🇺🇸 Best Business Programs in United States by ROI
Ranked by ROI score — net salary after rent and living costs, weighted by graduation rate, relative to total degree tuition. Salary figures are median graduate earnings from government data (2026).
| # | University | ROI | Salary ($) | Payback | Tuition ($/yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of California-Berkeley Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 46.4 | $101,403 | 2 yrs | $37,747 |
| 2 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 39.7 | $101,403 | 2 yrs | $46,978 |
| 3 | University of Tulsa Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 38.9 | $101,403 | 2 yrs | $42,000 |
| 4 | University of Chicago Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 34.7 | $75,257 | 3 yrs | $41,608 |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 33.5 | $66,158 | 3 yrs | $36,786 |
| 6 | University of Chicago Business/Commerce, General. | 32.1 | $70,621 | 3 yrs | $41,608 |
| 7 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 31.3 | $59,960 | 3 yrs | $33,925 |
| 8 | Stanford University Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 30.5 | $77,095 | 3 yrs | $38,660 |
| 9 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Business/Managerial Economics. | 30.0 | $58,108 | 3 yrs | $33,925 |
| 10 | Rice University Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 28.0 | $60,412 | 3 yrs | $37,436 |
| 11 | University of California-Los Angeles Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 27.6 | $67,847 | 3 yrs | $35,134 |
| 12 | Harvard University Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 26.8 | $81,140 | 4 yrs | $53,385 |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Business/Commerce, General. | 26.4 | $70,621 | 3 yrs | $48,591 |
| 14 | Indiana University-Bloomington Business/Commerce, General. | 25.5 | $70,621 | 3 yrs | $45,539 |
| 15 | Duke University International Business. | 25.1 | $100,997 | 4 yrs | $82,914 |
| 16 | University of Georgia Business/Managerial Economics. | 24.9 | $58,108 | 4 yrs | $39,021 |
| 17 | University of Georgia Agricultural Business and Management. | 24.8 | $57,891 | 4 yrs | $39,021 |
| 18 | Vanderbilt University Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 24.4 | $59,985 | 4 yrs | $44,369 |
| 19 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Business/Commerce, General. | 23.8 | $77,992 | 4 yrs | $56,311 |
| 20 | Columbia University in the City of New York Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 23.5 | $80,441 | 4 yrs | $60,452 |
| 21 | University of Mississippi Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 23.4 | $61,315 | 3 yrs | $37,279 |
| 22 | University of Maryland-College Park Business/Commerce, General. | 23.2 | $70,621 | 4 yrs | $43,898 |
| 23 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Agricultural Business and Management. | 22.8 | $57,891 | 4 yrs | $40,194 |
| 24 | University of Georgia Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 22.3 | $53,603 | 4 yrs | $39,021 |
| 25 | University of California-Berkeley Agricultural Business and Management. | 19.6 | $57,891 | 5 yrs | $37,747 |