 91% - **Median earnings for recent business graduates:** $66,350 Business is in Babson’s D.N.A. From the start, the college has focused on business education, and today the college offers a single undergraduate degree: a B.S. in business. Students get hands-on experience from the get-go, [launching a startup business](https://www.babson.edu/academics/undergraduate-school/curriculum/foundations-of-management-and-entrepreneurship/) as part of a freshmen team. The list of [ventures](https://www.babson.edu/alumni/babson-street/) started by alums spans a range of sizes and industries, including home security company Ring, craft brewing company Peak, and the fitness brand Zumba. ## 2\. Bentley University ![A group of girls take a selfie while wearing Bentley University merchandise](https://img.money.com/2022/06/Best-Colleges-Business-2022-Bentley.jpg) - **Location:** Waltham, Massachusetts - **Estimated price with average grant:** $45,200 - **Graduation rate:** 89% - **Median earnings for recent business graduates:** $65,100 Bentley specializes in business education, with more than 9 in 10 undergraduates earning a degree in a business field. Undergraduates can take advantage of the school’s [trading room](https://www.bentley.edu/centers/trading-room) to learn about portfolio construction, corporate finance and risk management. That real-world training pays off: 98% of [recent graduates were employed](https://www.bentley.edu/news/bentley-graduates-report-98-percent-are-employed-or-graduate-school) or attending graduate school six months after graduation, according to the school’s career center. ## 3\. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College ![CUNY Bernard M Baruch campus](https://img.money.com/2022/06/Best-Colleges-Business-2022-Cuny-Bernard-M-Baruch.jpg) - **Location:** New York City - **Estimated price with average grant:** $4,100 - **Graduation rate:** 66% - **Median earnings for recent business graduates:** $46,000 Business is the most popular academic area at Baruch College, with three-quarters of its 15,000 undergraduates studying at the [Zicklin School of Business](https://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/why-zicklin/at-a-glance/). For New Yorkers, Baruch is an outstanding bargain. And for prospective business students, the school’s location is a big draw: students attend classes in Manhattan, within easy reach of Wall Street and the headquarters of several Fortune 500 companies. ## 4\. University of Pennsylvania ![students make their way through the University of Pennsylvania campus](https://img.money.com/2022/06/Best-Colleges-Business-2022-University-Pennsylvania.jpg) - **Location:** Philadelphia - **Estimated price with average grant:** $25,500 - **Graduation rate:** 95% - **Median earnings for recent business graduates:** $95,950 With its Wharton School — a name that’s synonymous with top business education — UPenn draws some of the country’s top business thinkers to its faculty, including well-known academics such as management professor Adam Grant, marketing professor Americus Reed II and economist Olivia Mitchell. Graduates boast impressive earnings, particularly finance majors, who have average salaries well above six figures within three years of graduation. ## 5\. Georgetown University ![group of students sit on the steps of the main building entrance at Georgetown University](https://img.money.com/2022/06/Best-Colleges-Business-2022-Georgetown.jpg) - **Location:** Washington, D.C. - **Estimated price with average grant:** $32,400 - **Graduation rate:** 94% - **Median earnings for recent business graduates:** $80,750 In addition to old-fashioned coursework, business students at Georgetown University get the chance to participate in international [business strategy competitions](https://msb.georgetown.edu/undergraduate/student-experience/case-competitions/), undergraduate research and consulting projects for companies and non-profit organizations. The business school also offers [one-on-one career coaching](https://msb.georgetown.edu/undergraduate/career-center/), plus programs like “career treks,” where undergraduates travel to network with alumni and Fridays in the Field, where students visit companies throughout the Washington, D.C. area. ## 6\. Bryant University ![One student and two teachers go over a video on a computer at Bryant University](https://img.money.com/2022/06/Best-Colleges-Business-2022-Bryant.jpg) - **Location:** Smithfield, Rhode Island - **Estimated price with average grant:** $42,200 - **Graduation rate:** 80% - **Median earnings for recent business graduates:** $56,500 Bryant focuses on giving its many business students a cross-disciplinary advantage: All business students combine their major with a liberal arts minor, and 