35 business schools that get the most bang for your buck, ranked
33 (tie). Texas A&M (Mays)
33 (tie). Dartmouth (Tuck)
Location: Hanover, NH
QS return-on-investment score: 89.4
Tuition: $100K to $149K
Post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
Post-program salary growth: 84%
33 (tie). IMD
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
QS return-on-investment score: 89.4
Tuition: $60K to $69K
Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
Post-program salary growth: 55%
32. University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
QS return-on-investment score: 89.8
Tuition: $100K to $149K
Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
Post-program salary growth: 115%
31. University of Washington (Foster)
Location: Seattle, WA
QS return-on-investment score: 89.9
Tuition: $90K to $99K
Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
Post-program salary growth: 99%
29 (tie). University of Minnesota (Carlson)
Location: Minneapolis, MN
QS return-on-investment score: 90.5
Tuition: $90K to $99K
Post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K
Post-program salary growth: 132%
29 (tie). University of Illinois (Gies)
Location: Champaign, IL
QS return-on-investment score: 90.5
Tuition: $70K to $79K
Post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K
Post-program salary growth: 133%
27 (tie). University of Virginia (Darden)
Location: Charlottesville, VA
QS return-on-investment score: 90.6
Tuition: $100K to $149K
Post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
Post-program salary growth: 92%
27 (tie). University of Texas (McCombs)
Location: Austin, TX
QS return-on-investment score: 90.6
Tuition: $100K to $149K
Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
Post-program salary growth: 72%
26. Washington University (Olin)
Location: St. Louis, MO
QS return-on-investment score: 90.8
Tuition: $100K to $149K
Post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K
Post-program salary growth: 105%
24 (tie). HEC Paris
Location: Jouy-en-Josas, France
QS return-on-investment score: 91.0
Tuition: $70K to $79K
Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
Post-program salary growth: 135%
24 (tie). MIT (Sloan)
Location: Cambridge, MA
QS return-on-investment score: 91.0
Tuition: $100K to $149K
Post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
Post-program salary growth: 87%
23. Yale
Location: New Haven, CT
QS return-on-investment score: 91.1
Tuition: $100K to $149K
Post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
Post-program salary growth: 92%
22. Cambridge (Judge)
Location: Cambridge, UK
QS return-on-investment score: 91.2
Tuition: $70K to $79K
Post-graduation salary: $130K to $139K
Post-program salary growth: 126%
21. EDHEC
Location: Nice, France
QS return-on-investment score: 91.7
Tuition: $50K to $59K
Post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K
Post-program salary growth: 115%
20. Oxford (Said)
Location: Oxford, UK
QS return-on-investment score: 92.1
Tuition: $70K to $79K
Post-graduation salary: $70K to $89K
Post-program salary growth: 47%
19. ESADE
Location: Barcelona, Spain
QS return-on-investment score: 92.5
Tuition: $70K to $79K
Post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K
Post-program salary growth: 73%
18. INSEAD
Location: Fontainebleau, France/Singapore
QS return-on-investment score: 92.7
Tuition: $100K to $149K
Post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K
Post-program salary growth: 89%
17. Stanford University
Location: Stanford, CA
QS return-on-investment score: 93.0
Tuition: $100K to $149K
Post-graduation salary: $140K to $149K
Post-program salary growth: 79%
15 (tie). Penn State (Smeal)
Location: University Park, PA
QS return-on-investment score: 93.4
Tuition: $80K to 89K
Post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K
Post-program salary growth: 154%
15 (tie). Vanderbilt (Owen)
Location: Nashville, TN
QS return-on-investment score: 93.4
Tuition: $90K to $99K
Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
Post-program salary growth: 126%
14. Duke (Fuqua)
Location: Durham, NC
QS return-on-investment score: 93.5
Tuition: $100K to $149K
Post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
Post-program salary growth: 99%
13. Emory (Goizueta)
Location: Atlanta, GA
QS return-on-investment score: 93.7
Tuition: $100K to $149K
Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
Post-program salary growth: 102%
12. Indiana University (Kelley)
Location: Bloomington, IN
QS return-on-investment score: 94.2
Tuition: $90K to $99K
Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
Post-program salary growth: 145%
11. Vlerick
Location: Brussels, Belgium
QS return-on-investment score: 94.4
Tuition: $40K to $49K
Post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K
Post-program salary growth: 49%
9 (tie). Durham University
Location: Durham, UK
QS return-on-investment score: 94.5
Tuition: $30K to $39K
Post-graduation salary: $70K to $89K
Post-program salary growth: 87%
9 (tie). Cranfield School of Management
Location: Cranfield, UK
QS return-on-investment score: 94.5
Tuition: $40K to $49K
Post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K
Post-program salary growth: 124%
8. University of Hong Kong
Location: Hong Kong
QS return-on-investment score: 94.6
Tuition: $70K to $79K
Post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K
Post-program salary growth: 108%
7. Imperial College London
Location: London, UK
QS return-on-investment score: 95.0
Tuition: $60K to $69K
Post-graduation salary: $70K to $89K
Post-program salary growth: 29%
5 (tie). Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
QS return-on-investment score: 95.7
Tuition: $100K to $149K
Post-graduation salary: $110K to $119K
Post-program salary growth: 113%
5 (tie). University of Michigan (Ross)
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
QS return-on-investment score: 95.7
Tuition: $110K to $149K
Post-graduation salary: $120K to $129K
Post-program salary growth: 100%
4. Strathclyde
Location: Glasgow, UK
QS return-on-investment score: 96.0
Tuition: $40K to $49K
Post-graduation salary: $70K to $89K
Post-program salary growth: 184%
3. SDA Bocconi
Location: Milan, Italy
QS return-on-investment score: 96.6
Tuition: $60K to $69K
Post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K
Post-program salary growth: 116%
2. IE Business School
Location: Madrid, Spain
QS return-on-investment score: 96.8
Tuition: $80K to $89K
Post-graduation salary: $90K to $99K
Post-program salary growth: 94%
1. Mannheim
Location: Mannheim, Germany
QS return-on-investment score: 98.3
Tuition: $40K to $49K
Post-graduation salary: $100K to $109K
Post-program salary growth: 162%
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