This Is What It Costs To Get An MBA From A Top Business School by: Marc Ethier on July 24, 2023 | | 28,734 Views July 24, 2023 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Stanford GSB has the highest cost of living estimate among top U.S. B-schools: $38,724, a number that grows substantially if a student is married with children LIVING EXPENSES AT THE LEADING U.S. MBA PROGRAMS 2023 P&Q Rank School 2023 Living Expenses 2022 Living Expenses 2021 Living Expenses 2020 Living Expenses 2019 Living Expenses Y-O-Y Change Y-O-Y % 5-Year Change 5-Year % 1 Pennsylvania (Wharton) $ā 26,028 $ā 22,887 $ā 21,720 $ā 21,050 $ā 22,670 $ā 3,141 13.7% $ā 3,358 14.8% 2 Chicago (Booth) $ā 26,010 $ā 22,185 $ā 22,185 $ā 22,185 $ā 22,185 $ā 3,825 17.2% $ā 3,825 17.2% 3 Stanford GSB $ā 38,724 $ā 36,198 $ā 34,806 $ā 33,693 $ā 32,712 $ā 2,526 7.0% $ā 6,012 18.4% 4 Northwestern (Kellogg) $ā 19,800 $ā 19,800 $ā 17,100 $ā 17,100 $17,100 None None $ā 2,700 15.8% 5 Harvard Business School $ā 32,600 $ā 31,390 $ā 30,270 $ā 30,700 $ā 29,844 $ā 1,210 3.9% $ā 2,756 9.2% 6 MIT (Sloan) $ā 21,694 $ā 23,877 $ā 21,975 $ā 26,660 $ā 26,660 $ā (2,183) -9.1% $ā (4,966) 18.6% 7 Columbia Business School $ā 24,822 $ā 24,822 $ā 24,822 $ā 24,822 $21,375 None None $3,447 16.1% 8 Yale SOM $ā 28,266 $ā 25,200 $ā 24,284 $ā 27,680 $ā 22,214 $ā 3,066 12.2% $ā 6,052 27.2% 9 Dartmouth (Tuck) $ā 31,620 $ā 30,215 $ā 31,215 $ā 29,413 $ā 22,742 $ā 1,405 4.7% $ā 8,878 39.0% 10 UC-Berkeley (Haas) $ā 26,416 $ā 26,416 $ā 26,014 $ā 25,658 $25,234 None None $ā 1,182 4.7% 11 Michigan (Ross) $ā 17,780 $ā 17,780 $ā 16,998 $ā 16,502 $16,194 None None $ā 1,586 9.8% 12 Duke (Fuqua) $ā 23,202 $ā 20,304 $ā 19,256 $ā 18,990 $ā 18,702 $ā 2,898 14.3% $ā 4,500 24.1% 13 Cornell (Johnson) $ā 18,554 $ā 20,016 $ā 17,865 $ā 16,800 $ā 16,800 $ā (1,462) -7.3% $ā 1,754 10.4% 14 Virginia (Darden) $ā 22,870 $ā 19,720 $ā 18,430 $ā 18,176 $ā 17,766 $ā 3,150 16.0% $ā 5,104 28.7% 15 New York (Stern) $ā 28,242 $ā 28,242 $ā 27,420 $ā 26,804 $26,780 None None $ā 1,462 5.5% 16 UCLA (Anderson) $ā 24,850 $ā 25,200 $ā 25,200 $ā 21,600 $ā 24,668 $ā (350) -1.4% $ā 182 0.7% 17 Southern California (Marshall) $ā 30,410 $ā 26,980 $ā 24,256 N/A N/A $ā 3,430 12.7% N/A N/A 18 Texas-Austin (McCombs) $ā 17,270 $ā 20,206 $ā 19,478 $ā 18,078 $ā 18,370 $ā (2,936) -14.5% $ā (1,100) 6.0% 19 North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) $ā 19,268 $ā 19,268 $ā 18,760 $ā 18,618 $17,800 None None $ā 1,468 8.2% 20 Washington (Foster) $ā 29,668 $ā 21,248 $ā 21,248 $ā 21,248 $ā 21,248 $ā 8,420 39.6% $ā 8,420 39.6% 21 Emory (Goizueta) $ā 22,186 $ā 21,312 $ā 19,278 $ā 19,278 $ā 19,278 $ā 874 4.1% $ā 2,908 15.1% 22 Indiana (Kelley) $ā 15,446 $ā 15,456 $ā 14,904 $ā 13,906 $ā 13,432 $ā (10) -0.1% $ā 2,014 15.0% 23 Washington (Olin) $ā 17,696 $ā 17,696 $ā 17,696 N/A N/A None None N/A N/A 24 Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) $ā 22,860 $ā 21,400 $ā 20,182 $ā 17,944 $ā 17,322 $ā 1,460 6.8% $ā 5,538 32.0% 25 Georgetown (McDonough) $ā 26,578 $ā 24,822 $ā 22,696 $ā 22,696 $ā 22,696 $ā 1,756 7.1% $ā 3,882 17.1% 27 Vanderbilt (Owen) $ā 22,682 $ā 19,472 $ā 18,594 N/A N/A $ā 3,210 16.5% N/A N/A 29 Rice (Jones) $ā 25,014 $ā 24,537 $ā 24,537 $ā 24,537 $ā 24,537 $ā 477 1.9% $ā 477 1.9% Next page: Total cost data Previous Page Continue ReadingPage 5 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Questions about this article? Email us or leave a comment below. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.