U.S. News & World Report offers one of the world’s most comprehensive school ranking systems available, highlighting hundreds of business schools in the United States. The annually released ranking organizes school programs according to peer and recruiter assessment, career success, and GMAT/GRE scores into a weighted average.
Key Points
Key Points
- For the first time, Wharton claims first place on its own in the U.S. News ranking.
- Stanford GSB also jumped up two places
- HBS dropped two places. (HBS had maintained the leading position for three years, having tied for number 1 with Chicago Booth last year.)
- HBS and Booth now tie with MIT / Sloan in the third position.
- Columbia Business School rose three places. CBS is joined by Northwestern / Kellogg and UC Berkeley / Haas in the sixth spot.
- Yale SOM and Duke / Fuqua joined the top 10 together
- Dartmouth Tuck fell out of the top 10 and is tied at 12th with NYU / Stern and UVA / Darden.
| Ranking | School |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania |
| 2 | Stanford GSB |
| 3 (tie) | Harvard Business School |
| 3 (tie) | MIT Sloan School of Management |
| 3 (tie) | University of Chicago Booth School of Business |
| 6 (tie) | Columbia Business School |
| 6 (tie) | Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management |
| 6 (tie) | UC Berkeley Haas School of Business |
| 9 | Yale School of Management |
| 10 (tie) | Duke University Fuqua School of Business |
| 10 (tie) | University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business |
| 12 (tie) | Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business |
| 12 (tie) | NYU Stern School of Business |
| 13 (tie) | UVA Darden School of Business |
| 15 | Cornell University SC Johnson Graduate School of Management |
| 16 | UCLA Anderson School of Management |
| 17 (tie) | Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business |
| 17 (tie) | USC Marshall School of Business |
| 19 (tie) | University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School |
| 19 (tie) | UT Austin McCombs School of Business |
| 21 (tie) | Emory University Goizueta School of Business |
| 21 (tie) | Indiana University Kelley School of Business |
| 21 (tie) | UW Foster School of Business |
| 24 | Georgetown University McDonough School of Business |
| 25 | University of Florida Warrington College of Business |
| 26 | Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business |
| 26 (tie) | Notre Dame University Mendoza College of Business |
| 26 (tie) | Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School |
| 29 (tie) | Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business |
| 29 (tie) | Owen Graduate School of Business of Vanderbilt University |
| 31 | Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business |
| 32 | Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University |
| 33 (tie) | Arizona State University W.P. School of Business |
| 33 (tie) | Penn State Smeal College of Business |
| 35 (tie) | University of Minnesota Curtis L. Carlson School of Management |
| 35(tie) | University of Wisconsin School of Business |
| 37 | University of Georgia Terry College of Business |
| 38 (tie) | Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University |
| 38 (tie) | UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management |
| 40 (tie) | Mays Business School at Texas A&M University–College Station |
| 40 (tie) | UMD Smith Boston University Questrom School of Business |
| 40 (tie) | University of Rochester Simon Business School |
| 43 (tie) | Boston College Carroll School of Management |
| 43 (tie) | SMU Cox School of Business |
| 43 (tie) | UC Irvine Merage School of Business |
| 43 (tie) | University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business |
| 47 (tie) | Iowa State University College of Business |
| 47 (tie) | Graduate School of Management at University of California–Davis |
| 47 (tie) | College of Business at University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign |
| 50 (tie) | Questrom School of Business at Boston University |
| 50 (tie) | Manderson Graduate School of Business at University of Alabama |
| 52 (tie) | Baruch College Zicklin School of Business |
| 52 (tie) | University of Arizona Eller College of Management |
| 54 (tie) | The Raymond A. Mason School of Business at College of William and Mary |
| 54 (tie) | The Haslam College of Business at University of Tennessee–Knoxville |
| 55 (tie) | The David Eccles School of Business at University of Utah |
| 57 | The Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University |
| 58 (tie) | The DAmore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University |
| 58 (tie) | Rutgers Business School (New Brunswick, Newark) |
| 58 (tie) | The Michael F. Price College of Business at University of Oklahoma |
| 61 (tie) | George Washington University School of Business |
| 61 (tie) | TCU Neeley School of Business |
| 63 (tie) | Babson College Olin Graduate School of Business |
| 63 (tie) | Fordham University Gabelli School of Business |
| 63 (tie) | A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University |
| 66 | School of Management at University at Buffalo–SUNY |
| 67 (tie) | Howard University School of Business |
| 67 | Gatton College of Business and Economics at University of Kentucky |
| 69 (tie) | Raymond J. Harbert College of Business at Auburn University |
| 69 (tie) | E. J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge |
| 69 (tie) | Rady School of Management at University of California–San Diego |
| 69 (tie) | Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business at University of Missouri |
| 73 | Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University |
| 74 (tie) | Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University |
| 74 (tie) | Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business |
| 74 (tie) | Krannert School of Management at Purdue University–West Lafayette |
| 74 (tie) | The Isenberg School of Management at University of Massachusetts–Amherst |
| 74 (tie) | Darla Moore School of Business at University of South Carolina |
| 79 (tie) | School of Business at Clemson University |
| 79 (tie) | College of Business at Florida State University |
| 79 (tie) | University of Colorado Leeds School of Business (Boulder) |
| 79 (tie) | School of Business at University of Connecticut |
| 83 | School of Business at Stevens Institute of Technology |
| 84 | Drexel University LeBow College of Business |
| 85 (tie) | Chapman University Argyros School of Business |
| 85 (tie) | Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University |
| 87 (tie) | Sam M. Walton College of Business at University of Arkansas–Fayetteville |
| 87 (tie) | College of Business at University of Louisville Baylor University Hankamer School of Business |
| 89 (tie) | Binghamton University (SUNY) School of Management |
| 89 (tie) | Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University |
| 91 (tie) | A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management at University of California–Riverside |
| 91 (tie) | University of Denver Daniels College of Business |
| 93 (tie) | Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology |
| 93 (tie) | The School of Business at University of Kansas |
| 95 (tie) | C.T. Bauer College of Business at University of Houston |
| 95 (tie) | Muma College of Business at University of South Florida |
| 97 (tie) | Carl H. Lindner College of Business at University of Cincinnati |
| 97 (tie) | Lundquist College of Business at University of Oregon |
