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Official PostAll MBA Rankings: 2025

Welcome to the MBA rankings thread. Below you will find links of the various ranking lists. e.g. Full time, part time, international, etc. Click on the respective link to see that ranking.




Top US Business Schools: 2025 Combined Rankings
(Financial Times and US News)
US News 2025 RankSchoolFT 2025 Global Rank
1Wharton (University of Pennsylvania)1
2Columbia Business School2
3MIT Sloan6
4Northwestern – Kellogg10
5Duke – Fuqua11
6Harvard Business School13
7Cornell – Johnson13
8Berkeley Haas15
9Chicago Booth17
10UCLA Anderson19
11Dartmouth – Tuck20
12Virginia – Darden20
13Yale – SOM24
14Michigan – Ross29
15NYU – Stern31
16Washington Foster34
17McDonough – Georgetown43
18Emory – Goizueta45
19Florida – Warrington48
20Scheller – Georgia Tech58
21ASU – Carey59
22Rochester – Simon60
23Georgia – Terry55



How This Compares to 2024 Ranking:

  • Wharton remains at #1 in FT for 2025 (previously unranked in FT ’23 in your table).
  • Stanford, previously #4 in FT ’23, has dropped off the 2025 Global MBA list entirely.
  • Harvard fell significantly to around #13 (tied with Cornell Johnson).
  • MIT Sloan sits at #6 globally (3rd among U.S. schools).
  • Chicago Booth slipped out of top 10 (to 17th globally).
  • Kellogg, Tuck, Darden all dropped but still remain in top 20–30 range. Kellogg is #10, Tuck and Darden tied at 20.
  • Ross, Stern, Foster, McDonough, Goizueta, Warrington, Scheller, Simon, Terry all remain, but generally downward shifts, mostly in 30–60 ranges.
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Narenn can you add a new column stating the duration of the programme? etc 1year/2year for the full time MBA rankings

All the Full time MBA programs in the US are two year programs.
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Narenn can you add a new column stating the duration of the programme? etc 1year/2year for the full time MBA rankings

All the Full time MBA programs in the US are two year programs.
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Yeah... as Stonecold pointed out almost all full time programs in US have 2 year duration so we don't really need to highlight the duration on the list.
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When will the 2019 rankings be posted, with updated GMAT scores and other information?
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Thank you! New rankings and stats will be posted by Monday evening.
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First post of this thread is updated with US News 2019 MBA rankings and new stats.



Here're key highlights of the new rankings...

US News 2019 Rankings - Analysis
Most Competitive MBA ProgramsPrograms with highest post MBA salariesPrograms with highest placement ratePrograms with highest GMAT score
Top 10Stanford GSB (Acceptance Rate 6%; Category Average 17%)Stanford ($144K); Harvard ($137K); Wharton ($136K); Category Average ($131K)Booth (95%); Sloan and Ross (94%); Category Average (92%)Stanford (737); Kellogg (732); Harvard (731); Category Average (727)
Top 11-30Yale SOM (Acceptance Rate 17%; Category Average 30%)Cornell ($126K); Darden ($125K); Fuqua ($123K); Category Average ($115K)Foster (98%); Olin (97%); Carey and Carlson (96%); Category Average (92%)Yale SOM (727); UCLA (715); Stern (714); Category Average (697)
Top 31 - 60Hough Florida (Acceptance Rate 15%; Category Average 39%)Mendoza ($107K); Mays ($106K); Smeal ($105K); Category Average ($94K)Fisher and Simon (94%); Terry and Hankamer (93%); Category Average (88%)Hough (682); Questrom and Marriott (680); Category Average (653)


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The Tableau Chart for the Top 50 has been updated by Vyshak to include the latest rankings and he also added a slider to help isolate a certain group within the rankings.

P.S. You can also click or CTRL+Click to highlight just a few schools


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Wow! This looks so colorful. A bit clumsy yes, but informative nonetheless. ;) What took me by surprise, and is a strikingly noticeable, is the consistency of Haas over these years! :-o

Thanks for compiling this bb :-)
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Wow! This looks so colorful. A bit clumsy yes, but informative nonetheless. ;) What took me by surprise, and is a strikingly noticeable, is the consistency of Haas over these years! :-o

Thanks for compiling this bb :-)
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All credit goes to Vyshak
If you have any suggestions to improve, we are all ears :-)


PS. All the colors are the appropriate school colors that match accordingly. So it is not just colorful for the heck of it.


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Good job Vyshak :thumbup: :-)

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Maybe using a lighter background color will make it look less cluttered? :?

