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 | — |
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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% | — | — |
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| 2 |
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
|
Berkeley, CA | 425 | 11% | 45% / 55% | 12% | $182,148 | — |
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| 3 |
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh,
PA
|
Pittsburgh, PA | 175 | 11% | 58% / 42% | 14% | $179,647 | — |
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| 4 |
University of Texas at Austin
Austin,
TX
|
Austin, TX | 245 | 25% | 51% / 49% | 2% | $143,656 | — |
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| 5 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta,
GA
|
Atlanta, GA | 392 | 15% | 52% / 48% | 6% | $137,328 | — |
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| 6 |
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles,
CA
|
Los Angeles, CA | — | 9% | — | — | — | — |
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| 7 |
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign,
IL
|
Champaign, IL | 75 | 43% | 61% / 39% | 1% | $108,105 | — |
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| 8 |
University of Washington
Seattle,
WA
|
Seattle, WA | 27 | 44% | 56% / 44% | 0% | $115,937 | — |
|
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| 9 |
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla,
CA
|
La Jolla, CA | 429 | 24% | 58% / 42% | 34% | $76,106 | — |
|
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| 10 |
Purdue University
West Lafayette,
IN
|
West Lafayette, IN | 197 | 50% | 55% / 45% | 20% | $108,348 | — |
|
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| 11 |
University of California, Davis
Davis,
CA
|
Davis, CA | — | 37% | — | — | — | — |
|
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| 12 |
University of California, Irvine
Irvine,
CA
|
Irvine, CA | 430 | 21% | 48% / 52% | 10% | $104,386 | — |
|
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| 13 |
University of Texas at Dallas
Dallas,
TX
|
Dallas, TX | 245 | 72% | 48% / 52% | 3% | $128,254 | — |
|
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| 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% | — | — | — | — |
|
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| 2 |
Princeton University
Princeton,
NJ
|
Princeton, NJ | — | 4% | — | — | — | — |
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| 3 |
Stanford University
Stanford,
CA
|
Stanford, CA | — | 4% | — | — | — | — |
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| 4 |
Yale University
New Haven,
CT
|
New Haven, CT | — | 4% | — | — | — | — |
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| 5 |
University of Chicago
Chicago,
IL
|
Chicago, IL | — | 5% | — | — | — | — |
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| 6 |
Columbia University
New York,
NY
|
New York, NY | — | 4% | — | — | — | — |
|
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| 7 |
Dartmouth College
Hanover,
NH
|
Hanover, NH | — | 5% | — | — | — | — |
|
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| 8 |
Northwestern University
Evanston,
IL
|
Evanston, IL | — | 7% | — | — | — | — |
|
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| 9 |
Duke University
Durham,
NC
|
Durham, NC | — | 5% | — | — | — | — |
|
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| 10 |
Brown University
Providence,
RI
|
Providence, RI | — | 5% | — | — | — | — |
|
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| 11 |
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore,
MD
|
Baltimore, MD | — | 5% | — | — | — | — |
|
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| 12 |
Vanderbilt University
Nashville,
TN
|
Nashville, TN | — | 4% | — | — | — | — |
|
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| 13 |
Rice University
Houston,
TX
|
Houston, TX | 53 | 8% | 81% / 19% | 6% | — | — |
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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 | — |
|
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| 2 |
New York University
New York,
NY
|
New York, NY | 915 | 8% | 61% / 39% | 23% | $94,533 | — |
|
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| 3 |
University of Virginia
Charlottesville,
VA
|
Charlottesville, VA | 389 | 13% | 46% / 54% | 8% | — | — |
|
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| 4 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill,
NC
|
Chapel Hill, NC | 392 | 16% | 53% / 47% | 6% | $165,621 | — |
|
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| 5 |
Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington,
IN
|
Bloomington, IN | 2,407 | 72% | 67% / 33% | 7% | $131,774 | — |
|
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| 6 |
Cornell University
Ithaca,
NY
|
Ithaca, NY | 243 | 7% | 55% / 45% | 7% | $121,009 | — |
|
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| 7 |
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame,
IN
|
Notre Dame, IN | 45 | 9% | 53% / 47% | 2% | $104,700 | — |
|
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| 8 |
Emory University
Atlanta,
GA
|
Atlanta, GA | 484 | 11% | 58% / 42% | 23% | $163,520 | — |
|
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| 9 |
Georgetown University
Washington,
DC
|
Washington, DC | 77 | 9% | 49% / 51% | 3% | $108,098 | — |
|
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| 10 |
University of Southern California
Los Angeles,
CA
|
Los Angeles, CA | 1,158 | 9% | 57% / 43% | 13% | $131,485 | — |
|
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| 11 |
Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis,
MO
|
Saint Louis, MO | 16 | 8% | 25% / 75% | 19% | $86,172 | — |
|
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| 12 |
Boston College
Chestnut Hill,
MA
|
Chestnut Hill, MA | 142 | 14% | 70% / 30% | 8% | $126,062 | — |
|
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| 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 | — |
|
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| 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 | — |
|
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| 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 | — |
|