Explore the 2020 Best Business Schools

Briana Boyington

See the top 20 business schools.

College graduates and working professionals who want to develop their business skills may benefit from enrolling in an MBA degree program. See which 20 universities outperformed their peers to earn a top spot among the 2020 U.S. News Best Business Schools.

19 (tie). University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)

Full-time enrollment: 556

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $45,915 (in-state); $61,038 (out-of-state)

2018 acceptance rate: 46.6 percent

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19 (tie). University of Texas--Austin (McCombs)

Full-time enrollment: 551

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $40,622 (in-state); $54,394 (out-of-state)

2018 acceptance rate: 33.6 percent

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17 (tie). Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) (PA)

Full-time enrollment: 465

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $65,000

2018 acceptance rate: 35.4 percent

More about the Tepper School of Business.

17 (tie). University of Southern California (Marshall)

Full-time enrollment: 449

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $63,096

2018 acceptance rate: 28.2 percent

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16. University of California--Los Angeles (Anderson)

Full-time enrollment: 723

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $59,866

2018 acceptance rate: 24.3 percent

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15. Cornell University (Johnson) (NY)

Full-time enrollment: 573

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $66,290

2018 acceptance rate: 33.1 percent

More about the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management.

12 (tie). Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NH)

Full-time enrollment: 576

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $72,150

2018 acceptance rate: 23.3 percent

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12 (tie). New York University (Stern)

Full-time enrollment: 772

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $71,676

2018 acceptance rate: 23.2 percent

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12 (tie). University of Virginia (Darden)

Full-time enrollment: 660

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $62,464 (in-state); $64,782 (out-of-state)

2018 acceptance rate: 32.9 percent

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10 (tie). Duke University (Fuqua) (NC)

Full-time enrollment: 875

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $68,200

2018 acceptance rate: 22.4 percent

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10 (tie). University of Michigan--Ann Arbor (Ross)

Full-time enrollment: 832

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $63,646 (in-state); $68,646 (out-of-state)

2018 acceptance rate: 27.1 percent

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9. Yale University (CT)

Full-time enrollment: 723

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $69,500

2018 acceptance rate: 20.4 percent

More about the Yale School of Management.

6 (tie). Columbia University (NY)

Full-time enrollment: 1,297

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $74,400

2018 acceptance rate: 14.5 percent

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6 (tie). Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)

Full-time enrollment: 1,304

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $71,544

2018 acceptance rate: 21.9 percent

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6 (tie). University of California--Berkeley (Haas)

Full-time enrollment: 590

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $60,987 (in-state); $61,442 (out-of-state)

2018 acceptance rate: 15.4 percent

More about the Haas School of Business.

3 (tie). Harvard University (MA)

Full-time enrollment: 1,873

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $73,440

2018 acceptance rate: 10.4 percent

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3 (tie). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)

Full-time enrollment: 813

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $74,200

2018 acceptance rate: 13.1 percent

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3 (tie). University of Chicago (Booth)

Full-time enrollment: 1,179

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $72,000

2018 acceptance rate: 22.9 percent

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2. Stanford University (CA)

Full-time enrollment: 855

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $70,590

2018 acceptance rate: 6.1 percent

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1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

Full-time enrollment: 1,742

2018-2019 tuition and fees: $72,300

2018 acceptance rate: 20.7 percent

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Best full-time MBA programs

-- 1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

-- 2. Stanford University

-- 3 (tie). Harvard University

-- 3 (tie). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)

-- 3 (tie). University of Chicago (Booth)

-- 6 (tie). Columbia University

-- 6 (tie). Northwestern University (Kellogg)

-- 6 (tie). University of California--Berkeley (Haas)

-- 9. Yale University

-- 10 (tie). Duke University (Fuqua)

-- 10 (tie). University of Michigan--Ann Arbor (Ross)

-- 12 (tie). Dartmouth College (Tuck)

-- 12 (tie). New York University (Stern)

-- 12 (tie). University of Virginia (Darden)

-- 15. Cornell University (Johnson)

-- 16. University of California--Los Angeles (Anderson)

-- 17 (tie). Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)

-- 17 (tie). University of Southern California (Marshall)

-- 19 (tie). University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)

-- 19 (tie). University of Texas--Austin (McCombs)