Poets&Quants' Best Undergraduate Business Programs Of 2016

RANKING THE BEST UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOLS

In this inaugural ranking, undergraduate business programs were equally ranked on three criteria: admissions standards, the academic experience as judged by alumni, and employment outcomes. Washington University’s Olin Business School came in first overall, followed by Notre Dame University’s Mendoza School. Below are the overall and category ranks for the top programs. “Input” refers admissions standards rank, “alumni” is the rank assigned to the academic and student experience, and “employment” refers to the rank of the school based on employment outcomes.

Rank	School	Total	Admissions	Academic Experience	Employment
1	Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School	1	3	3	11
2	University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business	2	5	1	13
3	University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School	3	2	15	1
4	Georgetown University McDonough School of Business	4	6	7	4
5	University of California-Berkeley Haas School of Business	5	1	15	7
6	Cornell University Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management	6	4	15	6
7	Indiana University Kelley School of Business	7	19	2	15
8	University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce	8	10	15	5
9	New York University Stern School of Business	9	11	15	2
10	University of Michigan Ross School of Business	10	8	15	10
11	University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business	11	15	4	25
12	University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management	12	22	5	18
13	University of Southern California Marshall School of Business	13	7	15	17
14	Wake Forest University School of Business	14	14	13	12
15	Emory University Goizueta Business School	15	18	14	9
16	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School	16	12	15	16
17	Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business	17	16	9	24
18	Babson College	18	17	24	22
19	Northeastern University D’Amore McKim School of Business	19	20	32	8
20	Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business	20	29	8	27
21	Texas Christian Neeley School of Business	21	41	6	14
22	Lehigh University College of Business and Economics	22	24	23	40
23	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Business	23	23	31	21
24	Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business	24	9	49	3
25	Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick	25	37	11	19
26	Boston University Questrom School of Business	26	13	36	23
27	University of Richmond Robins School of Business	27	30	26	20
28	The Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business	28	35	12	36
29	University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business	29	21	38	28
30	University of Maryland Smith School of Business	30	26	29	37
31	Fordham University Gabelli School of Business	31	38	27	30
32	University of Tennessee-Knoxville Haslam College of Business	32	28	10	48
33	University of Washington Foster School of Business	33	25	40	35
34	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Isenberg School of Management	34	34	35	33
35	University of Georgia Terry College of Business	35	33	40	26
36	The College of New Jersey School of Business	36	39	38	34
37	Texas A&M University Mays Business School	37	27	37	46
38	Michigan State University Eli Broad College of Business	38	42	33	29
39	Elon University Love School of Business	38	44	30	32
40	University of Pittsburgh College of Business Administration	40	32	39	43
41	Ohio State University Fisher College of Business	41	31	40	44
42	University of Connecticut School of Business	42	36	28	47
43	James Madison University College of Business	43	47	25	45
44	University of Denver Daniels College of Business	44	45	40	41
45	Drexel University LeBow College of Business	45	46	40	39
46	University of Missouri Trulaske College of Business	46	49	49	34
47	Purdue University Krannert School of Management	47	40	48	42
48	University of Arizona Eller College of Management	48	50	40	31
49	Rutgers Business School – Newark	49	48	40	49
50	Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business	50	43	50	50

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