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Wharton

We had to put them in their own tier because if we grouped them with anyone else, their alumni network would literally sue us.

# University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 70 4% 49% / 51% 17% $223,651

Tech Incubators

Heavy quantitative, engineering, and MIS crossover. Half the class is dropping out to build an AI app, and the other half is building financial models that will break your laptop.

# University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 9 5% 56% / 44% 0%
2 University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA 425 11% 45% / 55% 12% $182,148
3 Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 175 11% 58% / 42% 14% $179,647
4 University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 245 25% 51% / 49% 2% $143,656
5 Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 392 15% 52% / 48% 6% $137,328
6 University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 9%
7 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 75 43% 61% / 39% 1% $108,105
8 University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 27 44% 56% / 44% 0% $115,937
9 University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA 429 24% 58% / 42% 34% $76,106
10 Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 197 50% 55% / 45% 20% $108,348
11 University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 37%
12 University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 430 21% 48% / 52% 10% $104,386
13 University of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX 245 72% 48% / 52% 3% $128,254
14 Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 30 55% 67% / 33% 13% $74,117

We Don't Actually Offer Undergrad Business

Elite private schools that refuse to offer a business major. You will major in "Economics" or "Management Science," but you will still get scooped up by McKinsey anyway.

# University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 3%
2 Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ 4%
3 Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA 4%
4 Yale University
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT 4%
5 University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 5%
6 Columbia University
New York, NY
New York, NY 4%
7 Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Hanover, NH 5%
8 Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 7%
9 Duke University
Durham, NC
Durham, NC 5%
10 Brown University
Providence, RI
Providence, RI 5%
11 Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 5%
12 Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN 4%
13 Rice University
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 53 8% 81% / 19% 6%

Suit & Tie on a Tuesday Pre-Professionals

Elite private programs where networking is an Olympic sport, group projects dictate your will to live, and everyone has a perfectly optimized LinkedIn profile by freshman fall.

# University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI 608 15% 56% / 44% 2% $182,750
2 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY 915 8% 61% / 39% 23% $94,533
3 University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA 389 13% 46% / 54% 8%
4 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC 392 16% 53% / 47% 6% $165,621
5 Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN 2,407 72% 67% / 33% 7% $131,774
6 Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 243 7% 55% / 45% 7% $121,009
7 University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN 45 9% 53% / 47% 2% $104,700
8 Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 484 11% 58% / 42% 23% $163,520
9 Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 77 9% 49% / 51% 3% $108,098
10 University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 1,158 9% 57% / 43% 13% $131,485
11 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO 16 8% 25% / 75% 19% $86,172
12 Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Chestnut Hill, MA 142 14% 70% / 30% 8% $126,062
13 Babson College
Wellesley, MA
Wellesley, MA 721 16% 59% / 41% 28% $130,745
14 Villanova University
Villanova, PA
Villanova, PA 19 19% 53% / 47% 11% $126,537
15 Boston University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 713 13% 51% / 49% 31% $115,852
16 Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX 96 22% 56% / 44% 5% $137,302
17 Fordham University
Bronx, NY
Bronx, NY 288 25% 55% / 45% 14% $118,237
18 University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Coral Gables, FL 91 17% 49% / 51% 11% $97,058
19 Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth, TX 40 32% 53% / 48% 10% $130,126
20 Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH 32 35% 66% / 34% 19% $167,648
21 University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 33%
22 American University
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 212 66% 47% / 53% 37% $99,296
23 George Washington University
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 180 28% 47% / 53% 22% $135,296
24 Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse, NY 16 35% 63% / 38% 13% $101,963

Regional Boardroom Rulers

Huge alumni networks that completely monopolize their local city's job markets. If you want to work in their state, a degree from here is basically a VIP pass.

# University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 203 53% 54% / 46% 6% $90,500
2 Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 83 55% 65% / 35% 16% $104,278
3 University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 107 43% 52% / 48% 3% $101,902
4 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 279 47% 43% / 57% 0% $106,175
5 University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 169 42% 47% / 53% 4% $117,381
6 University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 552 23% 54% / 46% 2% $98,091
7 Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 1,596 88% 57% / 43% 9% $77,854
8 Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 96 65% 59% / 41% 6% $116,774
9 Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 1,082 5% 51% / 49% 27% $117,159
10 University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 15 45% 27% / 73% 7% $87,076
11 University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Iowa City, IA 83%
12 Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL 268 23% 52% / 48% 4% $66,373
13 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 223 42% 65% / 35% 1% $115,269
14 North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 916 40% 58% / 42% 4% $106,203
15 University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC 257 55% 47% / 53% 3% $117,542
16 University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO 1,147 75% 64% / 36% 2% $97,088
17 University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Storrs, CT 131 49% 59% / 41% 8% $106,238
18 Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 201 55% 57% / 43% 6% $74,162
19 University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT 201 82% 68% / 32% 7% $115,305
20 University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati, OH 57 72% 68% / 32% 16% $86,441
21 University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Columbia, MO 1,039 72% 68% / 32% 0% $111,111
22 Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Ames, IA 161 85% 63% / 37% 1% $96,999
23 University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL 790 25% 61% / 39% 5% $77,404
24 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Eugene, OR 601 78% 68% / 32% 3% $75,537
25 University of Houston
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 306 55% 44% / 56% 2% $98,782
26 University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 110 55% 44% / 56% 5% $133,641
27 Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge, LA 269 72% 57% / 43% 3% $80,401
28 Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
Lubbock, TX 455 55% 69% / 31% 1% $98,438
29 University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL 337 35% 49% / 51% 12% $56,993
30 Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 156 58% 49% / 51% 4% $64,356
31 Washington State University
Pullman, WA
Pullman, WA 34 75% 35% / 65% 3% $89,040
32 CUNY City College
New York, NY
New York, NY 84 42% 57% / 43% 4% $60,751