TOTAL COST AT P&Q RANKED BUSINESS SCHOOLS
The total cost figure below includes all tuition and fees as well as housing and other living expenses over four years. Students can save money living and eating off campus in many cases, especially if they have the luxury of living with their parents.
Among the 110 schools we ranked in 2026, 41 reported estimated tuition, fees, and expected expenses that add up to more than $300K over four years (for in-state students). That compares to just 35 schools in 2025’s ranking, 32 in 2024’s ranking, and 13 in 2023’s.
Because it is not required for our ranking methodology, some schools opted not to report the data. In those cases, we estimated the totals based on information found on their websites. Those schools are indicated with a * in the table.
2026 Rank |
School |
In-State Tuition & Fees |
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees |
Additional Expenses |
Total Cost In-State |
Total Cost Out-of-State |
| 1 | University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) | $284,944 | $89,472 | $374,416 | ||
| 2 | University of Virginia (McIntire) | $104,698 | $265,214 | $85,036 | $189,734 | $350,250 |
| 3 | Cornell University (Dyson SC Johnson) | $183,354 | $270,748 | $89,066 | $272,420 | $359,814 |
| 4 | University of Michigan (Ross) | $85,964 | $274,768 | $64,984 | $150,948 | $339,752 |
| 5 | University of Southern California (Marshall) | $301,536 | $112,000 | $413,536 | ||
| 6 | New York University (Stern) | $269,720 | $125,464 | $395,184 | ||
| 7 | Georgetown University (McDonough) | $266,488 | $98,614 | $365,102 | ||
| 8 | University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | $36,600 | $198,408 | $78,144 | $114,744 | $276,552 |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) | $255,626 | $83,226 | $338,852 | ||
| 10 | Emory University (Goizueta) | $251,058 | $93,056 | $344,114 | ||
| 11 | Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) | $278,376 | $113,604 | $391,980 | ||
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) | $273,064 | $79,346 | $352,410 | ||
| 13 | Wake Forest University | $263,880 | $94,740 | $358,620 | ||
| 14 | Villanova University | $283,304 | $87,720 | $371,024 | ||
| 15 | University of Illinois (Gies) | $93,704 | $175,112 | $75,536 | $169,240 | $250,648 |
| 15 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) | $48,032 | $140,368 | $83,240 | $131,272 | $223,608 |
| 17 | University of Richmond (Robins) | $271,360 | $82,480 | $353,840 | ||
| 18 | Boston University (Questrom) | $286,908 | $92,220 | $379,128 | ||
| 19 | University of Washington (Foster) | $53,624 | $178,560 | $89,328 | $142,952 | $267,888 |
| 20 | Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) | $278,380 | $103,736 | $382,116 | ||
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | $61,266 | $189,363 | $73,832 | $135,098 | $263,195 |
| 22 | University of Miami (Herbert) | $261,720 | $130,752 | $392,472 | ||
| 23 | University of Minnesota (Carlson) | $86,736 | $178,280 | $71,488 | $158,224 | $249,768 |
| 24 | William & Mary (Mason) | $105,944 | $211,016 | $83,480 | $189,424 | $294,496 |
| 25 | Southern Methodist University (Cox) | $254,944 | $120,000 | $374,944 | ||
| 26 | University of Pittsburgh | $93,680 | $187,744 | $76,704 | $170,384 | $264,448 |
| 27 | Binghamton University | $42,268 | $129,868 | $85,908 | $128,176 | $215,776 |
| 28 | Texas Christian University (Neeley) | $267,776 | $90,920 | $358,696 | ||
| 29 | Fordham University (Gabelli) | $269,808 | $119,728 | $389,536 | ||