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How on earth did I miss that? :roll:

Another observation: The top half of the image looks so calm, which shows the top B-schools are more or less consistent, whereas, the bottom half is all turbulence and shows the heavy variations in the consistency of the schools in that range.
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Another observation: The top half of the image looks so calm, which shows the top B-schools are more or less consistent, whereas, the bottom half is all turbulence and shows the heavy variations in the consistency of the schools in that range.
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Yes, it is a fight to the death below top 20 in the chart - a dog-eat-dog world whereas it is a peace and calm above the 20 marker. Feels almost like a social divider. huh. never looked at it that way.
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The more I see different ranking lists with wild fluctuations in some schools' positioning, the more I realize that you cannot live and die by a school rank. Just as the school needs to look at more than just your GMAT score when deciding whether or not to consider taking you in, you as an applicant have got to look at the total package and not just the position on a list. I mean, how can a school be in the top 3 on one list and not even crack the top 20 on another? And some of these lists are US-centric besides, which doesn't help much if you're looking at UK/European schools as well. That said, this post is definitely helpful. Thanks for posting!
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Just as the school needs to look at more than just your GMAT score when deciding whether or not to consider taking you in, you as an applicant have got to look at the total package and not just the position on a list.
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I second that! very good point :thumbup:
One of the most important factors to consider when choosing MBA programs is specializations. Students have the opportunity to either pursue a general management program or complete a specialization as part of the MBA program. Specializations are a matter of choice and all students receive the same MBA education regardless of whether or not they complete a specialization. Students should consider their career goals and professional development in settling on a specialization. While new fields are arising, most schools have several standard specializations. Look at notable programs with lists of specializations that interest you. Most universities will include a list of their MBA specializations, or concentrations, on their websites.
You can visit this page to learn more about specializations: https://aringo.com/mba-specializations/
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Narenn this is awesome. So informative and interactive, great job. Do you know anywhere I could find the YOY source data? So that I could track a specific metric (i.e. GMAT scores or Acceptances rate) over time?
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Narenn this is awesome. So informative and interactive, great job. Do you know anywhere I could find the YOY source data? So that I could track a specific metric (i.e. GMAT scores or Acceptances rate) over time?
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We presently don't have any such comparison but it's a great idea. We will certainly try to make such comparison sheet in coming weeks. Thank you for the suggestion.
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Hello GMAT Club,

We have revamped this topic: Separating stats from rankings, adding links of Part time, EMBA, Online, and international rankings. Introduced some cool new rankings such as Best European/Asian business schools, or MBA programs with highest ROI, etc.

Tell us what you feel about the new structure, anything we can include in the comparison, etc.
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Here's my MBA ranking :grin: :

1) Harvard
2) Stanford
3) Wharton
4) Booth
5) Sloan
6) Columbia
7) Kellogg
8) Haas
9) Tuck
10) Yale

What do you think?
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Here's my MBA ranking :grin: :

1) Harvard
2) Stanford
3) Wharton
4) Booth
5) Sloan
6) Columbia
7) Kellogg
8) Haas
9) Tuck
10) Yale

What do you think?
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Yale in top 10 is a "variable" thing. https://gmatclub.com/forum/mba-rankings ... ml#p770991 - history of the top 50. You can see that Stern has been in Top 10 longer than Yale, until a stupid data error that US News punished them. Doh. Yale SOM gets a lot of publicity because of Yale, not SOM, but it still is more recognizable than Stern, so unlikely to get renamed into anything but Yale SOM.
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Here's my MBA ranking :grin: :

1) Harvard
2) Stanford
3) Wharton
4) Booth
5) Sloan
6) Columbia
7) Kellogg
8) Haas
9) Tuck
10) Yale

What do you think?

Do we have some rankings for schools that offer 1 year MPA/MPP program?





Yale in top 10 is a "variable" thing. https://gmatclub.com/forum/mba-rankings ... ml#p770991 - history of the top 50. You can see that Stern has been in Top 10 longer than Yale, until a stupid data error that US News punished them. Doh. Yale SOM gets a lot of publicity because of Yale, not SOM, but it still is more recognizable than Stern, so unlikely to get renamed into anything but Yale SOM.
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Here's my MBA ranking :grin: :

1) Harvard
2) Stanford
3) Wharton
4) Booth
5) Sloan
6) Columbia
7) Kellogg
8) Haas
9) Tuck
10) Yale

What do you think?


Yale in top 10 is a "variable" thing. https://gmatclub.com/forum/mba-rankings ... ml#p770991 - history of the top 50. You can see that Stern has been in Top 10 longer than Yale, until a stupid data error that US News punished them. Doh. Yale SOM gets a lot of publicity because of Yale, not SOM, but it still is more recognizable than Stern, so unlikely to get renamed into anything but Yale SOM.
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Do we have rankings of schools that provide MPA/MPP course?
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US News does release MPP rankings, but if you are looking for rankings of MBA/MPP dual degree programs then I don't think US News or Businessweek release these rankings. I found this list of top concurrent MBA degree programs though.. https://www.ivyadmissionsgroup.com/blog ... mba-degree
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Do we have rankings of schools that provide MPA/MPP course?

US News does release MPP rankings, but if you are looking for rankings of MBA/MPP dual degree programs then I don't think US News or Businessweek release these rankings. I found this list of top concurrent MBA degree programs though.. https://www.ivyadmissionsgroup.com/blog ... mba-degree
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Thanks for the reply. DO you have any stats on the placements after MPP/MPA course (not for the dual degree)?
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