The ranking, published in December and updated in February, is from College Consensus, a college ranking and review aggregator.
College Consensus used data from Forbes, The Financial Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, U.S. News & World Report and Fortune to examine top MBA programs to determine which were offered in a hybrid and online format and could be completed in one year. Ranking scores were weighted equally (20% each) across the ranking systems, averaged and converted to a score on a 100-point scale to identify the degree’s consensus ranking. If there was a tie, College Consensus used the base tuition as the tiebreaker.
The 20 best one-year online MBA programs, according to the College Consensus analysis:
1. University of Florida (Gainesville)
2. University of Tennessee, Knoxville
3. Baylor University (Waco, Texas)
4. University of Cincinnati
5. American University (Washington, D.C.)
6. University of Oklahoma (Norman)
7. Pace University (New York City)
8. University of South Florida (Tampa)
9. Texas Tech University (Lubbock)
10. Boise (Idaho) State University
11. John Carroll University (University Heights, Ohio)
12. Canisius College (Buffalo, N.Y.)
13. West Virginia University (Morgantown)
14. Claremont (Calif.) Graduate University
15. Bryant University (Smithfield, R.I.)
16. St. John Fisher College (Rochester, N.Y.)
17. Bowling Green (Ohio) State University
18. Midwestern State University (Wichita Falls, Texas)
19. Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Texas)
20. Fayetteville (N.C.) State University
