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Willamette University · Salem, Oregon · Private
“The Northwest's public-and-private management hybrid.”
Reviewed by David Krug · July 2026
Data anchored to the 2026 U.S. News table, Poets&Quants reporting, and school-published class profiles
61.8
GoodBP Score
$65,000Tuition, total
570Avg. GMAT
Acceptance rate
77%Placed at 3 months
$85,000Median base salary
Our review
Atkinson runs one of the country’s few MBAs accredited for both business and public administration, and its Salem location across from Oregon’s Capitol is the point: state government, nonprofits, and Portland’s mid-market companies share the classroom. A distinctive niche executed at boutique scale.
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