2026 Best Business Schools | How Alumni Rate Their Undergraduate Business Degrees

by: Kristy Bleizeffer on March 23, 2026 | 48 minute read

Students at the University of Evansville (Schroeder) rated their school the highest out of 110 ranked programs for quality of teaching.

FACULTY QUALITY & ACCESSIBILITY

Good professors are worth their weight in gold, both in the classroom and out. We ask alumni to rate their business school professors on a 10-point scale both for the quality of their teaching, and their accessibility and mentorship.

How would you rate the quality of teaching in business courses? 
2026  Rank
School
Quality Of Teaching 
65 University of Evansville (Schroeder) 9.8
13 Wake Forest University  9.6
1 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 9.5
24 William & Mary (Mason) 9.5
15 Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) 9.4
88 Longwood University 9.4
17 University of Richmond (Robins) 9.4
10 Emory University (Goizueta) 9.4
45 Marquette University 9.4
5 University of Southern California (Marshall) 9.4
8 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 9.4
83 Roger Williams University (Gabelli) 9.3
9 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) 9.3
31 Trinity University (Neidorff) 9.3
15 University of Illinois (Gies) 9.3
59 Bryant University 9.2
4 University of Michigan (Ross) 9.2
49 University of Dayton 9.2
2 University of Virginia (McIntire) 9.2
51 Butler University (Lacy) 9.2
82 Duquesne University (Palumbo Donahue) 9.2
12 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 9.2
81 Hult International Business School 9.2
25 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 9.2
53 The Catholic University of America (Busch) 9.1
75 Marian University (Indianapolis) 9.1
50 Loyola Marymount University 9.1
28 Texas Christian University (Neeley) 9.1
30 Tulane University (Freeman) 9.1
102 University of the Pacific (Eberhardt) 9.1
3 Cornell University (Dyson SC Johnson) 9.1
69 University of San Diego (Knauss) 9.1
47 University of Tennessee (Haslam) 9.0
39 Miami University (Farmer) 9.0
11 Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 9.0
33 Elon University (Love) 9.0
41 Fairfield University (Dolan) 9.0
22 University of Miami (Herbert) 9.0
38 Bucknell University (Freeman) 9.0
57 Texas A&M University (Mays) 8.9
91 Texas Tech University (Rawls) 8.9
18 Boston University (Questrom) 8.9
35 Brigham Young University (Marriott) 8.9
7 Georgetown University (McDonough) 8.9
21 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8.9
66 University of St. Thomas (Opus) 8.9
40 University of Colorado Boulder (Leeds) 8.8
36 University of Georgia (Terry) 8.8
14 Villanova University  8.8
63 University of New Hampshire (Paul) 8.8
43 Providence College 8.8
6 New York University (Stern) 8.8
58 Seton Hall University (Stillman) 8.8
56 Susquehanna University (Weis) 8.8
84 Ohio University 8.8
70 St. John’s University (Tobin) 8.7
29 Fordham University (Gabelli) 8.7
97 Iona University (LaPenta) 8.7
64 University of Delaware (Lerner) 8.7
101 University of Kansas  8.7
23 University of Minnesota (Carlson) 8.7
89 Texas State University (McCoy) 8.7
52 University of Houston (Bauer) 8.7
72 Adelphi University (Willumstad) 8.7
19 University of Washington (Foster) 8.7
109 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Lubar) 8.7
105 Florida International University  8.6
80 Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) 8.6
87 Hofstra University (Zarb) 8.6
37 Syracuse University (Whitman) 8.6
61 Florida Southern College (Barnett) 8.6
110 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 8.6
90 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 8.6
32 Purdue University (Daniels) 8.6
93 University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Cameron) 8.6
107 Stony Brook University 8.5
73 Towson University 8.5
44 Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) 8.5
67 The College of New Jersey 8.5
26 University of Pittsburgh  8.5
27 Binghamton University 8.5
54 Lipscomb University 8.5
68 University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) 8.4
108 Northern Illinois University 8.4
77 Christopher Newport University (Luter) 8.4
99 Sacred Heart University 8.4
46 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 8.4
104 San Jose State University (Lucas) 8.4
78 University of Connecticut 8.4
60 North Carolina State University (Poole) 8.4
34 Lehigh University 8.3
92 University of Mary Washington 8.3
61 University of Missouri-Columbia (Trulaske) 8.3
42 University of Rochester (Simon) 8.3
74 Rutgers Business School – Newark 8.3
100 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally) 8.3
76 Seattle University (Albers) 8.3
106 Oregon State University 8.2
71 Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders) 8.2
85 University of Denver (Daniels) 8.2
94 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 8.2
55 Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick 8.1
20 Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) 8.1
95 Ithaca College 8.0
86 University of Oregon (Lundquist) 7.9
79 Drexel University (LeBow) 7.9
103 San Diego State University (Fowler) 7.9
96 American University (Kogod) 7.9
98 University of Michigan-Dearborn 7.7
48 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 7.5

