Tuck | Mr. Invest In Change
GMAT 710, GPA 3.1
Tuck | Mr. Chemical Engineer
GRE 326, GPA 3
INSEAD | Mr. Future AI Product Manager
GMAT 715, GPA 3.7
NYU Stern | Mr. Operations Strategy & Youth Leadership
GMAT 770, GPA 4
IE Business School | Mr. JD Garay
GRE GPA: 3.9, GPA 3.0
Kellogg SOM | Mr. Military To Entrepreneur
GMAT 745, GPA 2.38
London Business School | Mr. Decarbonisation
GMAT 695, GPA 3.5
Kellogg SOM | Mr. MENA Growth Equity
GMAT 730, GPA 3.4
Kellogg SOM | Mr. West Point Logistics
GRE 327, GPA 2.76
Harvard | Mr. Energy & AI PM
GRE 328, GPA 9.65
Tepper | Mr. Tech Mil-Veteran
GMAT TBD, GPA 3.35
Columbia | Mr. European MBB Consultant
GMAT 645 (Gmat Focus), GPA 8.2
MIT Sloan | Mr. Startup Strategy
GMAT 720, GPA 3.7
Stanford GSB | Mr. Mid-Market PE
GMAT 770, GPA 4
Stanford GSB | Mr. MBB Guy From Big 4 & Startup
GRE 325, GPA 3

New Ranking: Wharton Tops Niche’s 2026 Best Colleges For Business

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Cornell Johnson’s Growth And Sustainability Mindset .. Enrollment at Cornell Johnson College of Business has grown 20% over the last two years. Courtesy photo

Cornell Johnson

NICHE’S 100 BEST COLLEGES FOR BUSINESS

Below are Niche’s top 100 colleges and universities ranked for their undergraduate business and management programs for 2026.

You can see Niche’s full ranking for undergraduate business programs here, and compare it to P&Q’s latest business program ranking here.

