Total Cost At The Top 30 MBA Programs In The U.S.

TUITION KEEPS CLIMBING

Across the Top 30 U.S. MBA programs, most schools raised tuition again for the 2026-2027 academic year, with several posting increases well above the typical 3% to 4% range. Harvard Business School raised tuition 7.7% from a year ago, to $84,760, while Washington University’s Olin Business School increased its sticker price 7.4%, to $75,460. Georgetown McDonough was up 7%, MIT Sloan 5.9%, and Rice Jones 5.7%.

At the same time, a few schools held tuition flat, including Wharton at $87,970, Texas McCombs at $61,214, and USC Marshall at $83,853. Even so, the longer-term trajectory is unmistakable. Columbia Business School, for example, charged $77,376 in 2021; its tuition is now $93,908. UCLA Anderson has climbed from $67,737 to $82,734 over the same period, while Stanford GSB has risen from $74,706 to $89,187.

MBA Tuition At The Top 30 U.S. Business Schools, 2021-2026
P&Q 2026 Rank	School	2026 Tuition	2025 Tuition	2-Year Change	% 2-Year Change	2024 Tuition	2023 Tuition	2022 Tuition	2021 Tuition
1	Northwestern (Kellogg)	$88,536	86,370	$2,166	2.51%	$‎ 83,610	$‎ 81,015	$‎ 78,276	$‎ 76,368
2	Harvard Business School	$84,760	78,700	$6,060	7.70%	$‎ 76,410	$‎ 74,910	$‎ 73,440	$‎ 73,440
3	Columbia Business School	$93,908	91,172	$2,736	3.00%	$‎ 88,300	$‎ 84,496	$‎ 80,542	$‎ 77,376
4	Dartmouth (Tuck)	$87,536	84,250	$3,286	3.90%	$‎ 80,620	$‎ 77,520	$‎ 77,520	$‎ 77,520
5	Virginia (Darden)	$83,328	84,598	-$1,270	-1.50%	$‎ 81,700	$‎ 78,600	$‎ 75,200	$‎ 72,600
6	New York (Stern)	$92,658	89,254	$3,404	3.81%	$‎ 84,180	$‎ 82,326	$‎ 82,326	$‎ 78,700
7	Cornell (Johnson)	$88,934	86,596	$2,338	2.70%	$‎ 83,106	$‎ 79,910	$‎ 76,690	$‎ 74,026
8	Pennsylvania (Wharton)	$87,970	87,970	$0	0.00%	$‎ 84,830	$‎ 87,370	$‎ 84,874	$‎ 76,000
9	Michigan (Ross)	$83,946	81,152	$2,794	3.44%	$‎ 75,392	$‎ 73,196	$‎ 73,196	$‎ 72,114
10	UCLA (Anderson)	$82,734	79,452	$3,282	4.13%	$‎ 78,268	$‎ 74,618	$‎ 71,071	$‎ 67,737
11	MIT (Sloan)	$89,692	86,800	$2,892	3.33%	$‎ 86,550	$‎ 84,200	$‎ 80,400	$‎ 78,954
12	Chicago (Booth)	$89,976	87,354	$2,622	3.00%	$‎ 84,198	$‎ 80,961	$‎ 77,841	$‎ 74,919
13	Texas-Austin (McCombs)	$61,214	61,214	$0	0.00%	$‎ 59,684	$‎ 58,270	$‎ 58,270	$‎ 58,270
14	UC-Berkeley (Haas)	$90,191	89,033	$1,158	1.30%	$‎ 82,059	$‎ 76,433	$‎ 76,187	$‎ 71,817
15	Duke (Fuqua)	$83,700	81,000	$2,700	3.33%	$‎ 77,925	$‎ 75,000	$‎ 71,750	$‎ 70,000
16	Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)	$84,186	81,340	$2,846	3.50%	$‎ 78,362	$‎ 75,712	$‎ 72,800	$‎ 70,000
17	Yale SOM	$90,900	87,800	$3,100	3.53%	$‎ 84,900	$‎ 82,700	$‎ 79,000	$‎ 74,500
18	Vanderbilt (Owen)	$76,700	74,500	$2,200	2.95%	$‎ 71,250	$‎ 68,500	$‎ 65,500	$‎ 62,750
19	Washington (Olin)	$72,700	70,250	$2,450	3.49%	$‎ 68,200	$‎ 64,250	$‎ 64,250	$‎ 64,250
20	Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)	$44,956	43,646	$1,310	3.00%	$‎ 42,790	$‎ 40,752	$‎ 40,752	$‎ 40,752
21	North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	$74,192	74,138	$54	0.07%	$‎ 71,956	$‎ 71,364	$‎ 68,112	$‎ 66,840
22	Emory (Goizueta)	$79,200	76,900	$2,300	2.99%	$‎ 74,000	$‎ 71,900	$‎ 70,200	$‎ 70,741
23	Washington (Foster)	$60,180	59,574	$606	1.02%	$‎ 57,831	$‎ 57,846	$‎ 56,127	$‎ 53,601
24	Southern California (Marshall)	$86,295	83,853	$2,442	2.91%	$‎ 79,893	$‎ 72,501	$‎ 69,036	$‎ 53,806
25	Georgetown (McDonough)	$75,016	70,108	$4,908	7.00%	$‎ 67,184	$‎ 64,600	$‎ 62,370	$‎ 60,894
26	Stanford GSB	$89,187	85,755	$3,432	4.00%	$‎ 82,455	$‎ 79,860	$‎ 76,950	$‎ 74,706
27	Rice (Jones) **	$79,116	76,073	$3,043	4.00%	$‎ 73,500	$‎ 69,000	$‎ 66,000	$‎ 63,500
28	Notre Dame (Mendoza)	$75,460	73,260	$2,200	3.00%	$‎ 71,126	$‎ 64,660	$‎ 61,000	$‎ 58,030
29	Georgia (Terry)	$36,000	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
30	Rochester (Simon)	$60,000	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Source: Business school websites and other publicly available information.

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