Comparison of Expenses for Top Business Schools
| US News Rank | Highly-Ranked Business Programs | 1 Year* | 4 Years |
| 1 | Penn (Wharton) | $46,580 + travel | $186,320 + travel |
| 2 | $46,350 + travel | $185,400 + travel | |
| 3 | California-Berkeley | $41,052 | $164,208 |
| Michigan | $41,972 | $167,888 | |
| 5 | TEXAS | $19,150** | $76,600 |
| Carnegie Mellon | $46,308 | $185,232 | |
| New York Univ. | $47,170 | $188,680 | |
| North Carolina | $30,560 | $122,240 | |
| 9 | Southern California | $46,966 | $187,864 |
| Virginia | $33,414 + travel | $133,656 + travel | |
| 11 | Indiana | $30,362 | $121,448 |
| 12 | Cornell | $42,727 | $170,908 |
| Purdue | $29,524 | $118,096 | |
| Illinois | $30,882 | $123,528 | |
| Minnesota | $30,028 | $120,112 | |
| Wisconsin | $30,770 | $123,080 | |
| Washington Univ. | $44,240 | $176,960 | |
| Other Top Colleges | |||
| SMU | $36,088 | $144,352 | |
| Rice | $35,076 | $140,304 | |
| Stanford | $44,667 | $178,668 | |
| Princeton | $43,425 | $173,700 | |
| Yale | $43,700 | $174,800 | |
|
Harvard |
$44,350 | $177,400 |
* Excluding Texas, cost based on
2005-06 non-resident (if applicable) tuition and fees, on-campus housing, books, travel
and incidental costs for a full-time student. (Information
provided by each institution.)
** Cost based on 2005-06 resident (Texas) tuition and fees,
on-campus housing, books, travel, and incidental costs for a
full-time student.
