U.S. News & World Report released its 2025 rankings of MBA programs April 8, part of the news outlet’s broader Best Graduate Schools rankings.
The media company produced multiple lists, including best full-time MBA programs, best part-time MBA programs and best executive MBA programs.
To rank full-time MBA programs, U.S. News ranked 133 business schools with eligible full-time campus-based programs on their career attainment success, student excellence and qualitative assessments by experts.
Each school’s overall rank was determined by scores on nine factors: acceptance rate, median undergraduate GPA, median GMAT and GRE scores, recruiter assessment score, peer assessment score, salary by profession, mean starting salary and bonus, employment rates at graduation, and employment rates three months after graduation. This methodology was also used to rank executive MBA programs.
To rank part-time MBA programs, U.S. News collected part-time program data for the six ranking factors: peer assessment score, part-time student ratio, part-time students total, GMAT/GRE scores, undergraduate grade point average, and work experience. More than 240 schools qualified for the ranking.
The top business schools for full-time MBAs
1. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
2 (tie). Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
2 (tie). Stanford (Calif.) University
4. University of Chicago Booth School of Business
5. MIT Sloan School of Management (Cambridge, Mass.)
6 (tie). Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (Hanover, N.H.)
6 (tie). Harvard University (Boston)
6 (tie). NYU Stern School of Business (New York City)
9. Columbia University (New York City)
10. Yale University (New Haven, Conn.)
The top business schools for part-time MBAs
1 (tie). Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
1 (tie). The Walter A. Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley
1 (tie). University of Chicago Booth School of Business
4. NYU Stern School of Business (New York City)
5. UCLA Anderson School of Management (Los Angeles)
6. The McCombs School of Business of the University of Texas at Austin
7. University of Michigan Ross School of Business (Ann Arbor)
8. Ohio State University Fisher College of Business (Columbus)
9. USC Marshall School of Business (Los Angeles)
10 (tie). Georgetown University McDonough School of Business (Washington, D.C.)
10 (tie). The Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business (Atlanta)
10 (tie). The Carlson School of Management of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis)
The top business schools for executive MBAs
1. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
2. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
3. University of Chicago Booth School of Business
4. Columbia University (New York City)
5. The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University (Durham, N.C.)
6. The Walter A. Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley
7. University of Michigan Ross School of Business (Ann Arbor)
8. NYU Stern School of Business (New York City)
9. UCLA Anderson School of Management (Los Angeles)
10. MIT Sloan School of Management (Cambridge, Mass.)