 

Were business school faculty members available for mentoring outside of class? 
2026  Rank
School
Faculty Mentorship 
45 Marquette University 9.7
2 University of Virginia (McIntire) 9.7
8 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 9.6
88 Longwood University 9.6
50 Loyola Marymount University 9.6
49 University of Dayton 9.6
56 Susquehanna University (Weis) 9.6
83 Roger Williams University (Gabelli) 9.5
5 University of Southern California (Marshall) 9.5
24 William & Mary (Mason) 9.5
31 Trinity University (Neidorff) 9.5
53 The Catholic University of America (Busch) 9.5
77 Christopher Newport University (Luter) 9.5
41 Fairfield University (Dolan) 9.4
15 University of Illinois (Gies) 9.4
59 Bryant University 9.4
10 Emory University (Goizueta) 9.4
17 University of Richmond (Robins) 9.4
43 Providence College 9.4
30 Tulane University (Freeman) 9.3
15 Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) 9.3
12 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 9.3
75 Marian University (Indianapolis) 9.3
1 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 9.3
29 Fordham University (Gabelli) 9.3
9 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) 9.3
28 Texas Christian University (Neeley) 9.2
13 Wake Forest University  9.2
33 Elon University (Love) 9.2
69 University of San Diego (Knauss) 9.2
11 Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 9.2
65 University of Evansville (Schroeder) 9.2
72 Adelphi University (Willumstad) 9.2
82 Duquesne University (Palumbo Donahue) 9.2
58 Seton Hall University (Stillman) 9.1
47 University of Tennessee (Haslam) 9.1
4 University of Michigan (Ross) 9.1
63 University of New Hampshire (Paul) 9.1
7 Georgetown University (McDonough) 9.1
67 The College of New Jersey 9.1
39 Miami University (Farmer) 9.1
38 Bucknell University (Freeman) 9.1
51 Butler University (Lacy) 9.1
32 Purdue University (Daniels) 9.1
99 Sacred Heart University 9.0
80 Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) 9.0
25 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 9.0
40 University of Colorado Boulder (Leeds) 9.0
3 Cornell University (Dyson SC Johnson) 9.0
18 Boston University (Questrom) 8.9
35 Brigham Young University (Marriott) 8.9
84 Ohio University 8.9
64 University of Delaware (Lerner) 8.9
14 Villanova University  8.9
27 Binghamton University 8.9
22 University of Miami (Herbert) 8.9
61 Florida Southern College (Barnett) 8.9
101 University of Kansas  8.9
81 Hult International Business School 8.9
6 New York University (Stern) 8.8
102 University of the Pacific (Eberhardt) 8.8
109 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Lubar) 8.8
87 Hofstra University (Zarb) 8.8
95 Ithaca College 8.8
52 University of Houston (Bauer) 8.8
91 Texas Tech University (Rawls) 8.7
90 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 8.7
110 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 8.7
21 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8.7
37 Syracuse University (Whitman) 8.7
54 Lipscomb University 8.6
57 Texas A&M University (Mays) 8.6
85 University of Denver (Daniels) 8.6
26 University of Pittsburgh  8.6
86 University of Oregon (Lundquist) 8.6
36 University of Georgia (Terry) 8.6
97 Iona University (LaPenta) 8.6
108 Northern Illinois University 8.6
76 Seattle University (Albers) 8.6
66 University of St. Thomas (Opus) 8.5
89 Texas State University (McCoy) 8.5
46 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 8.4
74 Rutgers Business School – Newark 8.4
34 Lehigh University 8.4
23 University of Minnesota (Carlson) 8.4
93 University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Cameron) 8.4
78 University of Connecticut 8.4
68 University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) 8.4
105 Florida International University  8.3
94 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 8.3
73 Towson University 8.3
20 Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) 8.3
79 Drexel University (LeBow) 8.2
61 University of Missouri-Columbia (Trulaske) 8.2
107 Stony Brook University 8.2
44 Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) 8.2
48 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 8.2
55 Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick 8.1
92 University of Mary Washington 8.1
70 St. John’s University (Tobin) 8.1
42 University of Rochester (Simon) 8.1
96 American University (Kogod) 8.0
106 Oregon State University 8.0
104 San Jose State University (Lucas) 8.0
71 Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders) 8.0
103 San Diego State University (Fowler) 8.0
19 University of Washington (Foster) 8.0
60 North Carolina State University (Poole) 7.8
100 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally) 7.8
98 University of Michigan-Dearborn 7.6
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