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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. 

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Check out the 2025 U.S. News & World Report “Best Business Schools” rankings released on April 8, 2025 below. (2024 ranking in parentheses, where noted).

Ranking School
1 The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (1 tie)
2 (tie) Stanford GSB (1 tie)
2 (tie) Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management (3 tie)
4 University of Chicago Booth School of Business (3 tie)
5 MIT Sloan School of Management (5)
6 (tie) Harvard Business School (6)
6 (tie) Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business (10 tie)
6 (tie) NYU Stern School of Business (7 tie)
9 Columbia Business School (12 tie)
10 Yale School of Management (7 tie)
11 (tie) UC Berkeley Haas School of Business (7 tie)
11 (tie) UVA Darden School of Business (10 tie)
13 (tie) University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business (12 tie)
13 (tie) Duke University Fuqua School of Business (12 tie)
15 Cornell University SC Johnson Graduate School of Management (15)
16 UT Austin McCombs School of Business (16 tie)
17 Emory University Goizueta School of Business (18 tie)
18 (tie) Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business (16 tie)
18 (tie) UCLA Anderson School of Management (20 tie)
18 (tie) Owen Graduate School of Business of Vanderbilt University (20 tie)
21 Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business (25)
22 (tie) Indiana University Kelley School of Business (20 tie)
22 (tie) UW Foster School of Business (27 tie)
24 (tie) Georgetown University McDonough School of Business (24)
24 (tie) USC Marshall School of Business (18 tie)
24 (tie) Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School (26)
24 (tie) Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business (30 tie)
28 University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School (20 tie)
29 (tie) University of Georgia Terry College of Business (27 tie)
29 (tie) Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business (29)
31 UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management (38 tie)
32 (tie) University of Rochester Simon Business School (32 tie)
32 (tie) Notre Dame University Mendoza College of Business (30 tie)
34 SMU Cox School of Business (34)
35 (tie) Arizona State University W.P. School of Business (32 tie)
35 (tie) Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University (41 tie)
35 (tie) University of Minnesota Curtis L. Carlson School of Management (35)
38 (tie) University of Florida Warrington College of Business (36)
38 (tie) Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University (37)
40 (tie) The David Eccles School of Business at University of Utah (38 tie)
40 (tie) University of Wisconsin School of Business–Madison (43)
42 Iowa State University Ivy College of Business (50 tie)
43 (tie) UC Irvine Merage School of Business (44 tie)
43 (tie) TCU Neeley School of Business (44 tie)
43 (tie) Mays Business School at Texas A&M University–College Station (47 tie))
46 (tie) Boston College Carroll School of Management (46)
46 (tie) University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business (47 tie)
46 (tie) Boston University Questrom School of Business (50 tie)
49 The Haslam College of Business at University of Tennessee–Knoxville (47 tie)
50 (tie) University of Arkansas Walton College (74)
50 (tie) University of Miami Herbert Business School (62)
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April 14, 2025 5:03pm ET
Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Chemical Engineering & Sales
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting
GMAT: 745
GPA: 3.95
Years of Work Experience: 3
Location: Chicago
Notes:

GMAT Focus Edition. Involved in networking/professional development groups in my industry. On associate board for a non-profit in Chicago. Less conventional experience working in engineering then for a small sales engineering firm. Did not go to a very prestigious undergraduate university.
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April 14, 2025 6:09am ET
Applying: Georgia / Terry, Other, UNC Kenan-Flagler, USC / Marshall, UVA / Darden, Washington U. / Olin
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Military
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting
GPA: 3.3
Years of Work Experience: 8
Location: St. Louis
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April 10, 2025 11:41am ET
Applying: Stanford GSB
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Real Estate - Consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Entrepreneurship
GRE: 314
GPA: 3.9
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: France
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April 8, 2025 11:18am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, UCLA Anderson, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Structured Finance
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity Companies: Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan , Morgan Stanley , Accell Partners , Andressen Horowitz , Kleiner Perkins , NEA , Sequoia Capital , Bain Capital , Blackstone , Carlyle Group , TPG , KKR
GMAT: 738
GPA: 3.4
Years of Work Experience: 2
Location: San Francisco
Post MBA Location: NY/SF
Notes:

Georgetown Math Undergrad
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April 7, 2025 3:18pm ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Harvard Business School, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: BigLaw attorney; In-house counsel
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Family Business Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey
GPA: 3.66
Years of Work Experience: 6
Post MBA Location: NYC/Asia
Notes:

Attended undergrad in the UK (3.66) and law school in the US (3.40) as part of a dual-degree program and graduated with both an LLB and JD in 4 years. No quant background but open to taking courses.
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April 14, 2025 9:12pm ET
Interview Invite to Columbia
Round: Round 2
Received via email April 14, 2025
Standardized Test: GMAT
GMAT: 645
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: United States, New York
Note:

waitlisted r2, interview invite today at 8pm
April 14, 2025 9:11pm ET
Interview Invite to UCLA Anderson
Round: Round 3
Received via portal April 14, 2025
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 3.3
GMAT: 725
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Other
Application Location: United States, Los Angeles
April 14, 2025 8:33pm ET
Interview Invite to Columbia
Round: Round 2
Received via email April 14, 2025
Standardized Test: GMAT
GMAT: 645
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: Latam
Note:

Waitlisted in R2. Received interview invite around 8pm EST.
April 14, 2025 6:55pm ET
Interview Invite to USC / Marshall
Round: Round 2
Received via email on March 12, 2025
Standardized Test: GRE
GRE: 323
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: London
April 14, 2025 6:55pm ET
Interview Invite to USC / Marshall
Round: Round 2
Received via email on March 12, 2025
Standardized Test: GRE
GRE: 323
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: London
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