See the top 40 business schools.
Whether you’re looking to develop your management skills or switch careers into a business-related field, pursuing an MBA degree can lead to significant professional advancements. See which universities outperformed their peers to earn a top spot among the 2022 U.S. News Best Business Schools. Due to ties in the rankings, more than 40 schools are included.
39 (tie). Michigan State University (Broad)
Full-time enrollment: 143
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $33,142 (in-state), $52,502 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 47%
More about the Broad Graduate School of Management.
39 (tie). University of Georgia (Terry)
Full-time enrollment: 112
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $15,877 (in-state), $34,896 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 37.4%
More about the Terry College of Business.
39 (tie). University of Tennessee–Knoxville (Haslam)
Full-time enrollment: 99
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $25,994 (in-state), $44,182 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 43.7%
More about the Haslam College of Business.
38. Texas A&M University–College Station (Mays)
Full-time enrollment: 143
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $61,629 (in-state), $87,323 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 42.3%
More about the Mays Business School.
36 (tie). University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) (IN)
Full-time enrollment: 275
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $58,680
2020 acceptance rate: 49%
More about the Mendoza College of Business.
36 (tie). Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)
Full-time enrollment: 197
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $66,034
2020 acceptance rate: 47%
More about the Olin Business School.
33 (tie). Ohio State University (Fisher)
Full-time enrollment: 134
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $31,139 (in-state), $54,727 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 40%
More about the Fisher College of Business.
33 (tie). Pennsylvania State University–University Park (Smeal)
Full-time enrollment: 107
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $28,172 (in-state), $44,530 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 20.1%
More about the Smeal College of Business.
33 (tie). University of Rochester (Simon) (NY)
Full-time enrollment: 232
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $49,260
2020 acceptance rate: 24.5%
More about the Simon Business School.
31 (tie). Brigham Young University (Marriott) (UT)
Full-time enrollment: 256
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $13,860 (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), N/A (non-LDS members)
2020 acceptance rate: 42.9%
More about the Marriott School of Business.
31 (tie). University of Texas–Dallas
Full-time enrollment: 105
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $17,421 (in-state), $31,866 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 40.9%
More about the Naveen Jindal School of Management.
30. Arizona State University (W.P. Carey)
Full-time enrollment: 131
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $29,608 (in-state), $49,288 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 22.2%
More about the W.P. Carey School of Business.
28 (tie). Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)
Full-time enrollment: 157
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $31,702 (in-state), $42,946 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 37.3%
More about the Scheller College of Business.
28 (tie). University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Carlson)
Full-time enrollment: 139
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $44,830 (in-state), $56,110 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 53.8%
More about the Carlson School of Management.
26 (tie). Emory University (Goizueta) (GA)
Full-time enrollment: 286
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $68,188
2020 acceptance rate: 46.1%
More about the Goizueta Business School.
26 (tie). University of Florida (Warrington)
Full-time enrollment: 90
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $13,237 (in-state), $30,630 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 26.6%
More about the Warrington College of Business.
25. Rice University (Jones) (TX)
Full-time enrollment: 281
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $64,466
2020 acceptance rate: 39.5%
More about the Jones Graduate School of Business.
23 (tie). Indiana University (Kelley)
Full-time enrollment: 225
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $30,137 (in-state), $53,726 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 42.7%
More about the Kelley School of Business.
23 (tie). Vanderbilt University (Owen) (TN)
Full-time enrollment: 329
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $62,642
2020 acceptance rate: 46.3%
More about the Owen Graduate School of Management.
22. University of Washington (Foster)
Full-time enrollment: 227
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $36,726 (in-state), $53,568 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 41.3%
More about the Foster School of Business.
21. Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC)
Full-time enrollment: 509
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $57,985
2020 acceptance rate: 56.9%
More about the McDonough School of Business.
20. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
Full-time enrollment: 593
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $51,491 (in-state), $66,614 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 52.5%
More about the Kenan-Flagler Business School.
18 (tie). University of California–Los Angeles (Anderson)
Full-time enrollment: 694
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $69,507
2020 acceptance rate: 34.4%
More about the Anderson School of Management.
18 (tie). University of Texas–Austin (McCombs)
Full-time enrollment: 491
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $52,030 (in-state), $57,582 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 36.9%
More about the McCombs School of Business.
16 (tie). Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) (PA)
Full-time enrollment: 340
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $70,829
2020 acceptance rate: 27.7%
More about the Tepper School of Business.
