BusinessPundit 2026 Rankings
2026 Edition · 150 programs ranked

Best Business Schools

Updated July 3, 2026 How we rank →

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109Rank

DePaul Kellstadt Graduate School of Business

Chicago, Illinois · Private · Class size 50

Kellstadt serves working Chicago at a fraction of Booth-Kellogg prices, with marketing and real-estate strength and classrooms in the Loop.

$70,000Tuition (total)
580Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
80%Placed at 3 mo.
$95,000Median salary
65.9BP Score
110Rank

FIU College of Business

Miami, Florida · Public · Class size 50

FIU's massive, bilingual business school staffs Miami's trade, logistics, and banking economy — the public-scale complement to Herbert's boutique.

$42,000Tuition (total)
570Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
79%Placed at 3 mo.
$85,000Median salary
65.7BP Score
111Rank

Missouri Trulaske College of Business

Columbia, Missouri · Public · Class size 35

Trulaske feeds Missouri's insurance and banking employers from a college town halfway between the state's two metros.

$45,000Tuition (total)
580Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
81%Placed at 3 mo.
$85,000Median salary
65.4BP Score
112Rank

Iowa State Ivy College of Business

Ames, Iowa · Public · Class size 30

Ivy pairs Iowa State's agricultural-technology mission with business analytics — precision-ag companies hire the combination.

$42,000Tuition (total)
580Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
82%Placed at 3 mo.
$85,000Median salary
65.1BP Score
113Rank

Pepperdine Graziadio Business School

Malibu, California · Private · Class size 60

Graziadio's Malibu campus and LA-wide part-time network serve Southern California's services economy — values-forward, lifestyle-undefeated.

$110,000Tuition (total)
610Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
77%Placed at 3 mo.
$105,000Median salary
64.9BP Score
114Rank

Nebraska College of Business

Lincoln, Nebraska · Public · Class size 30

Insurance capital Omaha up the road, agribusiness all around, and one of the lowest resident costs of any flagship program.

$40,000Tuition (total)
570Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
81%Placed at 3 mo.
$82,000Median salary
64.8BP Score
115Rank

Oregon Lundquist College of Business

Eugene, Oregon · Public · Class size 40

Lundquist's Warsaw Sports Business Center is the industry's academic address, and the Portland athletic-apparel cluster hires its graduates by brand.

$70,000Tuition (total)
600Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
79%Placed at 3 mo.
$95,000Median salary
64.6BP Score
116Rank

Creighton Heider College of Business

Omaha, Nebraska · Private · Class size 30

Heider leans into its hometown's Berkshire mythology with a student-run value fund and steady placement into Omaha's insurance-and-banking core.

$55,000Tuition (total)
570Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
82%Placed at 3 mo.
$85,000Median salary
64.5BP Score
117Rank

Marquette Graduate School of Management

Milwaukee, Wisconsin · Private · Class size 35

Rockwell, Northwestern Mutual, and the industrial employers along the lake promote through Marquette's part-time program.

$60,000Tuition (total)
580Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
81%Placed at 3 mo.
$90,000Median salary
64.2BP Score
118Rank

UNC Charlotte Belk College of Business

Charlotte, North Carolina · Public · Class size 45

Bank of America and Truist headquarters anchor Charlotte, and Belk supplies their middle offices at state-school prices.

$45,000Tuition (total)
590Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
83%Placed at 3 mo.
$95,000Median salary
64BP Score
119Rank

Loyola Quinlan School of Business

Chicago, Illinois · Private · Class size 40

Quinlan's Jesuit framing and healthcare administration lane serve Chicago's hospital systems and consumer companies from a Magnificent Mile address.

$68,000Tuition (total)
570Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
79%Placed at 3 mo.
$92,000Median salary
63.9BP Score

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