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
$57,794/yr
Avg DW Score
86/100
#1 Program
Business Administration
Bismarck State College

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 Business Administration
Bismarck State College · Bismarck, ND
96
90–98
$100,668/yr High 61.8x
2 Business Administration
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC
95
89–97
$85,618/yr High 33.9x
3 General Sales
Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT
93
89–95
$93,151/yr High 29.3x
4 Business Administration
University of California-Berkeley · Berkeley, CA
94
87–97
$90,008/yr High 23.4x
5 Business Administration
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor, MI
93
86–95
$93,674/yr High 19.4x
6 General Sales
Bellevue University · Bellevue, NE
91
87–93
$75,543/yr High 24.4x
7 Business (General)
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX
95
89–95
$94,041/yr High 19.1x
8 Business Administration
Brigham Young University · Provo, UT
93
87–95
$71,163/yr High 37.3x
9 General Sales
Kennesaw State University · Kennesaw, GA
92
87–94
$72,092/yr High 47.2x
10 Business Administration
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo · San Luis Obispo, CA
92
86–94
$71,876/yr High 22.2x
11 Business (General)
Indiana University-Bloomington · Bloomington, IN
91
85–93
$71,100/yr High 21.4x
12 Business Administration
Great Basin College · Elko, NV
92
86–94
$64,807/yr High 50.5x
13 Business Administration
Thomas Edison State University · Trenton, NJ
93
87–94
$69,147/yr High 29.5x
14 Finance
Brigham Young University · Provo, UT
92
86–95
$83,876/yr Very High 44.7x
15 Business Administration
Weber State University · Ogden, UT
92
86–94
$65,966/yr High 31.9x
16 Management Science & Analytics
University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI
93
85–95
$83,260/yr Very High 27.3x
17 Business Administration
Colorado State University Global · Aurora, CO
92
86–94
$69,863/yr High 25.2x
18 Business Administration
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus · Atlanta, GA
92
86–93
$73,557/yr High 19.5x
19 Business Administration
Maine Maritime Academy · Castine, ME
93
88–94
$98,743/yr High 15.7x
20 Business (General)
CUNY Graduate School and University Center · New York, NY
91
86–93
$65,520/yr High 24.6x
21 Finance
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX
90
83–93
$81,844/yr Very High 23.9x
22 Management Science & Analytics
Brigham Young University · Provo, UT
94
86–95
$79,777/yr Very High 29.7x
23 Business Administration
Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT
91
85–93
$66,432/yr High 22.9x
24 Finance
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL
90
84–93
$70,663/yr Very High 38.9x
25 Business Administration
University of Maryland Global Campus · Adelphi, MD
91
85–92
$62,634/yr High 23.8x
26 Business Administration
University of Maryland-College Park · College Park, MD
90
83–92
$65,842/yr High 21.2x
27 Finance
University of Maryland-College Park · College Park, MD
89
82–93
$75,689/yr Very High 24.3x
28 Management Science & Analytics
University of Nebraska-Lincoln · Lincoln, NE
92
84–94
$75,137/yr Very High 26.0x
29 Finance
Binghamton University · Vestal, NY
89
82–93
$73,598/yr Very High 27.0x
30 Business (General)
University of Houston-Clear Lake · Houston, TX
90
83–92
$56,494/yr High 26.6x
31 Business Administration
Utah Valley University · Orem, UT
91
85–93
$60,132/yr High 31.5x
32 General Sales
Weber State University · Ogden, UT
88
83–90
$57,451/yr High 30.9x
33 Management Science & Analytics
Central Washington University · Ellensburg, WA
93
86–94
$81,377/yr Very High 21.1x
34 Business Administration
Olympic College · Bremerton, WA
91
85–93
$58,058/yr High 33.6x
35 Business Administration
University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI
90
84–92
$67,699/yr High 19.6x
36 General Sales
Purdue University-Main Campus · West Lafayette, IN
87
83–90
$62,580/yr High 22.1x
37 Business Administration
Columbia Southern University · Orange Beach, AL
91
85–92
$58,468/yr High 26.4x
38 Business Administration
California State University Maritime Academy · Vallejo, CA
90
83–92
$57,265/yr High 26.3x
39 Business Administration
Charter Oak State College · New Britain, CT
90
84–91
$62,742/yr High 20.4x
40 Management Science & Analytics
Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL
90
83–92
$62,578/yr Very High 42.9x
41 Business Administration
University of Idaho · Moscow, ID
90
83–91
$59,334/yr High 22.3x
42 Business Administration
Brigham Young University-Idaho · Rexburg, ID
90
84–92
$53,635/yr High 39.1x
43 Management Science & Analytics
University of Maryland-College Park · College Park, MD
91
82–93
$72,304/yr Very High 22.9x
44 Business Administration
Bellevue University · Bellevue, NE
90
84–91
$60,931/yr High 21.7x
45 Business (General)
Empire State University · Saratoga Springs, NY
89
84–90
$57,225/yr High 21.2x
46 Business Administration
Ohio University-Eastern Campus · Saint Clairsville, OH
90
84–90
$57,006/yr High 22.8x
47 Business Administration
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus · Chillicothe, OH
90
84–90
$57,006/yr High 22.8x
48 Business Administration
Ohio University-Southern Campus · Ironton, OH
90
84–90
$57,006/yr High 22.8x
49 Business Administration
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus · Lancaster, OH
90
84–90
$57,006/yr High 22.8x
50 Business Administration
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus · Zanesville, OH
90
84–90
$57,006/yr High 22.8x

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.