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

Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business 2023 alumni rated the school the highest among 110 programs for both academic advising and career coaching.

ACADEMIC ADVISING & CAREER COACHING

Alumni were asked to appraise their school’s academic and career advising services on a 10-point scale, both for academic advising and career coaching.

How would you appraise the effectiveness of the business program’s academic advising?
2026 Rank	School	Academic Advising
15	Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)	9.6
109	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Lubar)	9.5
88	Longwood University	9.3
10	Emory University (Goizueta)	9.2
32	Purdue University (Daniels)	9.2
27	Binghamton University	9.1
45	Marquette University	9.1
4	University of Michigan (Ross)	9.0
38	Bucknell University (Freeman)	9.0
11	Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)	9.0
56	Susquehanna University (Weis)	9.0
17	University of Richmond (Robins)	8.9
8	University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	8.9
13	Wake Forest University	8.9
31	Trinity University (Neidorff)	8.9
5	University of Southern California (Marshall)	8.9
30	Tulane University (Freeman)	8.8
67	The College of New Jersey	8.8
1	University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)	8.8
63	University of New Hampshire (Paul)	8.8
53	The Catholic University of America (Busch)	8.8
15	University of Illinois (Gies)	8.8
87	Hofstra University (Zarb)	8.8
81	Hult International Business School	8.7
83	Roger Williams University (Gabelli)	8.7
41	Fairfield University (Dolan)	8.7
9	University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)	8.7
24	William & Mary (Mason)	8.7
65	University of Evansville (Schroeder)	8.7
26	University of Pittsburgh	8.6
2	University of Virginia (McIntire)	8.6
82	Duquesne University (Palumbo Donahue)	8.6
18	Boston University (Questrom)	8.6
29	Fordham University (Gabelli)	8.6
3	Cornell University (Dyson SC Johnson)	8.5
49	University of Dayton	8.5
40	University of Colorado Boulder (Leeds)	8.5
69	University of San Diego (Knauss)	8.5
77	Christopher Newport University (Luter)	8.5
25	Southern Methodist University (Cox)	8.5
91	Texas Tech University (Rawls)	8.4
57	Texas A&M University (Mays)	8.4
85	University of Denver (Daniels)	8.4
52	University of Houston (Bauer)	8.4
12	Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)	8.4
39	Miami University (Farmer)	8.3
6	New York University (Stern)	8.3
58	Seton Hall University (Stillman)	8.3
33	Elon University (Love)	8.3
61	Florida Southern College (Barnett)	8.3
75	Marian University (Indianapolis)	8.3
50	Loyola Marymount University	8.3
43	Providence College	8.3
107	Stony Brook University	8.3
102	University of the Pacific (Eberhardt)	8.3
105	Florida International University	8.2
66	University of St. Thomas (Opus)	8.2
21	University of Wisconsin-Madison	8.2
72	Adelphi University (Willumstad)	8.2
51	Butler University (Lacy)	8.2
64	University of Delaware (Lerner)	8.2
59	Bryant University	8.1
37	Syracuse University (Whitman)	8.1
7	Georgetown University (McDonough)	8.1
23	University of Minnesota (Carlson)	8.1
90	Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst)	8.1
47	University of Tennessee (Haslam)	8.1
35	Brigham Young University (Marriott)	8.0
78	University of Connecticut	8.0
28	Texas Christian University (Neeley)	8.0
19	University of Washington (Foster)	8.0
70	St. John’s University (Tobin)	8.0
86	University of Oregon (Lundquist)	7.9
79	Drexel University (LeBow)	7.9
108	Northern Illinois University	7.9
36	University of Georgia (Terry)	7.9
84	Ohio University	7.9
80	Saint Louis University (Chaifetz)	7.9
22	University of Miami (Herbert)	7.9
76	Seattle University (Albers)	7.9
95	Ithaca College	7.8
101	University of Kansas	7.8
93	University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Cameron)	7.8
14	Villanova University	7.8
89	Texas State University (McCoy)	7.8
110	Kennesaw State University (Coles)	7.7
46	University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg)	7.7
99	Sacred Heart University	7.7
74	Rutgers Business School – Newark	7.7
97	Iona University (LaPenta)	7.6
73	Towson University	7.6
104	San Jose State University (Lucas)	7.6
20	Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim)	7.5
34	Lehigh University	7.5
103	San Diego State University (Fowler)	7.4
98	University of Michigan-Dearborn	7.4
68	University of South Carolina (Darla Moore)	7.4
96	American University (Kogod)	7.3
42	University of Rochester (Simon)	7.3
106	Oregon State University	7.3
55	Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick	7.2
61	University of Missouri-Columbia (Trulaske)	7.2
71	Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders)	7.2
44	Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead)	7.2
54	Lipscomb University	7.1
60	North Carolina State University (Poole)	6.9
48	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	6.9
94	University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal)	6.8
92	University of Mary Washington	6.5
100	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally)	6.3