40% choose to complete more than one concentration outside of business. One of the many hands-on learning experiences is the $2.1 million, student-run [Archway Investment Fund](https://aif.bryant.edu/about-aif/). There’s also the university’s popular [Global Supply Chain Management Practicum](https://news.bryant.edu/global-supply-chain-management-practicum-delivers-staggering-results-industry), through which students have worked through real-life business scenarios from major corporations, including Hasbro and CVS. ## 7\. University of Notre Dame ![Aerial view of the Notre Dame campus](https://img.money.com/2022/06/Best-Colleges-Business-2022-Notre-Dame.jpg) - **Location:** Notre Dame, Indiana - **Estimated price with average grant:** $31,700 - **Graduation rate:** 97% - **Median earnings for recent business graduates:** $73,100 Classes at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business are purposefully small, to give students access to personalized attention on both their coursework and their career planning. Students can choose from one of [five business majors](https://mendoza.nd.edu/undergraduate/), and outside of the classroom, they can double down on their education by joining one of many business-focused student organizations, including the Entrepreneurship Society of Notre Dame, the League of Black Business Students or the Finance Club. ## 8\. University of Michigan ![Three students looking at a laptop in a classroom at The University of Michigan Ann Arbor](https://img.money.com/2022/06/Best-Colleges-Business-2022-Michigan-Ann-Arbor.jpg) - **Location:** Ann Arbor, Michigan - **Estimated price with average grant:** $18,800 - **Graduation rate:** 92% - **Median earnings for recent business graduates:** $78,980 Money’s [No. 1 college in 2022](https://money.com/these-are-the-best-colleges-2022/), the University of Michigan excels in many areas, and its Ross School of Business is no exception. Among the school’s many “action-based” learning opportunities is the annual [Michigan Business Challenge](http://zli.umich.edu/michigan-business-challenge), a competition where students can win prize money by pitching a business plan to a panel of judges. Last year, the school [reported](https://michiganross.umich.edu/undergraduate/bba) that more than nine in 10 business graduates had a job offer within six months, and recent alumni have gone on to work at the likes of Goldman Sachs, Google and TikTok. ## 9\. Indiana University-Bloomington ![A students rides a bike through the Indiana University Bloomington campus](https://img.money.com/2022/06/Best-Colleges-Business-2022-Indiana-Bloomington.jpg) - **Location:** Bloomington, Indiana - **Estimated price with average grant:** $13,900 - **Graduation rate:** 78% - **Median earnings for recent business graduates:** $69,150 The Kelley School of Business is one of the biggest schools at this large state university, offering students 20 business-related majors. Regardless of what you major in, a global perspective is encouraged, with six in 10 Kelley students participating in a [study abroad program](https://kelley.iu.edu/programs/undergrad/why-kelley/global-opportunities.html). (They can choose from 59 programs in 29 countries.) Some 700 companies recruit at the school each year, and job [placement rates](https://kelley.iu.edu/recruiters-companies/undergrad/statistics/salary-statistics/index.html) for Hoosiers with a business degree are high. ## 10\. University of Georgia ![Students work in groups on a design exercise at the University of Georgia](https://img.money.com/2022/06/Best-Colleges-Business-2022-University-Georgia.jpg) - **Location:** Athens, Georgia - **Estimated price with average grant:** $17,500 - **Graduation rate:** 84% - **Median earnings for recent business graduates:** $57,550 Founded over 100 years ago as the South’s first business school, Terry College at the University of Georgia remains a leader in undergraduate business education. In addition to 10 business-related [majors](https://www.terry.uga.edu/undergraduate), the college offers a wide array of certificate programs that give students the opportunity to build a custom education. While UGA is a big school — there are more than 2,000 students who graduate with business degrees each year — a student-to-student [mentoring program](https://www.terry.uga.edu/current-students/terryconnect) connects upperclassmen with new undergraduates so they don’t get lost in the shuffle. *Sources: U.S. Department of Education, Money/Witlytic calculations and Peterson’s. Salary figures are averaged from business-related, program-level earnings of alumni within three years of graduating, as reported in the federal College Scorecard. 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