U.S. News & World Report released its Best Business Schools rankings April 7, comparing full-time, campus-based Master of Business Administration programs on academic quality and graduate success. The rankings also include part-time and executive MBA programs, which are evaluated using separate methodologies.
The media company ranked 134 business schools with eligible full-time programs based on career attainment, student selectivity and qualitative assessments from experts.
For part-time MBA programs, U.S. News evaluated 245 programs across six indicators: peer assessment scores, part-time student ratio, total part-time enrollment, GMAT and GRE scores, undergraduate GPA and work experience.
Data used in the rankings was collected between fall 2025 and early 2026 from AACSB-accredited schools that participated in U.S. News‘ statistical survey.
Each school’s overall rank was determined by scores across nine indicators, including acceptance rate, median undergraduate GPA, median GMAT and GRE scores, recruiter and peer assessment scores, salary outcomes and employment rates at graduation and three months after graduation.
Executive MBA programs were ranked separately based solely on peer assessment surveys completed by business school deans and directors, reflecting perceived program quality.
More information about the methodology is available here and here.
Note: The lists include ties.
Top business schools for full-time MBAs
1. Stanford (Calif.) University
2. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
3. University of Chicago Booth School of Business
4. Harvard University (Boston)
4. Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
6. MIT Sloan School of Management (Cambridge, Mass.)
7. Columbia University (New York City)
7. NYU Stern School of Business (New York City)
9. Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (Hanover, N.H.)
10. The Walter A. Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley
Top business schools for part-time MBAs
1. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
1. The Walter A. Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley
3. NYU Stern School of Business (New York City)
3. University of Chicago Booth School of Business
5. UCLA Anderson School of Management (Los Angeles)
6. University of Michigan Ross School of Business (Ann Arbor)
6. The McCombs School of Business of the University of Texas at Austin
8. Ohio State University Fisher College of Business (Columbus)
9. The Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business (Atlanta)
10. USC Marshall School of Business (Los Angeles)
Top business schools for executive MBAs
1. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
2. MIT Sloan School of Management (Cambridge, Mass.)
2. University of Chicago Booth School of Business
4. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
4. The Walter A. Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley
6. Columbia University (New York City)
7. UCLA Anderson School of Management (Los Angeles)
7. The Yale School of Management (New Haven, Conn.)
9. Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.)
9. The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University (Durham, N.C.)
9. NYU Stern School of Business (New York City)
9. UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
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