MONEY ranks Foster School #15 of Best Colleges for Business Majors, #13 for Best Value

The Foster School of Business ranks best in the Northwest, #15 nationally, and #13 for best value in MONEY’s Best Colleges for Business Majors. Rated for educational quality, affordability and college payoff, the colleges were ranked based on data from the U.S. Department of Education, Peterson’s, PayScale.com, and MONEY/College Measures calculations.

Graduates from the Foster School’s undergraduate program started careers earning an average annual salary of $60,000 and carried relatively low student debt thanks to competitive tuition rates. The Foster School’s estimated tuition, after factoring in average grant funding, was the second lowest of the 50 schools ranked. According to NerdWallet’s ranking of the 100 Best U.S. Colleges for Business Majors, graduates from the Foster School’s undergraduate program earned an average annual salary of $97,500 ten years after graduation.

Best Colleges for Business Majors

Best Colleges Rank	Overall MONEY Rank	College	Median SAT/ACT Score	Est Price 2017-18 without Aid	Est Price 2017-18 with Avg. Grant	% Who Get Need-based Grants	% Who Get Merit Grants	Business Major Early Career Earnings
1	4	University of California-Berkeley	1370/32	$37,220	$17,929	48%	1%	$72,100
2	16	Washington and Lee University	1390/32	$65,737	$23,089	41%	10%	$60,000
3	27	University of Pennsylvania	1460/33	$71,074	$25,838	47%	N/A	$69,200
4	34	Brown University	1440/32	$69,809	$24,794	44%	N/A	$64,100
5	58	Babson College	1280/28	$68,214	$29,805	42%	6%	$59,200
6	40	University of Notre Dame	1430/33	$69,232	$28,834	42%	24%	$67,400
7	2	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	1240/NA	$31,365	$9,845	51%	8%	$52,100
7	16	Georgia Institute of Technology	1400/32	$30,660	$13,755	38%	25%	$61,000
9	3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	1380/31	$29,495	$17,018	32%	24%	$62,600
10	138	Santa Clara University	1300/30	$67,215	$40,174	33%	15%	$69,000
10	56	Georgetown University	1420/32	$71,355	$28,889	34%	12%	$61,400
12	78	Bentley University	1240/28	$66,000	$35,784	43%	7%	$61,800
12	5	University of California-Los Angeles	1330/30	$35,253	$14,921	52%	1%	$61,100
12	11	University of Virginia-Main Campus	1360/31	$31,221	$15,702	27%	2%	$64,300
15	13	University of Washington-Seattle	1230/28	$28,541	$10,524	35%	2%	$60,000
15	88	Boston College	1370/32	$70,329	$28,387	36%	1%	$62,300
15	59	Cornell University	1420/32	$70,113	$30,948	45%	N/A	$62,800
18	33	SUNY at Binghamton	1290/29	$27,020	$17,367	40%	3%	$57,100
18	20	University of Maryland-College Park	1320/NA	$26,538	$15,873	34%	3%	$58,800
20	9	University of California-Davis	1210/28	$36,294	$18,188	60%	1%	$56,300
20	149	Bucknell University	1310/30	$69,819	$38,531	39%	9%	$65,100
20	127	Emory University	1370/31	$66,573	$28,002	39%	12%	$67,600

Source: Money. See the full list of Top 50 Best Colleges for Business Majors

UW highly rated for access and return on investment

The University of Washington also rose to the top for ROI among public universities, where graduates earned an estimated 20-year return of more than $531,000, according to MONEY’s list of the Best 25 Public Colleges for Big Paychecks.

The New York Times’ College Access Index ranked the UW 18th in the nation, and ninth among public institutions, in its assessment of top universities doing the most to promote the American Dream. Universities with five-year graduation rates greater than 75 percent were selected based on of the number of lower- and middle-income students enrolled and the cost of education.

Nationally ranked for business

The Foster School Undergraduate Program ranks among the best business schools in the country in U.S. News & World Report and Businessweek. U.S. News also recognized Foster for accounting, entrepreneurship, international business, finance, and management.