Where Students Go to Major in Business
With just a bachelor’s degree, students from some schools are well prepared to have a successful career in business.
These are the top 10 schools for undergraduate business programs, which were solely determined through a peer assessment survey conducted in spring 2014. Schools were scored on a scale of zero to 5.
8 (tie). Carnegie Mellon University
U.S. News rank: 25 (tie)
Score: 4.2
Percentage of graduates who continued studying business: 7 percent
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8 (tie). Indiana University–Bloomington
U.S. News rank: 76 (tie)
Score: 4.2
Percentage of graduates who continued studying business: N/A
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8 (tie). University of Texas–Austin
U.S. News rank: 53
Score: 4.2
Percentage of graduates who continued studying business: N/A
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6 (tie). University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
U.S. News rank: 30
Score: 4.3
Percentage of graduates who continued studying business: 3 percent
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6 (tie). University of Virginia
U.S. News rank: 23 (tie)
Score: 4.3
Percentage of graduates who continued studying business: N/A
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5. New York University
U.S. News rank: 32
Score: 4.4
Percentage of graduates who continued studying business: 7 percent
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4. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
U.S. News rank: 29
Score: 4.5
Percentage of graduates who continued studying business: N/A
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2 (tie). Massachusetts Institute of Technology
U.S. News rank: 7
Score: 4.6
Percentage of graduates who continued studying business: 1 percent
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2 (tie). University of California–Berkeley
U.S. News rank: 20
Score: 4.6
Percentage of graduates who continued studying business: N/A
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1. University of Pennsylvania
U.S. News rank: 8 (tie)
Score: 4.8
Percentage of graduates who continued studying business: 25 percent
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