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U.S. News MBA Ranking

U.S. News MBA Ranking

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 U.S. News MBA ranking organizes school programs according to peer and recruiter assessment, career success, and GMAT/GRE scores into a weighted average.

See Clear Admit’s analysis of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Business School Rankings here. 

You may also be interested in these MBA ranking: Forbes Ranking, Financial Times Ranking, Bloomberg BusinessWeek Ranking. You can also find more detailed coverage of the U.S. News Best Business Schools here: 2023, 2023-2024, 2024.

Check out the 2024 U.S. News & World Report “Best Business Schools” rankings released on April 9, 2024 below. (2023-24 ranking in parentheses, where noted).

Ranking School
1 (tie) Stanford GSB (6 tie)
1 (tie) The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (3)
3 (tie) University of Chicago Booth School of Business (1)
3 (tie) Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management (2)
5 MIT Sloan School of Management (4)
6 Harvard Business School (5)
7 (tie) Yale School of Management (8 tie)
7 (tie) NYU Stern School of Business (10)
7 (tie) UC Berkeley Haas School of Business (11 tie)
10 (tie) Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business (6 tie)
10 (tie) UVA Darden School of Business (14)
12 (tie) Columbia Business School (11 tie)
12 (tie) University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business (8 tie)
12 (tie) Duke University Fuqua School of Business (11 tie)
15 Cornell University SC Johnson Graduate School of Management (15 tie)
16 (tie) Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business (18)
16 (tie) UT Austin McCombs School of Business (20 tie)
18 (tie) USC Marshall School of Business (15 tie)
18 (tie) Emory University Goizueta School of Business (17)
20 (tie) University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School (22 tie)
20 (tie) UCLA Anderson School of Management (19)
20 (tie) Indiana University Kelley School of Business (22 tie)
20 (tie) Owen Graduate School of Business of Vanderbilt University (27 tie)
24 Georgetown University McDonough School of Business (24 tie)
25 Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business (26)
26 Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School (37 tie)
27 (tie) UW Foster School of Business (20 tie)
27 (tie) University of Georgia Terry College of Business (31 tie)
29 Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business (24 tie)
30 (tie) Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business
30 (tie) Notre Dame University Mendoza College of Business (30)
32 (tie) Arizona State University W.P. School of Business (35 tie)
32 (tie) University of Rochester Simon Business School (27 tie)
34 SMU Cox School of Business (33 tie)
35 University of Minnesota Curtis L. Carlson School of Management (31 tie)
36 University of Florida Warrington College of Business (40 tie)
37 Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University (35 tie)
38 (tie) UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management (27 tie)
38 (tie) The David Eccles School of Business at University of Utah
40 The Raymond A. Mason School of Business at College of William and Mary
41 (tie) Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University (33 tie)
41 (tie) University of Maryland Smith
43 University of Wisconsin School of Business–Madison (40 tie)
44 (tie) UC Irvine Merage School of Business (37 tie)
44 (tie) TCU Neeley School of Business
46 Boston College Carroll School of Management
47 (tie) University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
47 (tie) Mays Business School at Texas A&M University–College Station
47 (tie) The Haslam College of Business at University of Tennessee–Knoxville
50 (tie) Iowa State University Ivy College of Business
50 (tie) Boston University Questrom School of Business
50 (tie) University of Arizona Eller College of Management
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October 24, 2024 10:58am ET
Applying: Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton, UT Austin / McCombs
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: O&G Engineering (Super-Major)
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting
GMAT: 685
GPA: 3.66
Years of Work Experience: 6
Location: Houston
Notes:

Licensed PE in Mech Eng; GMAT Focus Score; Limited EC's; BS ME at Georgia Tech with Highest Honors and Econ Minor

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- Worked Offshore for 1.5 years on Oil Rig
- Project / Package / Systems Engineering 4+ Years Experience
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October 23, 2024 4:46pm ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Software engineer at Google -> Airbnb -> Twitch. Currently tech lead on a safety team but have worked across different products like maps, shopping, ads and safety.
Post-MBA Target Industry: Entrepreneurship
GRE: 326
GPA: 3.2
Years of Work Experience: 7
Location: San Francisco
Notes:

African American male - 28.

My goal for an MBA is to build tools for music creators. I joined a band during Covid and found a passion for digital music creation and machine learning, but I lack the business skills.

Top Choices:
HBS: Offers cross-registration with Berklee for classes like audio engineering and entertainment law, plus a chance to collaborate with potential users and experts in the music field.
MIT: Media Lab aligns with some of the audio breakthroughs I’m interested in

My challenge is a lower GPA. How can I offset that weakness?
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October 23, 2024 8:46am ET
Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson, Georgetown / McDonough, IE Business School, IESE, INSEAD, NYU Stern, UCLA Anderson, USC / Marshall, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Management Consulting (Middle Market - FS Compliance/AML)
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Private Equity Companies: Accenture , AT Kearney , Booz Allen Hamilton , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , PWC , Other
GMAT: 710
GPA: 2.99
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: California
Post MBA Location: DC, New York, California, or International
Notes:

White Male with Non-Target (T100) undergrad degree in International Studies.

Would like to pivot into Corporate Strategy specifically focused on international business/emerging markets.

Classic low GPA high GMAT conundrum. Nothing special in extracurriculars (although I do have a number of outdoor-oriented hobbies).

Confident in my Recommendations/Essay writing skills.
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October 23, 2024 5:31am ET
Applying: Columbia, Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: I worked in real estate development and later in business operations and strategy for several construction tech companies
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Entrepreneurship Companies: Other
GRE: 331
GPA: 3.98
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: New York City
Post MBA Location: Seattle, SF, or LA (but open to anywhere)
Notes:

I attended a top 25 state school and have extensive extracurricular experience, including serving a 2-year church mission, managing a college prep program for underprivileged students, and running a nonprofit in Ukraine.

My post-MBA goal is to build a company focused on housing affordability.
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October 22, 2024 5:07pm ET
Applying: Boston College / Carroll, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, Notre Dame / Mendoza, UT Austin / McCombs, Vanderbilt / Owen, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Active duty military, nonprofit
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , Booz Allen Hamilton , BCG , Deloitte , KPMG , McKinsey , PWC
GPA: 3.3
Years of Work Experience: 7
Post MBA Location: Boston
Notes:

Enlisted military, stem degree from top LAC, currently at a nonprofit. My post mba goal is to do management consulting for a couple years then get back into the nonprofit space. Taking the GRE in December
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October 25, 2024 12:54pm ET
Interview Invite to U. Chicago Booth
Round: Round 1
Received via email on October 21, 2024
GPA: 4.0
GRE: 331
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
Application Location: West Coast
Note:

Non-B4 Consultant
October 25, 2024 12:52pm ET
Interview Invite to UPenn / Wharton
Round: Round 1
Received via email on October 23, 2024
GPA: 4.0
GRE: 331
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
Application Location: West Coast
Note:

Non-B4 consultant
October 25, 2024 12:47pm ET
Interview Invite to USC / Marshall
Round: Round 1
Received via email October 25, 2024
GPA: 3.37
GRE: 318
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Non Profit / Social Impact
Application Location: Washington
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8YOE Army Officer, Combat Arms
October 25, 2024 11:23am ET
Interview Invite to Berkeley / Haas
Round: Round 1
Received via email on October 21, 2024
GPA: 3.32
GRE: 335
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Note:

Applied through consortium
October 25, 2024 10:47am ET
Interview Invite to UCLA Anderson
Round: Round 1
Received via email October 25, 2024
GPA: 3.6
GRE: 330
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Marketing
Application Location: India
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