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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 Earnings ROI Employ
1 U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 40 5% 60% / 40% 5% $115,313 98 90%

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 Earnings ROI Employ
1 MIT
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 16 5% 19% / 81% 13% $135,388 99 95%
2 U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA 408 11% 45% / 55% 15% $126,855 99 95%
3 Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 193 11% 44% / 56% 11% $160,531 100 94%
4 U. of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 221 22% 51% / 49% 3% $96,136 94 93%
5 Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 416 13% 53% / 47% 3% $97,180 96 95%
6 UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 9%
7 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 119 37% 50% / 50% 8% $101,057 96 97%
8 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 157 42% 61% / 39% 15% $68,349 72 90%
9 U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA 619 29% 61% / 39% 24% $76,483 76 93%
10 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 348 43% 63% / 37% 20% $96,265 96 94%
11 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 46%
12 U. of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 530 29% 43% / 57% 13% $79,007 81 96%
13 U. of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX 229 72% 58% / 42% 2% $131,780 100 94%
14 Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 12 71% 50% / 50% 17% $68,514 59 96%

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 Earnings ROI Employ
1 Harvard
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 4%
2 Princeton
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ 4%
3 Stanford
Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA 4%
4 Yale
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT 3%
5 U. of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 5%
6 Columbia
New York, NY
New York, NY 4%
7 Dartmouth
Hanover, NH
Hanover, NH 6%
8 Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 7%
9 Duke
Durham, NC
Durham, NC 5%
10 Brown
Providence, RI
Providence, RI 6%
11 Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 6%
12 Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN 5%
13 Rice
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 89 8% 61% / 39% 6% $160,317 100

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 Earnings ROI Employ
1 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI 635 16% 55% / 45% 4% $138,596 99 94%
2 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY 866 9% 58% / 42% 26% $130,110 99 97%
3 U. of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA 398 13% 51% / 49% 5% $133,388 99 100%
4 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC 407 17% 59% / 41% 8% $126,669 99 93%
5 Indiana
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN 2,815 76% 67% / 33% 6% $107,676 98 96%
6 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 257 8% 54% / 46% 10% $125,214 99 94%
7 U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN 42 9% 48% / 52% 7% $98,600 90 95%
8 Emory
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 529 10% 58% / 42% 19% $112,138 97
9 Georgetown
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 26 14% 69% / 31% 0% $90,765 85 94%
10 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 1,020 11% 55% / 45% 16% $92,541 86 94%
11 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO 12%
12 Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Chestnut Hill, MA 28 13% 79% / 21% 11% $88,528 83 95%
13 Babson
Wellesley, MA
Wellesley, MA 762 16% 56% / 44% 29% $103,575 96 94%
14 Villanova
Villanova, PA
Villanova, PA 19 28% 58% / 42% 0% $90,930 84 89%
15 Boston University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 812 13% 55% / 45% 28% $96,270 89 93%
16 Southern Methodist
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX 78 48% 42% / 58% 5% $118,578 98 99%
17 Fordham
Bronx, NY
Bronx, NY 193 47% 48% / 52% 10% $85,020 82 91%
18 U. of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Coral Gables, FL 91 17% 57% / 43% 14% $74,381 67 94%
19 Texas Christian
Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth, TX 59 48% 68% / 32% 0% $108,720 96 100%
20 Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH 26 35% 50% / 50% 12% $69,468 47 100%
21 U. of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 42%
22 American University
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 199 66% 56% / 44% 25% $84,665 83 90%
23 George Washington
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 106 47% 55% / 45% 17% $146,932 100 92%
24 Syracuse
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse, NY 41 35% 44% / 56% 7% $94,880 89 91%

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 Earnings ROI Employ
1 Ohio State
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 157 49% 61% / 39% 15% $76,806 80 96%
2 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 111 55% 80% / 20% 10% $95,609 94 95%
3 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 88 41% 38% / 63% 7% $94,157 93 98%
4 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 297 52% 46% / 54% 1% $86,153 89 95%
5 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 133 45% 44% / 56% 4% $96,132 95 91%
6 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 650 20% 56% / 44% 2% $73,564 83 92%
7 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 1,662 88% 63% / 37% 8% $73,502 82 95%
8 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 86 83% 57% / 43% 6% $89,274 89 97%
9 Northeastern
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 1,106 22% 50% / 50% 23% $103,532 94 96%
10 U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 4 59% 25% / 75% 0% $60,808 53 97%
11 U. of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Iowa City, IA 80%
12 Florida State
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL 294 20% 56% / 44% 2% $68,117 82 95%
13 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 228 55% 53% / 47% 3% $79,590 86 92%
14 North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 921 40% 58% / 42% 4% $83,357 89 94%
15 U. of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC 116 55% 47% / 53% 3% $71,709 77 98%
16 U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO 1,275 71% 67% / 33% 2% $88,224 90 96%
17 U. of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Storrs, CT 123 54% 65% / 35% 5% $77,245 82 95%
18 Temple
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 154 72% 62% / 38% 4% $72,476 77 95%
19 U. of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT 200 82% 60% / 40% 7% $84,652 90 95%
20 U. of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati, OH 46 85% 74% / 26% 0% $91,240 94 99%
21 U. of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Columbia, MO 1,080 77% 63% / 37% 0% $85,777 89 97%
22 Iowa State
Ames, IA
Ames, IA 236 85% 67% / 33% 4% $82,787 89 99%
23 U. of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL 757 43% 63% / 37% 4% $64,783 77 93%
24 U. of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Eugene, OR 598 87% 65% / 35% 3% $75,839 80 96%
25 U. of Houston
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 319 76% 43% / 57% 4% $72,649 84 93%
26 U. of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 147 76% 58% / 42% 8% $66,178 74 97%
27 Louisiana State
Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge, LA 250 71% 48% / 52% 2% $75,306 83 98%
28 Texas Tech
Lubbock, TX
Lubbock, TX 484 69% 66% / 34% 2% $85,789 93 94%
29 U. of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL 292 41% 51% / 49% 10% $58,189 70 95%
30 Georgia State
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 174 58% 46% / 54% 5% $63,103 71 89%
31 Washington State
Pullman, WA
Pullman, WA 19 75% 42% / 58% 0% $69,613 80 95%
32 CUNY City
New York, NY
New York, NY 92 42% 62% / 38% 4% $60,304 76 92%