2026 U.S. News Business School (Graduate) Rankings

134 schools · Source: U.S. News 2026 (published 2026) · Admission and tuition figures are school-wide undergraduate data. Acceptance rate for fall 2025, international tuition for 2025 (IPEDS)

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Showing the top 100 of 134

1

↑ 1

Stanford University California
Admit 3.6% $65,910 25.7% international
2

↓ 1

University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
Admit 5.4% $68,686 23.7% international
3

↑ 1

University of Chicago Illinois
Admit 4.5% $69,324 32.1% international
=4

↑ 2

Harvard University Massachusetts
Admit 3.6% $61,676 26.5% international
=4

↓ 2

Northwestern University Illinois
Admit 7.7% $68,322 22.0% international
6

↓ 1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts
Admit 4.5% $62,396 29.1% international
=7

↑ 2

Columbia University in the City of New York New York
Admit 4.0% $70,517 39.3% international
=7

↓ 1

New York University New York
Admit 9.2% $62,796 33.8% international
9

↓ 3

Dartmouth College New Hampshire
Admit 5.4% $68,019 21.2% international
10

↑ 1

University of California-Berkeley California
Admit 11.0% $47,265 15.8% international
=11

Same

University of Virginia-Main Campus Virginia
Admit 16.8% $61,591 9.6% international
=11

↓ 1

Yale University Connecticut
Admit 3.9% $67,250 24.3% international
13

Same

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Michigan
Admit 15.6% $63,081 16.4% international
14

↓ 1

Duke University North Carolina
Admit 5.7% $68,758 25.8% international
15

Same

Cornell University New York
Admit 8.8% $69,314 25.9% international
=16

↑ 2

Carnegie Mellon University Pennsylvania
Admit 11.7% $65,636 42.0% international
=16

↑ 2

Vanderbilt University Tennessee
Admit 5.9% $67,498 13.5% international
=18

↓ 2

The University of Texas at Austin Texas
Admit 26.6% $44,908 9.7% international
=18

Same

University of California-Los Angeles California
Admit 9.0% $46,121 13.4% international
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↑ 2

University of Washington-Seattle Campus Washington
Admit 39.1% $43,209 14.0% international
=21

↑ 1

Indiana University-Bloomington Indiana
Admit 78.2% $41,891 10.3% international
=21

↑ 7

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill North Carolina
Admit 15.3% $41,203 8.0% international
=23

↓ 6

Emory University Georgia
Admit 10.6% $64,280 18.4% international
=23

↑ 8

The University of Texas at Dallas Texas
Admit 65.1% $40,144 18.7% international
=25

↑ 4

University of Georgia Georgia
Admit 37.7% $31,688 5.7% international
=25

↓ 1

University of Southern California California
Admit 9.8% $71,647 26.6% international
=27

↓ 6

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Georgia
Admit 14.1% $34,484 25.3% international
=27

↓ 3

Washington University in St Louis Missouri
Admit 12.1% $65,790 27.6% international
=29

↑ 6

Arizona State University-Tempe Arizona
Admit 89.9% $33,139 15.7% international
=29

Same

Rice University Texas
Admit 8.0% $61,247 25.8% international
31

↓ 7

Georgetown University D.C.
Admit 12.9% $68,089 16.5% international
=32

↓ 8

Ohio State University-Main Campus Ohio
Admit 60.6% $40,022 10.2% international
=32

↑ 3

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minnesota
Admit 79.7% $38,362 9.5% international
=34

↓ 2

University of Notre Dame Indiana
Admit 11.3% $65,025 13.9% international
=34

↓ 2

University of Rochester New York
Admit 40.1% $67,080 30.1% international
=36

↓ 2

Southern Methodist University Texas
Admit 63.3% $67,040 9.2% international
=36

↑ 7

Texas A & M University-College Station Texas
Admit 57.4% $40,124 6.9% international
38

↑ 4

Iowa State University Iowa
Admit 88.7% $28,881 9.5% international
=39

↓ 1

Brigham Young University-Provo Utah
Admit 67.8% $6,688 3.5% international
=39

↓ 1

University of Florida Florida
Admit 24.2% $28,659 9.1% international
=39

↑ 11

University of Miami Florida
Admit 18.9% $62,616 10.8% international
=39

↑ 1

University of Utah Utah
Admit 86.0% $30,860 8.5% international
=43

↓ 8

Michigan State University Michigan
Admit 84.8% $44,850 8.5% international
=43

↑ 6

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Tennessee
Admit 41.6% $33,256 3.7% international
=43

↑ 9

University of Maryland-College Park Maryland
Admit 44.8% $41,186 11.7% international
=46

↑ 12

American University D.C.
Admit 62.0% $58,771 9.0% international
=46

Same

Boston University Massachusetts
Admit 11.1% $68,102 26.3% international
=48

↑ 2

University of Arkansas Arkansas
Admit 74.3% $29,966 3.6% international
=48

↓ 2

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pennsylvania
Admit 58.1% $41,430 8.9% international
=48

↓ 8

University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin
Admit 45.2% $42,103 15.6% international
=51

↓ 8

University of California-Irvine California
Admit 28.6% $46,640 15.7% international
=51