| 30 | Tulane University (Freeman) | $287,992 | $97,864 | $385,856 | ||
| 31 | Trinity University (Neidorff) | $225,984 | $71,208 | $297,192 | ||
| 32 | Purdue University (Daniels) | $47,472 | $122,680 | $66,840 | $114,312 | $189,520 |
| 33 | Elon University (Love) | $182,458 | $72,232 | $254,690 | ||
| 34 | Lehigh University | $271,680 | $82,720 | $354,400 | ||
| 35 | Brigham Young University (Marriott) | $27,552 | $62,848 | $90,400 | ||
| 36 | University of Georgia (Terry) | $45,968 | $129,344 | $72,296 | $118,264 | $201,640 |
| 37 | Syracuse University (Whitman) | $275,584 | $94,528 | $370,112 | ||
| 38 | Bucknell University (Freeman) | $303,617 | $90,535 | $394,152 | ||
| 39 | Miami University (Farmer) | $74,080 | $168,166 | $68,616 | $142,696 | $236,782 |
| 40 | University of Colorado Boulder (Leeds) | $82,712 | $194,944 | $161,528 | $244,240 | $356,472 |
| 41 | Fairfield University (Dolan) | $242,720 | $95,880 | $338,600 | ||
| 42 | University of Rochester (Simon) | $296,788 | $82,792 | $379,580 | ||
| 43 | Providence College | $263,240 | $80,000 | $343,240 | ||
| 44 | Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) | $280,264 | $88,256 | $368,520 | ||
| 45 | Marquette University | $215,560 | $74,720 | $290,280 | ||
| 46 | University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) | $68,520 | $154,877 | $71,000 | $139,520 | $225,877 |
| 47 | University of Tennessee (Haslam) | $62,302 | $140,142 | $78,800 | $141,102 | $218,942 |
| 48 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) | $252,184 | $85,200 | $337,384 | ||
| 49 | University of Dayton | $202,404 | $87,020 | $289,424 | ||
| 50 | Loyola Marymount University | $261,468 | $94,080 | $355,548 | ||
| 51 | Butler University (Lacy) | $199,560 | $88,680 | $288,240 | ||
| 52 | University of Houston (Bauer) | $56,358 | $120,951 | $80,000 | $136,358 | $200,951 |
| 53 | The Catholic University of America (Busch) | $60,664 | $22,658 | $83,322 | ||
| 54 | Lipscomb University | $152,300 | $91,186 | $243,486 | ||
| 55 | Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick | $84,184 | $165,768 | $85,662 | $169,846 | $251,430 |
| 56 | Susquehanna University (Weis) | $263,600 | $84,800 | $348,400 | ||
| 57 | Texas A&M University (Mays) | $53,368 | $164,552 | $73,296 | $126,664 | $237,848 |
| 58 | Seton Hall University (Stillman) | $219,185 | $91,360 | $310,545 | ||
| 59 | Bryant University | $217,616 | $80,440 | $298,056 | ||
| 60 | North Carolina State University (Poole) | $36,112 | $135,972 | $73,812 | $109,924 | $209,784 |
| 61 | Florida Southern College (Barnett) | $190,680 | $60,520 | $251,200 | ||
| 61 | University of Missouri-Columbia (Trulaske) | $70,124 | $159,206 | $60,032 | $130,156 | $219,238 |
| 63 | University of New Hampshire (Paul) | $84,400 | $169,048 | $77,664 | $162,064 | $246,712 |
| 64 | University of Delaware (Lerner) | $82,640 | $184,880 | $80,896 | $163,536 | $265,776 |
| 65 | University of Evansville (Schroeder) | $184,056 | $74,624 | $258,680 | ||
| 66 | University of St. Thomas (Opus) | $225,840 | $73,844 | $299,684 | ||
| 67 | The College of New Jersey | $81,582 | $30,803 | $112,385 | ||
| 68 | University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) | $56,320 | $148,116 | $60,739 | $117,059 | $208,855 |
| 69 | University of San Diego (Knauss) | $249,680 | $107,092 | $356,772 | ||
| 70 | St. John’s University (Tobin) | $226,426 | $102,688 | $329,114 | ||
