Poets&Quants For Undergrads - 2026 Best Business Schools | How Alumni Rate Their Undergraduate Business Degrees

A portrait of Georgia Tech Scheller Dean’s Scholars from 2024. Scheller undergrads rated the school the highest in our ranking for being worth the cost, giving it a perfect 10 out of 10.

WAS THE DEGREE WORTH THE COST, TIME & RESOURCES?

Our survey asks two questions to gauge the degree to which alumni believe their business degree was worth the tuition, time, and other resources. Answers are based on a 10-point scale with 10 being most worth it.

Do you believe your business degree was worth its cost in tuition?
2026 Rank	School	Worth The Cost
15	Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)	10.0
35	Brigham Young University (Marriott)	9.6
2	University of Virginia (McIntire)	9.4
27	Binghamton University	9.4
15	University of Illinois (Gies)	9.3
8	University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	9.3
4	University of Michigan (Ross)	9.2
88	Longwood University	9.1
9	University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)	9.1
24	William & Mary (Mason)	9.1
32	Purdue University (Daniels)	9.0
36	University of Georgia (Terry)	9.0
92	University of Mary Washington	9.0
41	Fairfield University (Dolan)	8.9
57	Texas A&M University (Mays)	8.9
10	Emory University (Goizueta)	8.8
65	University of Evansville (Schroeder)	8.8
1	University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)	8.8
52	University of Houston (Bauer)	8.8
93	University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Cameron)	8.8
67	The College of New Jersey	8.8
13	Wake Forest University	8.8
49	University of Dayton	8.7
21	University of Wisconsin-Madison	8.7
91	Texas Tech University (Rawls)	8.7
17	University of Richmond (Robins)	8.7
25	Southern Methodist University (Cox)	8.7
53	The Catholic University of America (Busch)	8.7
31	Trinity University (Neidorff)	8.6
3	Cornell University (Dyson SC Johnson)	8.6
39	Miami University (Farmer)	8.6
45	Marquette University	8.6
11	Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)	8.6
7	Georgetown University (McDonough)	8.6
77	Christopher Newport University (Luter)	8.5
33	Elon University (Love)	8.5
30	Tulane University (Freeman)	8.5
5	University of Southern California (Marshall)	8.5
47	University of Tennessee (Haslam)	8.5
19	University of Washington (Foster)	8.4
90	Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst)	8.4
107	Stony Brook University	8.4
68	University of South Carolina (Darla Moore)	8.4
108	Northern Illinois University	8.4
105	Florida International University	8.4
63	University of New Hampshire (Paul)	8.3
83	Roger Williams University (Gabelli)	8.3
28	Texas Christian University (Neeley)	8.3
43	Providence College	8.3
46	University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg)	8.2
40	University of Colorado Boulder (Leeds)	8.2
78	University of Connecticut	8.2
61	Florida Southern College (Barnett)	8.2
75	Marian University (Indianapolis)	8.2
56	Susquehanna University (Weis)	8.2
38	Bucknell University (Freeman)	8.2
74	Rutgers Business School – Newark	8.1
110	Kennesaw State University (Coles)	8.1
102	University of the Pacific (Eberhardt)	8.1
59	Bryant University	8.1
73	Towson University	8.1
26	University of Pittsburgh	8.1
81	Hult International Business School	8.0
103	San Diego State University (Fowler)	8.0
109	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Lubar)	8.0
14	Villanova University	8.0
104	San Jose State University (Lucas)	8.0
101	University of Kansas	8.0
97	Iona University (LaPenta)	8.0
51	Butler University (Lacy)	8.0
50	Loyola Marymount University	7.9
23	University of Minnesota (Carlson)	7.9
72	Adelphi University (Willumstad)	7.9
55	Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick	7.9
89	Texas State University (McCoy)	7.9
22	University of Miami (Herbert)	7.9
61	University of Missouri-Columbia (Trulaske)	7.8
70	St. John’s University (Tobin)	7.8
12	Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)	7.8
58	Seton Hall University (Stillman)	7.8
106	Oregon State University	7.7
34	Lehigh University	7.7
6	New York University (Stern)	7.7
94	University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal)	7.7
64	University of Delaware (Lerner)	7.7
60	North Carolina State University (Poole)	7.6
42	University of Rochester (Simon)	7.6
66	University of St. Thomas (Opus)	7.6
87	Hofstra University (Zarb)	7.6
69	University of San Diego (Knauss)	7.5
20	Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim)	7.4
44	Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead)	7.4
84	Ohio University	7.4
99	Sacred Heart University	7.4
80	Saint Louis University (Chaifetz)	7.4
29	Fordham University (Gabelli)	7.3
82	Duquesne University (Palumbo Donahue)	7.3
86	University of Oregon (Lundquist)	7.3
18	Boston University (Questrom)	7.2
37	Syracuse University (Whitman)	7.2
71	Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders)	7.1
54	Lipscomb University	7.1
96	American University (Kogod)	7.0
98	University of Michigan-Dearborn	7.0
76	Seattle University (Albers)	6.9
95	Ithaca College	6.6
79	Drexel University (LeBow)	6.6
100	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally)	6.5
48	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	6.3
85	University of Denver (Daniels)	6.2

