Best Undergraduate Business Programs Rankings

These undergrad business programs were ranked solely on a peer assessment survey conducted in spring 2012. To appear on this survey, the undergraduate business program must be accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

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Save Rank School Score Tuition Total enrollment Average freshman retention rate 6-year graduation rate Classes with under 20 students SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile
#1 University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

4.8 $43,738 19,919 98% 96 Locked Locked
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

4.6 $42,050 10,894 98% 93 Locked Locked
#3 University of California–​Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

4.4 N/A 36,142 97% 90 Locked Locked
#3 University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

4.4 in-state: $13,437, out-of-state: $39,109 42,716 96% 90 Locked Locked
#5 New York University

New York, NY

4.3 N/A 43,911 92% 86 Locked Locked
#5 University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

4.3 in-state: $12,006, out-of-state: $38,018 24,297 97% 94 Locked Locked
#7 Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

4.2 $45,124 12,058 96% 87 Locked Locked
#7 University of North Carolina–​Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

4.2 in-state: $7,694, out-of-state: $28,446 29,137 97% 90 Locked Locked
#7 University of Texas–​Austin

Austin, TX

4.2 in-state: $9,792, out-of-state: $33,060 51,112 92% 81 Locked Locked
#10 Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

4.1 $43,413 21,131 97% 93 Locked Locked

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