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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 U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 57 4% 47% / 53% 19% $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 MIT
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 9 5% 56% / 44% 0%
2 U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA 425 11% 45% / 55% 12% $182,148
3 Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 175 11% 58% / 42% 14% $179,647
4 U. of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 245 22% 51% / 49% 2% $143,656
5 Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 392 13% 52% / 48% 6% $137,328
6 UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 9%
7 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 75 37% 61% / 39% 1% $108,105
8 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 27 42% 56% / 44% 0% $115,937
9 U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA 429 29% 58% / 42% 34% $76,106
10 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 299 43% 64% / 36% 19% $105,520
11 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 44%
12 U. of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 430 29% 48% / 52% 10% $104,386
13 U. 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
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 3%
2 Princeton
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ 4%
3 Stanford
Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA 4%
4 Yale
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT 4%
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 5%
11 Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 6%
12 Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN 4%
13 Rice
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 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI 608 16% 56% / 44% 2% $182,750
2 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY 981 9% 62% / 38% 25% $92,854
3 U. of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA 389 12% 46% / 54% 8%
4 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC 392 17% 53% / 47% 6% $165,621
5 Indiana
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN 2,407 76% 67% / 33% 7% $131,774
6 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 243 7% 55% / 45% 7% $121,009
7 U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN 45 9% 53% / 47% 2% $104,700
8 Emory
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 484 12% 58% / 42% 23% $163,520
9 Georgetown
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 77 13% 49% / 51% 3% $108,098
10 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 1,158 12% 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 13% 70% / 30% 8% $126,062
13 Babson
Wellesley, MA
Wellesley, MA 721 16% 59% / 41% 28% $130,745
14 Villanova
Villanova, PA
Villanova, PA 19 30% 53% / 47% 11% $126,537
15 Boston
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 713 13% 51% / 49% 31% $115,852
16 Southern Methodist
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX 96 48% 56% / 44% 5% $137,302
17 Fordham
Bronx, NY
Bronx, NY 288 47% 55% / 45% 14% $118,237
18 U. of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Coral Gables, FL 91 17% 49% / 51% 11% $97,058
19 Texas Christian
Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth, TX 40 48% 53% / 48% 10% $130,126
20 Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH 32 35% 66% / 34% 19% $167,648
21 U. of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 42%
22 American University
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 212 66% 47% / 53% 37% $99,296
23 George Washington
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 180 47% 47% / 53% 22% $135,296
24 Syracuse
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
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 203 49% 54% / 46% 6% $90,500
2 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 83 55% 65% / 35% 16% $104,278
3 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 107 41% 52% / 48% 3% $101,902
4 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 279 52% 43% / 57% 0% $106,175
5 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 169 45% 47% / 53% 4% $117,381
6 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 552 23% 54% / 46% 2% $98,091
7 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 1,641 88% 58% / 42% 9% $78,686
8 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 96 83% 59% / 41% 6% $116,774
9 Northeastern
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 1,082 6% 51% / 49% 27% $117,159
10 U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 15 59% 27% / 73% 7% $87,076
11 U. of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Iowa City, IA 83%
12 Florida State
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL 268 20% 52% / 48% 4% $66,373
13 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 223 47% 65% / 35% 1% $115,269
14 North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 916 40% 58% / 42% 4% $106,203
15 U. of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC 257 55% 47% / 53% 3% $117,542
16 U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO 1,147 71% 64% / 36% 2% $97,088
17 U. of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Storrs, CT 131 54% 59% / 41% 8% $106,238
18 Temple
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 201 55% 57% / 43% 6% $74,162
19 U. of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT 201 82% 68% / 32% 7% $115,305
20 U. of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati, OH 66 72% 71% / 29% 15% $86,441
21 U. of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Columbia, MO 1,039 72% 68% / 32% 0% $111,111
22 Iowa State
Ames, IA
Ames, IA 231 85% 72% / 28% 2% $94,086
23 U. of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL 790 43% 61% / 39% 5% $77,404
24 U. of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Eugene, OR 601 78% 68% / 32% 3% $75,537
25 U. of Houston
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 306 55% 44% / 56% 2% $98,782
26 U. of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 114 55% 45% / 55% 5% $133,641
27 Louisiana State
Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge, LA 269 72% 57% / 43% 3% $80,401
28 Texas Tech
Lubbock, TX
Lubbock, TX 455 69% 69% / 31% 1% $98,438
29 U. of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL 337 35% 49% / 51% 12% $56,993
30 Georgia State
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 156 58% 49% / 51% 4% $64,356
31 Washington State
Pullman, WA
Pullman, WA 34 75% 35% / 65% 3% $89,040
32 CUNY City
New York, NY
New York, NY 84 42% 57% / 43% 4% $60,751