Below are the recommended annual budgets for some of the top business schools in the US:
| School | Non-Resident | Resident | Average Loans |
| Purdue (Krannert) | $38,038 | $24,822 | $32,530 |
| Indiana (Kelley) | $38,048 | $24,980 | $33,567 |
| Washington | $41,961 | $32,021 | |
| Notre Dame (Mendoza) | $45,350 | $45,350 | $43,464 |
| Texas (McCombs) | $45,682 | $30,172 | $19,589 |
| Southern California | $47,500 | $47,500 | $60,000 |
| Babson | $49,322 | $49,322 | $60,731 |
| Maryland | $50,900 | $41,500 | |
| UNC Chapel Hill | $51,016 | $35,592 | |
| Vanderbilt (Owen) | $51,103 | $51,103 | $68,778 |
| Duke (Fuqua) | $53,429 | $53,429 | $66,414 |
| Michigan | $53,799 | $48,799 | $63,500 |
| UC Berkeley | $54,038 | $41,792 | $39,588 |
| Cornell | $54,055 | $54,055 | $66,500 |
| Virginia (Darden) | $54,200 | $49,200 | $62,291 |
| Georgetown | $55,450 | $55,450 | |
| Yale | $55,652 | $55,652 | $59,500 |
| UCLA | $56,579 | $46,266 | $60,000 |
| Carnegie Melon | $56,900 | $56,900 | $62,303 |
| Washington U | $58,866 | $58,866 | |
| Northwestern (Kellogg) | $60,680 | $60,680 | $50,000 |
| Dartmouth (Tuck) | $60,760 | $60,760 | $69,050 |
| NYU (Stern) | $61,170 | $61,170 | $76,441 |
| MIT (Sloan) | $63,890 | $63,890 | |
| Harvard | $64,100 | $64,100 | $78,663 |
| Pennsylvania (Wharton) | $64,422 | $64,422 | |
| Columbia | $64,510 | $64,510 | |
| Stanford | $64,569 | $64,569 | $66,457 |
| Chicago | $64,831 | $64,831 | |