16 (tie). University of Southern California (Marshall)
Full-time enrollment: 435
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $64,300
2020 acceptance rate: 24.3%
More about the Marshall School of Business.
15. Cornell University (Johnson) (NY)
Full-time enrollment: 571
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $73,440
2020 acceptance rate: 39.6%
More about the Johnson Graduate School of Management.
13 (tie). University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (Ross)
Full-time enrollment: 758
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $66,476 (in-state), $71,476 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 37%
More about the Ross School of Business.
13 (tie). University of Virginia (Darden)
Full-time enrollment: 733
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $70,282 (in-state), $72,600 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 35.1%
More about UVA Darden.
12. Duke University (Fuqua) (NC)
Full-time enrollment: 798
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $72,526
2020 acceptance rate: 24.9%
More about the Fuqua School of Business.
10 (tie). Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NH)
Full-time enrollment: 569
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $80,703
2020 acceptance rate: 34.8%
More about the Tuck School of Business.
10 (tie). New York University (Stern)
Full-time enrollment: 668
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $79,510
2020 acceptance rate: 29%
More about the Stern School of Business.
9. Yale University (CT)
Full-time enrollment: 692
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $74,560
2020 acceptance rate: 29.7%
More about the Yale School of Management.
7 (tie). Columbia University (NY)
Full-time enrollment: 1,310
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $79,118
2020 acceptance rate: 13.6%
More about Columbia Business School.
7 (tie). University of California–Berkeley (Haas)
Full-time enrollment: 627
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $64,246 (in-state), $68,444 (out-of-state)
2020 acceptance rate: 23.3%
More about the Haas School of Business.
5 (tie). Harvard University (MA)
Full-time enrollment: 1,538
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $81,118
2020 acceptance rate: 9.2%
More about Harvard Business School.
5 (tie). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
Full-time enrollment: N/A
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $79,736
2020 acceptance rate: N/A
More about the MIT Sloan School of Management.
4. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)
Full-time enrollment: 1,378
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $76,601
2020 acceptance rate: 27.9%
More about the Kellogg School of Management.
3. University of Chicago (Booth)
Full-time enrollment: 1,229
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $74,688
2020 acceptance rate: 27.6%
More about the Booth School of Business.
2. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Full-time enrollment: N/A
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $80,432
2020 acceptance rate: N/A
More about the Wharton School.
1. Stanford University (CA)
Full-time enrollment: 844
2020-2021 tuition and fees: $75,606
2020 acceptance rate: 8.9%
More about the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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Best full-time MBA programs
— 1. Stanford University
— 2. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
— 3. University of Chicago (Booth)
— 4. Northwestern University (Kellogg)
— 5 (tie). Harvard University
— 5 (tie). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
— 7 (tie). Columbia University
— 7 (tie). University of California–Berkeley (Haas)
— 9. Yale University
— 10 (tie). Dartmouth College (Tuck)
— 10 (tie). New York University (Stern)
— 12. Duke University (Fuqua)
— 13 (tie). University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (Ross)
— 13 (tie). University of Virginia (Darden)
— 15. Cornell University (Johnson)
— 16 (tie). Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)
— 16 (tie). University of Southern California (Marshall)
— 18 (tie). University of California–Los Angeles (Anderson)
— 18 (tie). University of Texas–Austin (McCombs)
— 20. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
— 21. Georgetown University (McDonough)
— 22. University of Washington (Foster)
— 23 (tie). Indiana University (Kelley)
— 23 (tie). Vanderbilt University (Owen)
— 25. Rice University (Jones)
— 26 (tie). Emory University (Goizueta)
— 26 (tie). University of Florida (Warrington)
— 28 (tie). Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)
— 28 (tie). University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Carlson)
— 30. Arizona State University (W.P. Carey)
— 31 (tie). Brigham Young University (Marriott)
— 31 (tie). University of Texas–Dallas
— 33 (tie). Ohio State University (Fisher)
— 33 (tie). Pennsylvania State University–University Park (Smeal)
— 33 (tie). University of Rochester (Simon)
— 36 (tie). University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
— 36 (tie). Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)
— 38. Texas A&M University–College Station (Mays)
— 39 (tie). Michigan State University (Broad)
— 39 (tie). University of Georgia (Terry)
— 39 (tie). University of Tennessee–Knoxville (Haslam)
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