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Highest earning business administration programs in the United States
U.S. business administration programs, ranked by median earnings one year after completion, from the College Scorecard field-of-study file (September 18, 2026). Only programs with at least 30 counted graduates in the earnings sample are shown, and at least 5 programs must qualify for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 1 year after | Graduates counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bismarck State College | Bismarck | Public, 4-year | $100,668 | 48 |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $95,891 | 60 |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor | Public, 4-year | $93,674 | 580 |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $91,443 | 52 |
| 5 | University of California-Berkeley | Berkeley | Public, 4-year | $90,008 | 181 |
| 6 | Emory University | Atlanta | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $85,682 | 231 |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | Public, 4-year | $85,618 | 321 |
| 8 | City University of Seattle | Seattle | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $79,592 | 57 |
| 9 | Golden Gate University | San Francisco | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $77,752 | 77 |
| 10 | Georgetown University | Washington | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $77,479 | 35 |
| 11 | William & Mary | Williamsburg | Public, 4-year | $75,038 | 110 |
| 12 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | Atlanta | Public, 4-year | $73,557 | 243 |
| 13 | Ranken Technical College | Saint Louis | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $73,200 | 32 |
| 14 | Texas Christian University | Fort Worth | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $71,984 | 51 |
| 15 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo | Public, 4-year | $71,876 | 514 |
| 16 | Boston College | Chestnut Hill | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $71,675 | 73 |
| 17 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $71,668 | 596 |
| 18 | Boston University | Boston | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $71,545 | 518 |
| 19 | Michigan State University | East Lansing | Public, 4-year | $71,253 | 558 |
| 20 | Brigham Young University | Provo | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $71,163 | 125 |
| 21 | Stevens Institute of Technology | Hoboken | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $70,694 | 93 |
| 22 | Excelsior University | Albany | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $70,191 | 99 |
| 23 | Babson College | Wellesley | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $69,970 | 434 |
| 24 | Colorado State University Global | Denver | Public, 4-year | $69,863 | 523 |
| 25 | Pepperdine University | Malibu | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $69,751 | 129 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard.
How to read this. A smaller program can show a high or low figure from just a few graduates, and this earnings figure only ever covers students who received federal aid, so it does not describe every graduate.
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