Rank

University/College

Business School

Acceptance Rate

Net Price

SAT Range
1 University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business 6% $26,017 1500-1570
2 Cornell University Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management 8% $26,455 1480-1560
3 University of Southern California Marshall School of Business 10% $41,496 1440-1550
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management 5% $21,519 1510-1580
5 Georgetown University McDonough School of Business 13% $37,967 1390-1550
6 Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business 11% $32,964 1500-1570
7 University of Georgia Terry College of Business 37% $16,303 1160-1390
8 Northeastern University D’Amore-McKim School of Business 6% $34,770 1460-1550
9 University of Florida Warrington College of Business 24% $11,521 1300-1480
10 Florida State University College of Business 25% $14,903 1240-1390
11 University of Michigan – Ann Arbor Ross School of Business 18% $19,005 1350-1530
12 University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business 12% $29,083 1440-1540
13 University of Texas – Austin McCombs School of Business 29% $18,036 1230-1490
14 University of Miami Miami Herbert Business School 19% $41,028 1330-1470
15 Minerva University Minerva Schools 4% $16,556 —
16 Florida International University College of Business 59% $10,742 1060-1250
17 Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School 12% $22,440 1500-1570
18 University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce 17% $17,831 1410-1530
19 Washington and Lee University Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics 17% $24,667 1410-1530
20 Texas A&M University Mays Business School 63% $21,610 1140-1380
21 Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business 57% $22,205 1240-1420
22 Babson College F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business (UG focus) 20% $30,220 1380-1500
23 University of California – Berkeley Haas School of Business 12% $16,997 1310-1530
24 Emory University Goizueta Business School 11% $27,986 1460-1550
25 Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business 69% $14,643 1290-1450
26 Indiana University – Bloomington Kelley School of Business 80% $16,282 1170-1400
27 Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management (UG focus via econ/business) 7% $23,341 1490-1560
28 New York University Stern School of Business 9% $30,730 1480-1570
29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School 19% $11,140 1370-1530
30 University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin School of Business 43% $14,216 1360-1510
31 Purdue University Daniels School of Business 50% $12,421 1190-1460
32 University of Oklahoma Price College of Business 77% $19,900 1140-1330
33 Boston University Questrom School of Business 11% $27,551 1400-1520
34 Auburn University Harbert College of Business 50% $24,524 1240-1380
35 Texas Tech University Rawls College of Business 71% $16,773 1090-1270
36 Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business 71% $18,291 1030-1240
37 Wake Forest University School of Business 22% $27,790 —
38 Clemson University Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business 38% $24,408 1230-1390
39 Everglades University Everglades Business Programs 86% $26,561 —
40 Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business 90% $16,401 1100-1320
41 Hult International Business School Hult Business School 53% $51,986 —
42 Texas Christian University Neeley School of Business 43% $39,005 1150-1380
43 University of South Florida Muma College of Business 41% $11,578 1140-1330
44 The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Business 76% $21,761 1170-1400
45 Penn State Smeal College of Business 54% $27,450 1220-1400
46 The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business 51% $19,575 1330-1480
47 University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business 61% $26,068 1180-1380
48 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Gies College of Business 44% $14,297 1270-1510
49 Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business (UG focus via econ/business) 8% $20,587 1500-1570
50 Georgia Institute of Technology Scheller College of Business 16% $15,901 1330-1530
51 University of Richmond Robins School of Business 23% $35,263 1410-1530
52 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Orfalea College of Business 30% $16,888 1220-1410
53 University of Central Florida College of Business Administration 40% $13,110 1190-1350
54 Colorado Technical University – Colorado Springs Business Programs 100% $14,784 —
55 University of California – Los Angeles Anderson School of Management (UG focus via econ/business) 9% $15,166 —
56 Baylor University Hankamer School of Business 51% $49,727 1210-1400
57 American Public University System School of Business 100% $10,322 —
58 Iowa State University Ivy College of Business 89% $17,354 1110-1350
59 Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business 61% $45,792 1320-1480
60 North Carolina State University Poole College of Management 40% $14,860 1300-1460
61 University of California – Irvine Paul Merage School of Business 26% $14,647 1230-1430
62 University of San Diego Knauss School of Business 47% $37,675 1190-1370
63 San Diego State University Fowler College of Business 34% $19,500 1090-1300
64 LIM College Business of Fashion Programs 99% $39,389 990-1200
65 Southern New Hampshire University Business Programs 96% $33,163 —
66 University of Iowa Tippie College of Business 85% $20,121 1130-1320
67 University of Tennessee, Knoxville Haslam College of Business 46% $20,885 1190-1340
68 Boston College Carroll School of Management 16% $32,590 1430-1540
69 Michigan State University Broad College of Business 84% $24,630 1150-1350
70 University of Maryland – College Park Smith School of Business 45% $15,833 1370-1520
71 Bentley University Bentley Business Programs 48% $43,858 1250-1410
72 Villanova University Villanova School of Business 25% $37,946 1400-1510
73 University of California – San Diego Rady School of Management 25% $13,293 —
74 University of Alabama – Birmingham Collat School of Business 88% $17,413 1130-1400
75 University of Mississippi Ole Miss School of Business Administration 98% $14,946 1020-1210
76 University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business 72% $17,475 1050-1220
77 University of Houston C.T. Bauer College of Business 70% $13,738 1150-1330
78 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide College of Business 62% $20,183 1070-1260
79 Fashion Institute of Technology School of Business and Technology 58% $19,649 —
80 Washington State University Carson College of Business 85% $18,155 1020-1210
81 University of Charleston Charleston Business Programs 65% $21,100 —
82 University of Minnesota Crookston Business Programs 59% $13,442 1000-1180
83 Grand Canyon University Colangelo College of Business 60% $22,239 1060-1180
84 George Washington University School of Business 44% $45,466 1350-1500
85 William & Mary Raymond A. Mason School of Business 33% $20,422 1370-1510
86 Kansas State University College of Business Administration 79% $18,745 1040-1260
87 University of St. Thomas – Minnesota Opus College of Business 91% $32,637 1220-1420
88 University of Minnesota Twin Cities Carlson School of Management 77% $16,730 1310-1480
89 Rutgers University–New Brunswick Rutgers Business School 65% $19,052 1270-1480
90 Pepperdine University Graziadio Business School 50% $52,216 1250-1450
91 University of La Verne College of Business and Public Management 48% $27,216 970-1300
92 Franklin University Business Programs 100% $22,252 —
93 University of West Florida College of Business 57% $8,908 1020-1230
94 Lehigh University College of Business 29% $33,289 1350-1490
95 University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics 92% $19,838 1080-1290
96 Point Loma Nazarene University Fermanian School of Business 82% $36,370 1140-1410
97 University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business 88% $21,511 1150-1360
98 University of North Texas G. Brint Ryan College of Business 72% $14,675 980-1230
99 The University of Kansas School of Business 88% $18,322 1050-1290
100 University of Massachusetts Global School of Business 93% $31,715 —

Niche compared data from more than 1,000 U.S. based colleges and universities for its 2026 ranking. You can find its full university ranking here.

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