BusinessPundit 2026 Rankings
2026 Edition · 150 programs ranked

Best Business Schools

Updated July 3, 2026 How we rank →

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133Rank

St. John’s Tobin College of Business

Queens, New York · Private · Class size 40

Tobin's School of Risk Management descends from the old College of Insurance — carriers and brokers still treat it as their credentialing house.

$60,000Tuition (total)
Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
78%Placed at 3 mo.
$92,000Median salary
61BP Score
134Rank

Colorado State College of Business

Fort Collins, Colorado · Public · Class size 30

CSU built one of the region's biggest distance MBAs decades ago; the Fort Collins cohort adds craft-brewing and clean-energy color.

$42,000Tuition (total)
Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
80%Placed at 3 mo.
$85,000Median salary
60.9BP Score
135Rank

San Diego State Fowler College of Business

San Diego, California · Public · Class size 40

Fowler's sports business MBA trades on decades of alumni inside pro franchises, while the main program serves the metro at CSU prices.

$40,000Tuition (total)
Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
80%Placed at 3 mo.
$95,000Median salary
60.8BP Score
136Rank

Seton Hall Stillman School of Business

South Orange, New Jersey · Private · Class size 35

Twenty minutes from Manhattan on the Midtown Direct line, Stillman serves the pharma corridor and the city's back offices.

$65,000Tuition (total)
Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
79%Placed at 3 mo.
$95,000Median salary
60.7BP Score
137Rank

New Mexico Anderson School of Management

Albuquerque, New Mexico · Public · Class size 30

Sandia and Los Alamos anchor New Mexico's technical economy, and Anderson supplies their management layer at one of the lowest costs anywhere.

$35,000Tuition (total)
Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
78%Placed at 3 mo.
$80,000Median salary
60.6BP Score
139Rank

Hofstra Zarb School of Business

Hempstead, New York · Private · Class size 35

Zarb serves the Island's health systems, defense contractors, and the reverse-commute economy the city schools ignore.

$65,000Tuition (total)
Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
77%Placed at 3 mo.
$90,000Median salary
60.4BP Score
140Rank

UNLV Lee Business School

Las Vegas, Nevada · Public · Class size 35

Nobody teaches casino-resort economics like the school across town from the Strip — and the industry hires accordingly.

$40,000Tuition (total)
Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
80%Placed at 3 mo.
$85,000Median salary
60.3BP Score
142Rank

Hawaii Shidler College of Business

Honolulu, Hawaii · Public · Class size 30

Shidler's Asia-focused programs and Pacific location serve tourism, trade, and the military-logistics economy no mainland school touches.

$45,000Tuition (total)
Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
77%Placed at 3 mo.
$82,000Median salary
60BP Score
143Rank

UTSA Alvarez College of Business

San Antonio, Texas · Public · Class size 40

San Antonio hosts the country's largest cybersecurity cluster outside D.C., and Alvarez's cyber-MBA lane feeds it directly.

$38,000Tuition (total)
Avg. GMAT
Acceptance
80%Placed at 3 mo.
$85,000Median salary
59.9BP Score

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