Best ROI: Business Administration, Management, and Operations

Schools offering Business Administration, Management, and Operations ranked by overall ROI score. The average graduate in this field earns $47,750 four years after graduation. These are the schools where this major delivers the strongest financial return.

50 schools ranked

#	School	ROI	Net Price	10yr Earnings	Median Debt	Completion	Tier
1	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	97	$13,481	$92,446	$13,000	92.8%	Exceptional
2	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	97	$12,116	$102,772	$21,672	94.0%	Exceptional
3	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	97	$26,780	$99,980	$19,000	95.2%	Exceptional
4	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	97	$31,944	$114,862	$21,750	94.1%	Exceptional
5	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	97	$28,699	$111,371	$15,715	96.5%	Exceptional
6	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	96	$16,665	$90,768	$18,500	86.4%	Exceptional
7	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	96	$18,809	$87,555	$10,250	93.8%	Exceptional
8	Babson College Wellesley, MA	96	$40,514	$123,938	$20,000	93.1%	Exceptional
9	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	95	$13,138	$83,648	$19,500	93.2%	Exceptional
10	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	95	$21,565	$86,863	$17,500	95.6%	Exceptional
11	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	94	$14,251	$80,735	$15,000	86.9%	Exceptional
12	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	94	$15,678	$82,860	$19,000	88.6%	Exceptional
13	Bentley University Waltham, MA	94	$37,930	$120,959	$25,023	86.8%	Exceptional
14	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	94	$11,655	$72,200	$14,000	91.2%	Exceptional
15	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	94	$15,564	$75,790	$11,069	81.0%	Exceptional
16	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	94	$14,091	$78,466	$14,615	85.2%	Exceptional
17	Georgetown University Washington, DC	93	$40,815	$103,494	$15,500	94.8%	Exceptional
18	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	93	$14,355	$81,054	$19,500	85.1%	Exceptional
19	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	93	$36,228	$102,051	$23,750	83.6%	Exceptional
20	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	93	$36,931	$105,584	$21,960	87.9%	Exceptional
21	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	92	$6,541	$71,588	$15,000	91.1%	Exceptional
22	Emory University Atlanta, GA	92	$22,585	$80,137	$18,250	91.1%	Exceptional
23	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	92	$18,425	$82,592	$25,000	75.2%	Exceptional
24	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	92	$41,704	$103,937	$19,000	90.8%	Exceptional
25	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	92	$16,504	$84,276	$21,000	72.8%	Exceptional
26	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	92	$41,346	$108,772	$27,000	86.9%	Exceptional
27	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	92	$3,033	$75,971	$11,512	72.1%	Exceptional
28	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	91	$32,740	$92,498	$18,000	91.8%	Exceptional
29	Northeastern University Boston, MA	91	$30,915	$92,538	$24,250	90.5%	Exceptional
30	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	91	$19,096	$73,490	$18,500	89.4%	Exceptional
31	Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	91	$23,781	$94,810	$19,500	93.9%	Exceptional
32	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	91	$17,354	$73,792	$20,484	89.5%	Exceptional
33	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	91	$14,600	$72,424	$19,500	83.1%	Exceptional
34	University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA	91	$12,319	$78,466	$14,615	65.3%	Exceptional
35	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA	91	$10,163	$78,466	$14,615	63.2%	Exceptional
36	University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FL	91	$4,815	$71,588	$15,000	84.7%	Exceptional
37	California State University Maritime Academy Vallejo, CA	90	$20,555	$94,784	$24,965	59.7%	Exceptional
38	Boston University Boston, MA	90	$24,402	$83,238	$23,250	88.7%	Exceptional
39	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	90	$19,857	$75,121	$20,500	88.9%	Exceptional
40	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	89	$11,531	$71,902	$16,000	68.4%	Strong
41	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	89	$21,620	$80,596	$18,500	81.6%	Strong
42	Villanova University Villanova, PA	89	$43,756	$100,423	$25,874	91.9%	Strong
43	Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX	89	$21,315	$72,097	$17,804	83.9%	Strong
44	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	89	$24,953	$81,698	$21,500	86.2%	Strong
45	Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI	89	$22,453	$89,070	$27,000	67.1%	Strong
46	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	88	$6,555	$62,951	$13,750	70.2%	Strong
47	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	88	$30,365	$86,522	$22,940	83.7%	Strong
48	George Washington University Washington, DC	88	$36,586	$90,873	$20,449	84.0%	Strong
49	University of Georgia Athens, GA	88	$13,936	$68,726	$18,500	89.7%	Strong
50	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	88	$16,778	$69,020	$19,500	85.3%	Strong

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Rankings are based on our ROI score (0-100), which weights five quantifiable factors: Earnings Premium (30%), Payback Period (25%), Debt-to-Earnings (20%), Completion Rate (15%), and Loan Repayment (10%). All data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. No subjective criteria are used.

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