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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 33 5% 52% / 48% 6% $116,666 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 9 5% 56% / 44% 0% $144,772 100 95%
2 U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA 425 11% 45% / 55% 12% $145,003 100 95%
3 Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 175 11% 58% / 42% 14% $159,088 100 94%
4 U. of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 223 22% 55% / 45% 1% $95,412 94 93%
5 Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 392 13% 52% / 48% 6% $96,355 96 95%
6 UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 9%
7 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 75 37% 61% / 39% 1% $98,605 96 97%
8 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 27 42% 56% / 44% 0% $75,229 82 90%
9 U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA 429 29% 58% / 42% 34% $86,000 87 93%
10 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 299 43% 64% / 36% 19% $90,435 93 94%
11 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 44%
12 U. of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 430 29% 48% / 52% 10% $89,501 91 96%
13 U. of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX 204 72% 55% / 45% 2% $132,107 99 94%
14 Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 27 71% 70% / 30% 11% $70,193 65 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 3%
2 Princeton
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ 4%
3 Stanford
Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, 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% $109,871 96

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 608 16% 56% / 44% 2% $140,827 99 94%
2 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY 981 9% 62% / 38% 25% $143,283 98 98%
3 U. of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA 389 12% 46% / 54% 8% $136,313 99 100%
4 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC 392 17% 53% / 47% 6% $125,645 99 93%
5 Indiana
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN 2,407 76% 67% / 33% 7% $105,759 97 96%
6 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 243 8% 55% / 45% 7% $130,690 99 94%
7 U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN 45 9% 53% / 47% 2% $93,971 87 95%
8 Emory
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 484 12% 58% / 42% 23% $117,718 98 95%
9 Georgetown
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 21 14% 67% / 33% 10% $95,328 90 94%
10 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 1,104 12% 57% / 43% 13% $104,833 94 94%
11 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO 12%
12 Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Chestnut Hill, MA 30 13% 80% / 20% 7% $94,664 89 95%
13 Babson
Wellesley, MA
Wellesley, MA 721 16% 59% / 41% 28% $110,754 98 94%
14 Villanova
Villanova, PA
Villanova, PA 19 30% 53% / 47% 11% $91,997 86 89%
15 Boston University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 713 11% 51% / 49% 31% $102,943 94 93%
16 Southern Methodist
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX 96 48% 56% / 44% 5% $118,518 98 99%
17 Fordham
Bronx, NY
Bronx, NY 152 47% 62% / 38% 5% $92,597 89 91%
18 U. of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Coral Gables, FL 91 17% 49% / 51% 11% $81,133 79 94%
19 Texas Christian
Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth, TX 40 48% 53% / 48% 10% $108,968 96 100%
20 Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH 32 35% 66% / 34% 19% $66,224 40 100%
21 U. of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 41%
22 American University
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 212 66% 47% / 53% 37% $88,921 88 90%
23 George Washington
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 148 47% 46% / 54% 20% $154,452 100 92%
24 Syracuse
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse, NY 16 35% 63% / 38% 13% $96,698 91 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 145 49% 59% / 41% 7% $75,053 75 96%
2 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 83 55% 65% / 35% 16% $94,618 92 94%
3 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 82 41% 56% / 44% 4% $92,203 92 98%
4 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 279 52% 43% / 57% 0% $81,761 87 95%
5 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 145 45% 51% / 49% 5% $102,325 97 91%
6 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 552 23% 54% / 46% 2% $73,834 84 92%
7 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 1,483 88% 58% / 42% 9% $75,258 84 95%
8 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 96 83% 59% / 41% 6% $90,299 91 97%
9 Northeastern
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 983 24% 51% / 49% 25% $110,708 97 96%
10 U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 5 59% 40% / 60% 0% $60,262 54 97%
11 U. of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Iowa City, IA 83%
12 Florida State
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL 268 20% 52% / 48% 4% $67,434 83 95%
13 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 223 55% 65% / 35% 1% $78,729 87 92%
14 North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 916 40% 58% / 42% 4% $81,060 88 94%
15 U. of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC 122 55% 53% / 47% 3% $69,907 75 98%
16 U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO 1,147 71% 64% / 36% 2% $91,156 92 96%
17 U. of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Storrs, CT 131 54% 59% / 41% 8% $80,086 85 95%
18 Temple
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 166 72% 63% / 37% 5% $73,326 80 95%
19 U. of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT 201 82% 68% / 32% 7% $83,897 91 95%
20 U. of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati, OH 35 85% 80% / 20% 6% $85,445 91 99%
21 U. of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Columbia, MO 1,039 77% 68% / 32% 0% $80,322 86 97%
22 Iowa State
Ames, IA
Ames, IA 231 85% 72% / 28% 2% $77,088 85 99%
23 U. of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL 790 43% 61% / 39% 5% $66,530 80 93%
24 U. of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Eugene, OR 601 78% 68% / 32% 3% $79,314 85 96%
25 U. of Houston
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 306 66% 44% / 56% 2% $72,205 83 93%
26 U. of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 114 79% 45% / 55% 5% $66,842 76 97%
27 Louisiana State
Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge, LA 237 71% 57% / 43% 3% $69,796 78 98%
28 Texas Tech
Lubbock, TX
Lubbock, TX 455 69% 69% / 31% 1% $81,221 91 94%
29 U. of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL 307 35% 51% / 49% 11% $59,627 74 95%
30 Georgia State
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 156 58% 49% / 51% 4% $62,425 72 89%
31 Washington State
Pullman, WA
Pullman, WA 20 75% 30% / 70% 0% $69,669 81 95%
32 CUNY City
New York, NY
New York, NY 84 42% 57% / 43% 4% $65,611 83 92%