| Rankings | College (Business School) | Total 5-Year MBA Earning | 5-Year BMA Gain as % of Expenses |
Years to Payback | Pre-MBA Salary | 2012 Salary | Media GMAT Score |
| 1 | Harvard | $118,000 | 51% | 3,6 | $79,000 | $230,000 | 730 |
| 2 | Stanford | $116,000 | 54% | 3,5 | $77,000 | $205,000 | 730 |
| 3 | Chicago (Booth) | $112,000 | 52% | 3,5 | $72,000 | $205,000 | 720 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania (Wharton) | $111,000 | 48% | 3,7 | $79,000 | $225,000 | 720 |
| 5 | Columbia | $106,000 | 48% | 3,6 | $76,000 | $198,000 | 712 |
| 6 | Dartmouth (Tuck) | $102,000 | 48% | 3,6 | $74,000 | $200,000 | 720 |
| 7 | Northwestern (Kellogg) | $101,000 | 50% | 3,5 | $68,000 | $183,000 | 720 |
| 8 | Cornell (Johnson) | $100,000 | 53% | 3,5 | $65,000 | $180,000 | 700 |
| 9 | Virginia (Darden) | $99,000 | 53% | 3,5 | $68,000 | $178,000 | 700 |
| 10 | MIT (Sloan) | $97,000 | 42% | 3,7 | $77,000 | $200,000 | 720 |
| 11 | Yale | $96,000 | 54% | 3,3 | $57,000 | $150,000 | 720 |
| 12 | Duke (Fuqua) | $93,000 | 49% | 3,6 | $63,000 | $162,000 | 700 |
| 13 | UC Berkeley (Haas) | $88,000 | 49% | 3,7 | $68,000 | $171,000 | 710 |
| 14 | Michigan (Ross) | $81,000 | 45% | 3,6 | $62,000 | $146,000 | 710 |
| 15 | Brigham Young (Marriott) | $81,000 | 73% | 3,1 | $47,000 | $108,000 | 680 |
| 16 | UNC (Kenan-Flagler) | $78,000 | 48% | 3,6 | $55,000 | $136,000 | 700 |
| 17 | Texas-Austin (McCombs) | $78,000 | 47% | 3,6 | $59,000 | $144,000 | 690 |
| 18 | NYU (Stern) | $77,000 | 42% | 3,7 | $61,000 | $160,000 | 710 |
| 19 | Michigan State (Broad) | $77,000 | 61% | 3,1 | $45,000 | $109,000 | 645 |
| 20 | UCLA (Anderson) | $77,000 | 45% | 3,7 | $63,000 | $159,000 | 710 |
| 21 | Iowa (Tippie) | $76,000 | 75% | 3,1 | $36,000 | $ 96,000 |
650 |
| 22 | Emory (Goizueta) | $72,000 | 47% | 3,5 | $55,000 | $128,000 | 680 |
| 23 | Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) | $72,000 | 38% | 3,8 | $55,000 | $147,000 | 700 |
| 24 | Texas A&M (Mays) | $72,000 | 64% | 3,3 | $46,000 | $116,000 | 646 |
| 25 | SMU (Cox) | $71,000 | 53% | 3,4 | $45,000 | $112,000 | 643 |
| 26 | Penn State (Smeal) | $70,000 | 56% | 3,2 | $49,000 | $111,000 | 650 |
| 27 | Indiana (Kelley) | $69,000 | 51% | 3,3 | $47,000 | $109,000 | 660 |
| 28 | Minnesota (Carlson) | $69,000 | 46% | 3,4 | $52,000 | $119,000 | 694 |
| 29 | Wisconsin-Madison | $69,000 | 53% | 3,5 | $50,000 | $119,000 | 680 |
| 30 | Wake Forest (Babcock) | $66,000 | 50% | 3,4 | $45,000 | $107,000 | 650 |
| 31 | Notre Dame (Mendoza) | $65,000 | 43% | 3,5 | $48,000 | $114,000 | 700 |
| 32 | Rochester (Simon) | $64,000 | 44% | 3,6 | $42,000 | $114,000 | 677 |
| 33 | Vanderbilt (Owen) | $64,000 | 38% | 3,8 | $56,000 | $140,000 | 670 |
| 34 | Ohio State (Fisher) | $63,000 | 46% | 3,6 | $49,000 | $115,000 | 680 |
| 35 | Georgetown (McDonough) | $62,000 | 39% | 3,8 | $50,000 | $138,000 | 685 |
| 36 | Washington (Foster) | $62,000 | 50% | 3,5 | $49,000 | $119,000 | 680 |
| 37 | Connecticut | $62,000 | 57% | 3,5 | $47,000 | $115,000 | 620 |
| 38 | Maryland (Smith) | $61,000 | 40% | 3,7 | $54,000 | $120,000 | 670 |
| 39 | USC (Marshall) | $61,000 | 36% | 3,9 | $54,000 | $144,000 | 690 |
| 40 | Purdue (Krannert) | $61,000 | 44% | 3,6 | $47,000 | $120,000 | 660 |
| 41 | William & Mary (Mason) | $60,000 | 49% | 3,6 | $43,000 | $118,000 | 615 |
| 42 | Georgia (Terry) | $60,000 | 48% | 3,6 | $49,000 | $120,000 | 640 |
| 43 | Georgia Tech | $57,000 | 42% | 3,6 | $54,000 | $127,000 | 680 |
| 44 | Babson (Olin) | $57,000 | 39% | 3,7 | $53,000 | $112,000 | 624 |
| 45 | Rice (Jones) | $56,000 | 34% | 3,9 | $54,000 | $126,000 | 680 |
| 46 | Rollins (Crummer) | $56,000 | 57% | 3,4 | $26,000 | $ 89,000 |
582 |
| 47 | Washington U-St. Louis(Olin) | $56,000 | 38% | 3,8 | $48,000 | $119,000 | 700 |
| 48 | U Buffalo, SUNY | $56,000 | 68% | 3,3 | $29,000 | $ 79,000 |
610 |
| 49 | Case Western (Weatherhead) | $55,000 | 43% | 3,6 | $43,000 | $105,000 | 600 |
| 50 | CUNY Baruch (Zicklin) | $55,000 | 50% | 3,5 | $44,000 | $104,000 | 650 |
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