🏆 Best Colleges for Chief executives

Ranked by Repit grade, then by degrees awarded in related programs

100 colleges ranked 9 related programs Updated 2024

🥇

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

📍 Ann Arbor, MI

1,398

degrees awarded

A+

🥈

University of Southern California

📍 Los Angeles, CA

2,557

degrees awarded

A

🥉

Northwestern University

📍 Evanston, IL

2,499

degrees awarded

A

#4

New York University

📍 New York, NY

2,393

degrees awarded

A

#5

Boston University

📍 Boston, MA

2,033

degrees awarded

A

#6

University of Florida

📍 Gainesville, FL

1,964

degrees awarded

A

#7

University of Georgia

📍 Athens, GA

1,556

degrees awarded

A

#8

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

📍 Chapel Hill, NC

1,419

degrees awarded

A

#9

University of Pennsylvania

📍 Philadelphia, PA

1,413

degrees awarded

A

#10

University of Chicago

📍 Chicago, IL

1,325

degrees awarded

A

#11

The University of Texas at Austin

📍 Austin, TX

1,130

degrees awarded

A

#12

University of California-Berkeley

📍 Berkeley, CA

1,026

degrees awarded

A

#13

Cornell University

📍 Ithaca, NY

958

degrees awarded

A

#14

San Diego State University

📍 San Diego, CA

2,650

degrees awarded

B+

#15

Florida International University

📍 Miami, FL

2,136

degrees awarded

B+

#16

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

📍 Champaign, IL

2,031

degrees awarded

B+

#17

California State University-Long Beach

📍 Long Beach, CA

1,770

degrees awarded

B+

#18

University of Central Florida

📍 Orlando, FL

1,618

degrees awarded

B+

#19

Florida State University

📍 Tallahassee, FL

1,515

degrees awarded

B+

#20

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

📍 New York, NY

1,497

degrees awarded

B+

#21

Ohio State University-Main Campus

📍 Columbus, OH

1,464

degrees awarded

B+

#22

Northeastern University

📍 Boston, MA

1,458

degrees awarded

B+

#23

North Carolina State University at Raleigh

📍 Raleigh, NC

1,327

degrees awarded

B+

#24

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

📍 Blacksburg, VA

1,285

degrees awarded

B+

#25

University of South Florida

📍 Tampa, FL

1,232

degrees awarded

B+

#26

University of Wisconsin-Madison

📍 Madison, WI

1,228

degrees awarded

B+

#27

Babson College

📍 Wellesley, MA

1,154

degrees awarded

B+

#28

Clemson University

📍 Clemson, SC

1,147

degrees awarded

B+

#29

Texas A & M University-College Station

📍 College Station, TX

1,145

degrees awarded

B+

#30

Purdue University-Main Campus

📍 West Lafayette, IN

1,128

degrees awarded

B+

#31

University of Maryland-College Park

📍 College Park, MD

1,112

degrees awarded

B+

#32

University of Washington-Seattle Campus

📍 Seattle, WA

1,016

degrees awarded

B+

#33

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

📍 Amherst, MA

1,001

degrees awarded

B+

#34

Indiana University-Bloomington

📍 Bloomington, IN

4,090

degrees awarded

B

#35

California State University-Fullerton

📍 Fullerton, CA

2,510

degrees awarded

B

#36

Arizona State University Campus Immersion

📍 Tempe, AZ

1,930

degrees awarded

B

#37

San Jose State University

📍 San Jose, CA

1,718

degrees awarded

B

#38

University of South Carolina-Columbia

📍 Columbia, SC

1,487

degrees awarded

B

#39

California State University-Northridge

📍 Northridge, CA

1,470

degrees awarded

B

#40

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

📍 Pomona, CA

1,465

degrees awarded

B

#41

The University of Alabama

📍 Tuscaloosa, AL

1,425

degrees awarded

B

#42

George Mason University

📍 Fairfax, VA

1,368

degrees awarded

B

#43

The University of Texas at Dallas

📍 Richardson, TX

1,356

degrees awarded

B

#44

University of Colorado Boulder

📍 Boulder, CO

1,344

degrees awarded

B

#45

University of Iowa

📍 Iowa City, IA

1,307

degrees awarded

B

#46

California State University-Sacramento

📍 Sacramento, CA

1,284

degrees awarded

B

#47

Auburn University

📍 Auburn, AL

1,267

degrees awarded

B

#48

Florida Atlantic University

📍 Boca Raton, FL

1,200

degrees awarded

B

#49

University of Massachusetts-Lowell

📍 Lowell, MA

1,156

