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Best Business Degrees by ROI in 2026

500 programs ranked · Updated 2026

Top business programs ranked by earnings, AI risk, and ROI. Finance, accounting, management, and more.

Programs Ranked
500
Avg Earnings
$62,039/yr
Avg DW Score
80/100
#1 Program
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Best Business Degrees by ROI

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

# Program DW Score Earnings AI Risk ROI
1 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI 		91
86–92 		$83,260/yr Very High 27.3x
2 Finance and Financial Management Services
Brigham Young University · Provo, UT 		90
87–92 		$83,876/yr Very High 44.7x
3 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
University of Nebraska-Lincoln · Lincoln, NE 		89
85–90 		$75,137/yr Very High 26.0x
4 Business Administration
Bismarck State College · Bismarck, ND 		89
85–90 		$100,668/yr High 61.8x
5 Finance and Financial Management Services
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX 		89
86–91 		$81,844/yr Very High 23.9x
6 Finance and Financial Management Services
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL 		88
85–89 		$70,663/yr Very High 38.9x
7 Finance and Financial Management Services
University of Maryland-College Park · College Park, MD 		88
86–90 		$75,689/yr Very High 24.3x
8 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
University of Maryland-College Park · College Park, MD 		88
84–89 		$72,304/yr Very High 22.9x
9 Finance and Financial Management Services
Binghamton University · Vestal, NY 		88
86–90 		$73,598/yr Very High 27.0x
10 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
Purdue University-Main Campus · West Lafayette, IN 		88
84–89 		$70,903/yr Very High 24.3x
11 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
Arizona State University Campus Immersion · Tempe, AZ 		87
84–88 		$73,618/yr Very High 20.0x
12 Business Administration
University of California-Berkeley · Berkeley, CA 		87
83–87 		$90,008/yr High 23.4x
13 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL 		87
84–88 		$62,578/yr Very High 42.9x
14 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL 		87
83–87 		$60,290/yr Very High 38.3x
15 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA 		87
83–87 		$70,324/yr Very High 21.0x
16 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
Rutgers University-New Brunswick · New Brunswick, NJ 		87
83–88 		$78,177/yr Very High 16.2x
17 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College · New York, NY 		87
83–87 		$62,306/yr Very High 31.5x
18 Accounting and Related Services
Binghamton University · Vestal, NY 		87
83–89 		$74,151/yr Very High 22.9x
19 Business Administration
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC 		87
83–87 		$85,618/yr High 33.9x
20 Accounting and Related Services
Brigham Young University · Provo, UT 		87
84–89 		$68,393/yr Very High 40.3x
21 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Blacksburg, VA 		87
83–88 		$77,877/yr Very High 16.7x
22 Finance and Financial Management Services
University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI 		87
84–88 		$68,681/yr Very High 22.8x
23 Construction Management
California State University-Chico · Chico, CA 		86
83–87 		$89,075/yr High 35.2x
24 Accounting and Related Services
California State University-Northridge · Northridge, CA 		86
83–88 		$68,904/yr Very High 30.8x
25 Finance and Financial Management Services
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL 		86
84–88 		$75,381/yr Very High 17.5x
26 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
Ball State University · Muncie, IN 		86
82–87 		$67,350/yr Very High 20.9x
27 Accounting and Related Services
University of Maryland-College Park · College Park, MD 		86
82–88 		$69,821/yr Very High 20.6x
28 Business Administration
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor, MI 		86
82–87 		$93,674/yr High 19.4x
29 Finance and Financial Management Services
Utah Valley University · Orem, UT 		86
83–87 		$60,947/yr Very High 36.3x
30 Finance and Financial Management Services
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT 		86
84–88 		$68,066/yr Very High 24.9x
31 Finance and Financial Management Services
James Madison University · Harrisonburg, VA 		86
84–87 		$67,849/yr Very High 19.9x
32 General Sales
Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT 		86
84–87 		$93,151/yr High 29.3x
33 Finance and Financial Management Services
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ 		85
83–86 		$66,427/yr Very High 18.5x
34 Accounting and Related Services
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL 		85
82–87 		$65,144/yr Very High 33.7x
35 Finance and Financial Management Services
University of Georgia · Athens, GA 		85
83–87 		$67,444/yr Very High 20.3x
36 Construction Management
Boise State University · Boise, ID 		85
82–86 		$77,109/yr High 30.7x
37 Finance and Financial Management Services
Brigham Young University-Idaho · Rexburg, ID 		85
83–87 		$56,043/yr Very High 56.5x
38 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL 		85
81–85 		$72,527/yr Very High 14.7x
39 Accounting and Related Services
SUNY Oneonta · Oneonta, NY 		85
82–87 		$63,674/yr Very High 24.8x
40 Finance and Financial Management Services
Ohio University-Eastern Campus · Saint Clairsville, OH 		85
82–86 		$59,305/yr Very High 34.2x
41 Finance and Financial Management Services
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus · Chillicothe, OH 		85
82–86 		$59,305/yr Very High 34.2x
42 Finance and Financial Management Services
Ohio University-Southern Campus · Ironton, OH 		85
82–86 		$59,305/yr Very High 34.2x
43 Finance and Financial Management Services
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus · Lancaster, OH 		85
82–86 		$59,305/yr Very High 34.2x
44 Finance and Financial Management Services
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus · Zanesville, OH 		85
82–86 		$59,305/yr Very High 34.2x
45 Finance and Financial Management Services
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus · Norman, OK 		85
82–86 		$66,904/yr Very High 21.8x
46 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
University of South Carolina-Columbia · Columbia, SC 		85
81–85 		$68,804/yr Very High 16.9x
47 Finance and Financial Management Services
Texas A & M University-College Station · College Station, TX 		85
83–87 		$71,409/yr Very High 18.1x
48 Accounting and Related Services
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX 		85
82–87 		$68,082/yr Very High 19.5x
49 Business Administration
Brigham Young University · Provo, UT 		85
80–85 		$71,163/yr High 37.3x
50 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA 		85
81–86 		$68,049/yr Very High 16.8x

Methodology

Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score (0–100), combining graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and tuition ROI. Earnings data is from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.