| 71 | Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders) | $247,216 | $78,560 | $325,776 | ||
| 72 | Towson University | $54,096 | $138,248 | $85,344 | $139,440 | $223,592 |
| 73 | Rutgers Business School – Newark | $84,184 | $165,768 | $85,662 | $169,846 | $251,430 |
| 74 | Marian University | $168,400 | $78,052 | $246,452 | ||
| 75 | Seattle University (Albers) | $235,860 | $319,712 | $555,572 | ||
| 76 | Christopher Newport University (Luter) | $65,823 | $122,269 | $75,748 | $141,571 | $198,017 |
| 77 | University of Connecticut | $85,336 | $176,008 | $64,664 | $150,000 | $240,672 |
| 78 | Drexel University (LeBow) | $256,848 | $89,640 | $346,488 | ||
| 79 | Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) | $231,840 | $92,168 | $324,008 | ||
| 80 | Hult International Business School | $202,868 | $77,600 | $280,468 | ||
| 81 | Duquesne University (Palumbo Donahue) | $217,667 | $95,109 | $312,776 | ||
| 82 | Roger Williams University (Gabelli) | $183,912 | $88,904 | $272,816 | ||
| 83 | Ohio University | $58,328 | $103,184 | $65,000 | $123,328 | $168,184 |
| 84 | University of Denver (Daniels) | $252,984 | $89,108 | $342,092 | ||
| 85 | Adelphi University (Willumstad) | $200,440 | $106,780 | $307,220 | ||
| 86 | University of Oregon (Lundquist) | $67,020 | $184,308 | $87,408 | $154,428 | $271,716 |
| 87 | Hofstra University (Zarb) | $254,003 | $67,393 | $321,396 | ||
| 88 | Longwood University | $65,000 | $91,000 | $156,000 | ||
| 89 | Texas State University (McCoy) | $48,958 | $97,558 | $72,760 | $121,718 | $170,318 |
| 90 | Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) | $57,368 | $89,320 | $101,748 | $159,116 | $191,068 |
| 91 | Texas Tech University (Rawls) | $54,416 | $104,816 | $121,108 | $175,524 | $225,924 |
| 92 | University of Mary Washington | $61,216 | $115,240 | $76,640 | $137,856 | $191,880 |
| 93 | University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Cameron) | $29,064 | $101,680 | $77,904 | $106,968 | $179,584 |
| 94 | University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) | $73,248 | $188,000 | $80,952 | $154,200 | $268,952 |
| 95 | Ithaca College | $227,008 | $75,536 | $302,544 | ||
| 96 | American University (Kogod) | $248,248 | $95,304 | $343,552 | ||
| 97 | Iona University (LaPenta) | $194,720 | $35,000 | $229,720 | ||
| 98 | University of Michigan-Dearborn | $61,144 | $62,383 | $123,527 | ||
| 99 | Sacred Heart University (Jack Welch) | $197,854 | $87,464 | $285,318 | ||
| 100 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally) | $272,835 | $89,121 | $361,956 | ||
| 101 | University of Kansas | $59,153 | $131,153 | $73,592 | $132,745 | $204,745 |
| 102 | University of the Pacific (Eberhardt) | $235,376 | $91,820 | $327,196 | ||
| 103 | San Diego State University (Fowler) | $34,372 | $49,680 | $139,594 | $173,966 | $189,274 |
| 104 | San Jose State University (Lucas) | $35,384 | $46,040 | $141,344 | $176,728 | $187,384 |
| 105 | Florida International University | $27,031 | $76,627 | $28,232 | $55,263 | $104,859 |
| 106 | Oregon State University | $65,844 | $166,584 | $86,004 | $151,848 | $252,588 |
| 107 | Stony Brook University | $44,032 | $139,952 | $92,016 | $136,048 | $231,968 |
| 108 | Northern Illinois University | $65,796 | $60,440 | $126,236 | ||
| 109 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Lubar) | $47,072 | $97,472 | $64,800 | $111,872 | $162,272 |
| 110 | Kennesaw State University (Coles) | $27,792 | $89,112 | $85,220 | $113,012 | $174,332 |
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