#1 Full-Time MBA · Stanford, California
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Colorado State University · Fort Collins, Colorado · Public
“The early online mover of the Mountain West.”
Reviewed by David Krug · July 2026
Data anchored to the 2026 U.S. News table, Poets&Quants reporting, and school-published class profiles
60.9
GoodBP Score
$42,000Tuition, total
Avg. GMAT
Acceptance rate
80%Placed at 3 months
$85,000Median base salary
Our review
Colorado State ran distance MBA education before it was fashionable and still carries regional scale online. On campus, Fort Collins’s craft-brewing cluster and the university’s clean-energy research give the small cohort its local flavor. Sensible, inexpensive, established.
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