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University of San Diego · San Diego, California · Private
“San Diego's private option, real estate attached.”
Reviewed by David Krug · July 2026
Data anchored to the 2026 U.S. News table, Poets&Quants reporting, and school-published class profiles
63.6
GoodBP Score
$85,000Tuition, total
600Avg. GMAT
Acceptance rate
78%Placed at 3 months
$98,000Median base salary
Our review
Knauss’s Burnham-Moores real estate center is the differentiated asset, feeding Southern California’s development industry, while the metro’s defense primes and hospitality groups take the generalists. Rady owns the region’s biotech-quant lane; Knauss owns relationships and views.
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