Best MBA Programs for Finance (2026)

The top MBA programs for investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, and corporate finance careers.

1

Stanford GSB Stanford, CA

GMAT 738 Salary $192K Accept 6.9%

2

Harvard Business School Boston, MA

GMAT 740 Salary $195K Accept 11%

3

Wharton Philadelphia, PA

GMAT 733 Salary $185K Accept 18%

4

Booth Chicago, IL

GMAT 730 Salary $180K Accept 21%

5

Columbia Business School New York, NY

GMAT 729 Salary $180K Accept 15%

6

MIT Sloan Cambridge, MA

GMAT 730 Salary $178K Accept 12%

7

Berkeley Haas Berkeley, CA

GMAT 726 Salary $175K Accept 12%

8

NYU Stern New York, NY

GMAT 723 Salary $170K Accept 23%

9

Duke Fuqua Durham, NC

GMAT 720 Salary $168K Accept 22%

10

Michigan Ross Ann Arbor, MI

GMAT 720 Salary $170K Accept 24%

11

Dartmouth Tuck Hanover, NH

GMAT 722 Salary $172K Accept 22%

12

Virginia Darden Charlottesville, VA

GMAT 718 Salary $168K Accept 24%

13

Cornell Johnson Ithaca, NY

GMAT 710 Salary $165K Accept 27%

14

UCLA Anderson Los Angeles, CA

GMAT 714 Salary $160K Accept 25%

15

USC Marshall Los Angeles, CA

GMAT 710 Salary $155K Accept 27%

16

WashU Olin St. Louis, MO

GMAT 700 Salary $148K Accept 30%

17

Rice Jones Houston, TX

GMAT 705 Salary $148K Accept 28%

18

Rochester Simon Rochester, NY

GMAT 680 Salary $135K Accept 40%

19

Tulane Freeman New Orleans, LA

GMAT 680 Salary $128K Accept 42%

20

Fordham Gabelli New York, NY

GMAT 630 Salary $122K Accept 48%

21

Baruch Zicklin New York, NY

GMAT 637 Salary $118K Accept 54%

22

Bentley Waltham, MA

GMAT 620 Salary $95K Accept 55%

23

Iowa Tippie Iowa City, IA

GMAT 650 Salary $113K Accept 55%

24

Oklahoma Price Norman, OK

GMAT 604 Salary $81K Accept 73%

25

Denver Daniels Denver, CO

GMAT 616 Salary $100K Accept 65%

26

Fairfield (Dolan) Fairfield, CT

GMAT 590 Salary $85K Accept 65%

27

Hofstra (Zarb) Hempstead, NY

GMAT 588 Salary $110K Accept 75%

28

FAU Boca Raton, FL

GMAT 565 Salary $78K Accept 69%

29

Iona (LaPenta) New Rochelle, NY

GMAT 520 Salary $85K Accept 78%