#1 Full-Time MBA · Stanford, California
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University of San Francisco · San Francisco, California · Private
“The Jesuit school on the hill above the tech economy.”
Reviewed by David Krug · July 2026
Data anchored to the 2026 U.S. News table, Poets&Quants reporting, and school-published class profiles
62.7
GoodBP Score
$90,000Tuition, total
590Avg. GMAT
Acceptance rate
76%Placed at 3 months
$105,000Median base salary
Our review
USF’s management programs staff the San Francisco most rankings ignore: nonprofits, healthcare systems, city-adjacent agencies, and the services layer around tech rather than tech’s product core. Berkeley and Stanford take the Valley’s prestige market; USF takes the city’s mission-driven one.
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