BusinessPundit 2026 Rankings
#98 The Top 100 MBA Programs

LSU Ourso College of Business

Louisiana State University · Baton Rouge, Louisiana · Public

“The petrochemical corridor's management bench.”

Reviewed by David Krug · July 2026
Data anchored to the 2026 U.S. News table, Poets&Quants reporting, and school-published class profiles

LSU Ourso College of Business
67.8
GoodBP Score
$55,000Tuition, total
590Avg. GMAT
Acceptance rate
80%Placed at 3 months
$90,000Median base salary

Our review

Ourso serves the petrochemical corridor that lines the lower Mississippi: ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge complex, the LNG build-out, the contractors in between. The flexible MBA lets plant engineers add management credentials without leaving shift work, which is precisely how the local industry promotes.

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