Pursuing an MBA in the United States provides access to top-tier education, global exposure, and strong career opportunities. The country remains a preferred destination for MBA aspirants, with its business schools consistently ranking among the best worldwide.
The QS Rankings 2025 highlight the leading MBA programs in the US along with their respective costs.
Stanford Graduate School of Business, located in California, holds the highest ranking with an overall score of 100. The total first-year cost for a single student is $130,746 (approximately Rs 1,13,51,341), covering tuition, living expenses, housing, medical insurance, and health fees. For married students, the cost rises to $157,206 (around Rs 1,36,49,418).
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, based in Philadelphia, has an overall score of 99.8. The total first-year expense is $127,716 (approximately Rs 1,10,90,915), which includes tuition, university fees, living costs, and health insurance.
Harvard Business School, situated in Boston, earned an overall score of 99.4. The total cost for a single student in the first year is $118,854 (around Rs 1,03,20,229), covering tuition, health insurance, student health fees, course materials, housing, transportation, and other living expenses.
MIT Sloan School of Management has an overall score of 99.2. The first-year MBA program costs $152,280 (approximately Rs 1,32,23,241), inclusive of all fees.
Columbia Business School received an overall score of 96.9. The total first-year expense amounts to $132,258 (approximately Rs 1,14,84,630), covering tuition, health insurance, housing, food, books, course materials, supplies, equipment, personal expenses, and transportation.
Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University achieved an overall score of 95.5. The total cost for the first year is $168,327 (around Rs 1,46,14,776), including tuition, food and housing, books and supplies, travel, personal expenses, health insurance, computer equipment, and various fees.
Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley has an overall score of 94.8. The total cost for first-year students is $115,616 (around Rs 1,00,38,350), covering tuition, housing, food, books and supplies, transportation, health insurance, and personal expenses.
UCLA Anderson School of Management received an overall score of 94.5. The total first-year cost is $132,116 (around Rs 1,14,70,961), inclusive of all fees.
Chicago Booth School of Business holds an overall score of 94.4. The total first-year expense is $125,937 (approximately Rs 1,09,34,470), covering tuition, student services fees, administrative service fees, lifetime transcript fees, books and course materials, housing, food, miscellaneous personal expenses, and transportation.