How would you appraise the effectiveness of the business program’s career coaching/advising?
2026 Rank	School	Career Coaching
15	Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)	9.7
41	Fairfield University (Dolan)	9.2
10	Emory University (Goizueta)	9.2
45	Marquette University	9.2
53	The Catholic University of America (Busch)	9.1
4	University of Michigan (Ross)	9.1
88	Longwood University	9.0
109	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Lubar)	9.0
15	University of Illinois (Gies)	9.0
13	Wake Forest University	9.0
56	Susquehanna University (Weis)	8.9
17	University of Richmond (Robins)	8.9
27	Binghamton University	8.9
30	Tulane University (Freeman)	8.9
25	Southern Methodist University (Cox)	8.8
65	University of Evansville (Schroeder)	8.8
11	Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)	8.8
5	University of Southern California (Marshall)	8.7
8	University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	8.7
9	University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)	8.7
49	University of Dayton	8.7
63	University of New Hampshire (Paul)	8.6
2	University of Virginia (McIntire)	8.6
24	William & Mary (Mason)	8.6
83	Roger Williams University (Gabelli)	8.5
32	Purdue University (Daniels)	8.5
81	Hult International Business School	8.5
87	Hofstra University (Zarb)	8.5
67	The College of New Jersey	8.5
28	Texas Christian University (Neeley)	8.5
31	Trinity University (Neidorff)	8.4
50	Loyola Marymount University	8.4
1	University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)	8.4
77	Christopher Newport University (Luter)	8.4
75	Marian University (Indianapolis)	8.4
26	University of Pittsburgh	8.3
59	Bryant University	8.3
47	University of Tennessee (Haslam)	8.3
52	University of Houston (Bauer)	8.3
91	Texas Tech University (Rawls)	8.3
12	Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)	8.3
40	University of Colorado Boulder (Leeds)	8.3
21	University of Wisconsin-Madison	8.3
23	University of Minnesota (Carlson)	8.2
33	Elon University (Love)	8.2
39	Miami University (Farmer)	8.2
6	New York University (Stern)	8.2
29	Fordham University (Gabelli)	8.2
18	Boston University (Questrom)	8.2
38	Bucknell University (Freeman)	8.1
70	St. John’s University (Tobin)	8.1
69	University of San Diego (Knauss)	8.1
19	University of Washington (Foster)	8.1
64	University of Delaware (Lerner)	8.1
57	Texas A&M University (Mays)	8.1
3	Cornell University (Dyson SC Johnson)	8.1
35	Brigham Young University (Marriott)	8.1
14	Villanova University	8.1
93	University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Cameron)	8.0
72	Adelphi University (Willumstad)	8.0
51	Butler University (Lacy)	8.0
43	Providence College	8.0
36	University of Georgia (Terry)	8.0
86	University of Oregon (Lundquist)	8.0
61	Florida Southern College (Barnett)	7.9
78	University of Connecticut	7.9
58	Seton Hall University (Stillman)	7.9
20	Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim)	7.9
84	Ohio University	7.9
85	University of Denver (Daniels)	7.9
95	Ithaca College	7.9
22	University of Miami (Herbert)	7.9
37	Syracuse University (Whitman)	7.8
102	University of the Pacific (Eberhardt)	7.8
107	Stony Brook University	7.8
105	Florida International University	7.8
7	Georgetown University (McDonough)	7.8
99	Sacred Heart University	7.8
82	Duquesne University (Palumbo Donahue)	7.8
101	University of Kansas	7.7
46	University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg)	7.7
90	Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst)	7.7
79	Drexel University (LeBow)	7.7
108	Northern Illinois University	7.7
89	Texas State University (McCoy)	7.7
74	Rutgers Business School – Newark	7.6
66	University of St. Thomas (Opus)	7.6
104	San Jose State University (Lucas)	7.6
48	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	7.5
68	University of South Carolina (Darla Moore)	7.5
110	Kennesaw State University (Coles)	7.4
76	Seattle University (Albers)	7.4
54	Lipscomb University	7.4
97	Iona University (LaPenta)	7.3
34	Lehigh University	7.3
55	Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick	7.3
80	Saint Louis University (Chaifetz)	7.3
96	American University (Kogod)	7.3
106	Oregon State University	7.2
73	Towson University	7.2
103	San Diego State University (Fowler)	7.1
61	University of Missouri-Columbia (Trulaske)	7.1
42	University of Rochester (Simon)	7.1
60	North Carolina State University (Poole)	7.1
94	University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal)	7.1
98	University of Michigan-Dearborn	6.9
92	University of Mary Washington	6.6
71	Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders)	6.5
44	Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead)	6.3
100	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally)	6.3

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