Do you believe your business degree was worth its cost in time and resources?
2026 Rank	School	Worth The Time
15	Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)	9.9
65	University of Evansville (Schroeder)	9.7
9	University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)	9.6
2	University of Virginia (McIntire)	9.6
1	University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)	9.6
31	Trinity University (Neidorff)	9.6
15	University of Illinois (Gies)	9.6
25	Southern Methodist University (Cox)	9.5
24	William & Mary (Mason)	9.5
35	Brigham Young University (Marriott)	9.5
7	Georgetown University (McDonough)	9.5
8	University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	9.4
41	Fairfield University (Dolan)	9.4
4	University of Michigan (Ross)	9.4
10	Emory University (Goizueta)	9.3
17	University of Richmond (Robins)	9.3
27	Binghamton University	9.3
32	Purdue University (Daniels)	9.3
5	University of Southern California (Marshall)	9.3
53	The Catholic University of America (Busch)	9.3
45	Marquette University	9.2
83	Roger Williams University (Gabelli)	9.2
36	University of Georgia (Terry)	9.2
38	Bucknell University (Freeman)	9.2
88	Longwood University	9.2
49	University of Dayton	9.2
57	Texas A&M University (Mays)	9.2
28	Texas Christian University (Neeley)	9.2
3	Cornell University (Dyson SC Johnson)	9.2
13	Wake Forest University	9.1
11	Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)	9.1
67	The College of New Jersey	9.1
30	Tulane University (Freeman)	9.1
92	University of Mary Washington	9.1
75	Marian University (Indianapolis)	9.1
91	Texas Tech University (Rawls)	9.1
12	Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)	9.1
50	Loyola Marymount University	9.1
21	University of Wisconsin-Madison	9.0
77	Christopher Newport University (Luter)	9.0
52	University of Houston (Bauer)	9.0
47	University of Tennessee (Haslam)	9.0
39	Miami University (Farmer)	9.0
43	Providence College	9.0
40	University of Colorado Boulder (Leeds)	9.0
14	Villanova University	8.9
93	University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Cameron)	8.9
51	Butler University (Lacy)	8.9
6	New York University (Stern)	8.9
56	Susquehanna University (Weis)	8.9
63	University of New Hampshire (Paul)	8.9
58	Seton Hall University (Stillman)	8.8
68	University of South Carolina (Darla Moore)	8.8
105	Florida International University	8.8
72	Adelphi University (Willumstad)	8.8
90	Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst)	8.8
33	Elon University (Love)	8.8
99	Sacred Heart University	8.8
78	University of Connecticut	8.8
102	University of the Pacific (Eberhardt)	8.8
59	Bryant University	8.7
70	St. John’s University (Tobin)	8.7
108	Northern Illinois University	8.7
19	University of Washington (Foster)	8.7
54	Lipscomb University	8.6
26	University of Pittsburgh	8.6
18	Boston University (Questrom)	8.6
101	University of Kansas	8.6
87	Hofstra University (Zarb)	8.6
107	Stony Brook University	8.6
23	University of Minnesota (Carlson)	8.6
81	Hult International Business School	8.6
61	Florida Southern College (Barnett)	8.6
106	Oregon State University	8.6
66	University of St. Thomas (Opus)	8.6
46	University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg)	8.6
37	Syracuse University (Whitman)	8.5
42	University of Rochester (Simon)	8.5
22	University of Miami (Herbert)	8.5
69	University of San Diego (Knauss)	8.5
74	Rutgers Business School – Newark	8.5
89	Texas State University (McCoy)	8.5
55	Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick	8.4
29	Fordham University (Gabelli)	8.4
64	University of Delaware (Lerner)	8.4
97	Iona University (LaPenta)	8.4
109	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Lubar)	8.3
73	Towson University	8.3
34	Lehigh University	8.3
61	University of Missouri-Columbia (Trulaske)	8.3
20	Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim)	8.3
110	Kennesaw State University (Coles)	8.2
94	University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal)	8.1
103	San Diego State University (Fowler)	8.1
104	San Jose State University (Lucas)	8.1
76	Seattle University (Albers)	8.1
84	Ohio University	8.1
80	Saint Louis University (Chaifetz)	8.1
86	University of Oregon (Lundquist)	8.1
96	American University (Kogod)	8.0
44	Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead)	8.0
60	North Carolina State University (Poole)	8.0
82	Duquesne University (Palumbo Donahue)	8.0
98	University of Michigan-Dearborn	8.0
71	Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders)	7.9
79	Drexel University (LeBow)	7.7
95	Ithaca College	7.6
85	University of Denver (Daniels)	7.3
100	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally)	6.8
48	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	6.3

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