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American Kogod School of Business
American University · Washington, D.C. · Private
“The small D.C. option with an analytics bet.”
Reviewed by David Krug · July 2026
Data anchored to the 2026 U.S. News table, Poets&Quants reporting, and school-published class profiles
74.7
GoodBP Score
$100,000Tuition, total
620Avg. GMAT
Acceptance rate
79%Placed at 3 months
$105,000Median base salary
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Kogod’s compact MBA found a defensible niche: analytics for Washington’s agency-and-contractor market, where clearanced data talent stays scarce. The class is small, the network local, and the sticker high for the tier — American’s merit aid does real work in closing that gap.
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