degrees awarded

B

#50

University of Missouri-Columbia

📍 Columbia, MO

1,150

degrees awarded

B

#51

Texas Tech University

📍 Lubbock, TX

1,129

degrees awarded

B

#52

University of Houston

📍 Houston, TX

1,109

degrees awarded

B

#53

Washington State University

📍 Pullman, WA

1,065

degrees awarded

B

#54

California State University-Los Angeles

📍 Los Angeles, CA

1,034

degrees awarded

B

#55

University of Utah

📍 Salt Lake City, UT

1,016

degrees awarded

B

#56

University of Arkansas

📍 Fayetteville, AR

1,015

degrees awarded

B

#57

University of North Carolina Wilmington

📍 Wilmington, NC

1,014

degrees awarded

B

#58

University of Kentucky

📍 Lexington, KY

975

degrees awarded

B

#59

University of California-Riverside

📍 Riverside, CA

972

degrees awarded

B

#60

California State University-San Bernardino

📍 San Bernardino, CA

943

degrees awarded

B

#61

Liberty University

📍 Lynchburg, VA

3,905

degrees awarded

C+

#62

American Public University System

📍 Charles Town, WV

3,852

degrees awarded

C+

#63

Grand Canyon University

📍 Phoenix, AZ

3,740

degrees awarded

C+

#64

Valencia College

📍 Orlando, FL

3,351

degrees awarded

C+

#65

Brigham Young University-Idaho

📍 Rexburg, ID

2,844

degrees awarded

C+

#66

Miami Dade College

📍 Miami, FL

2,618

degrees awarded

C+

#67

Northeastern University Professional Programs

📍 Boston, MA

1,359

degrees awarded

C+

#68

Utah Valley University

📍 Orem, UT

1,344

degrees awarded

C+

#69

San Francisco State University

📍 San Francisco, CA

1,108

degrees awarded

C+

#70

Sinclair Community College

📍 Dayton, OH

1,046

degrees awarded

C+

#71

Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi

📍 Corpus Christi, TX

1,029

degrees awarded

C+

#72

California State University-East Bay

📍 Hayward, CA

1,024

degrees awarded

C+

#73

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

📍 Denver, CO

992

degrees awarded

C+

#74

San Jacinto Community College

📍 Pasadena, TX

991

degrees awarded

C+

#75

Pasadena City College

📍 Pasadena, CA

982

degrees awarded

C+

#76

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

📍 Cincinnati, OH

963

degrees awarded

C+

#77

Southern New Hampshire University

📍 Manchester, NH

10,807

degrees awarded

C

#78

Western Governors University

📍 Salt Lake City, UT

5,984

degrees awarded

C

#79

Purdue University Global

📍 West Lafayette, IN

4,890

degrees awarded

C

#80

Ivy Tech Community College

📍 Indianapolis, IN

3,545

degrees awarded

C

#81

University of Maryland Global Campus

📍 Adelphi, MD

3,363

degrees awarded

C

#82

University of the People

📍 Pasadena, CA

3,292

degrees awarded

C

#83

DeVry University-Illinois

📍 Lisle, IL

2,388

degrees awarded

C

#84

Louisiana State University-Shreveport

📍 Shreveport, LA

2,313

degrees awarded

C

#85

Eastern Gateway Community College

📍 Steubenville, OH

2,028

degrees awarded

C

#86

Columbia Southern University

📍 Orange Beach, AL

2,010

degrees awarded

C

#87

Cerritos College

📍 Norwalk, CA

1,894

degrees awarded

C

#88

Lee College

📍 Baytown, TX

1,518

degrees awarded

C

#89

Lone Star College System

📍 The Woodlands, TX

1,446

degrees awarded

C

#90

Broward College

📍 Fort Lauderdale, FL

1,029

degrees awarded

C

#91

Franklin University

📍 Columbus, OH

997

degrees awarded

C

#92

Pennsylvania State University-World Campus

📍 University Park, PA

995

degrees awarded

C

#93

University of Houston-Downtown

📍 Houston, TX

983

degrees awarded

C

#94

University of Phoenix-Arizona

📍 Phoenix, AZ

11,825

degrees awarded

D

#95

Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs

📍 Colorado Springs, CO

4,366

degrees awarded

D

#96

American InterContinental University System

📍 Chandler, AZ

1,848

degrees awarded

D

#97

Strayer University-Global Region

📍 Washington, DC

1,703

degrees awarded

D

#98

Ashford University

📍 San Diego, CA

1,591

degrees awarded

D

#99

Walden University

📍 Minneapolis, MN

1,228

degrees awarded

D

#100

Capella University

📍 Minneapolis, MN

1,082

degrees awarded

D

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