↑ 21

University of Kansas Kansas
Admit 93.5% $30,432 6.4% international
=53

↓ 7

Boston College Massachusetts
Admit 16.4% $70,702 10.5% international
=53

↑ 13

Chapman University California
Admit 65.4% $64,984 4.7% international
=53

↑ 8

College of William and Mary Virginia
Admit 34.1% $51,038 5.4% international
=53

↑ 1

The University of Alabama Alabama
Admit 76.6% $34,172 3.0% international
=53

↑ 1

Tulane University of Louisiana Louisiana
Admit 14.0% $68,678 9.8% international
=53

↑ 8

University of Kentucky Kentucky
Admit 92.9% $34,140 3.5% international
=53

↑ 18

University of South Carolina-Columbia South Carolina
Admit 60.2% $36,298 4.4% international
=60

↓ 2

Fordham University New York
Admit 59.3% $64,470 11.2% international
=60

↓ 2

Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Oklahoma
Admit 75.0% $25,630 5.5% international
=60

↓ 17

Texas Christian University Texas
Admit 44.5% $61,740 4.9% international
=63

↓ 10

Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Jersey
Admit 58.1% $37,441 10.1% international
=63

↓ 9

Syracuse University New York
Admit 45.9% $65,528 15.1% international
=63

↑ 3

University of Arizona Arizona
Admit 86.1% $39,903 6.5% international
=63

↑ 5

University of California-San Diego California
Admit 26.7% $47,676 18.1% international
=67

↓ 13

Baylor University Texas
Admit 51.3% $58,100 4.3% international
=67

↓ 2

University of California-Davis California
Admit 41.8% $47,692 14.9% international
=69

↓ 8

George Washington University D.C.
Admit 47.1% $67,710 14.5% international
=69

↑ 7

University of Massachusetts-Amherst Massachusetts
Admit 59.7% $40,449 14.2% international
71

↓ 10

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York
Admit 47.5% $15,414 8.6% international
=72

↑ 5

North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina
Admit 49.9% $20,673 3.1% international
=72

↓ 4

Stevens Institute of Technology New Jersey
Admit 47.6% $63,462 31.1% international
=74

↓ 1

Auburn University Alabama
Admit 45.9% $34,922 5.2% international
=74

↓ 1

Babson College Massachusetts
Admit 17.1% $57,152 33.4% international
76

↑ 3

University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Oklahoma
Admit 76.6% $27,377 5.9% international
=77

↑ 8

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Louisiana
Admit 73.3% $28,631 4.2% international
=77

↑ 2

University of Colorado Boulder Colorado
Admit 78.1% $42,970 6.4% international
=77

↑ 11

University of Oregon Oregon
Admit 88.3% $42,516 3.4% international
80

↑ 2

University of Mississippi Mississippi
Admit 96.6% $28,600 3.2% international
=81

↑ 5

Lehigh University Pennsylvania
Admit 25.9% $64,980 12.9% international
=81

↓ 8

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Ohio
Admit 85.3% $28,697 10.1% international
=83

↑ 4

Binghamton University New York
Admit 38.6% $30,447 10.9% international
=83

↑ 5

College of Charleston South Carolina
Admit 60.0% $38,296 1.4% international
=83

↓ 15

Northeastern University Massachusetts
Admit 5.2% $66,162 35.4% international
=83

↓ 4

University at Buffalo New York
Admit 74.2% $31,536 19.8% international
=87

↑ 5

Canisius University New York
Admit 72.4% $34,200 7.3% international
=87

↓ 5

Loyola University Maryland Maryland
Admit 75.5% $57,150 2.0% international
=87

↓ 10

University of Detroit Mercy Michigan
Admit 75.4% $32,946 24.6% international
90

New

Bentley University Massachusetts
Admit 45.1% $61,000 16.0% international
91

↑ 4

Clemson University South Carolina
Admit 38.3% $40,866 5.8% international
92

↑ 5

Claremont Graduate University California
20.7% international
=93

↑ 3

Clark Atlanta University Georgia
Admit 64.2% $28,310 0.7% international
=93

↓ 1

Louisiana Tech University Louisiana
Admit 86.4% $16,866 4.6% international
=93

↑ 7

Rochester Institute of Technology New York
Admit 66.9% $59,210 10.9% international
=93

↑ 4

University of Denver Colorado
Admit 77.8% $61,398 5.5% international
=93

↑ 11

West Texas A & M University Texas
Admit 98.7% $10,996 2.1% international
=98

↑ 9

Duquesne University Pennsylvania
Admit 83.6% $48,986 5.6% international
=98

New

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute New York
Admit 63.5% $64,078 13.3% international
=98

↑ 7

University of South Florida-Main Campus Florida
Admit 43.2% $17,324 10.7% international

U.S. News 2026 Best Business Schools (MBA): Methodology

The 2026 U.S. News Best Business Schools rankings were published in April 2026. The overall list ranks full-time MBA programs, and schools must be accredited by AACSB. There are also rankings of part-time MBA and executive MBA programs and of specialties such as accounting, finance, marketing and business analytics. In 2026 Stanford is No. 1, Penn's Wharton School No. 2 and Chicago's Booth School No. 3.

Methodology

Category	Indicator	Weight
Placement success (50%)	Employment rate at graduation	7%
	Employment rate three months after graduation	13%
	Mean starting salary and bonus	20%
	Salaries compared by profession	10%
Quality assessment (25%)	Ratings by business school deans and MBA program directors	12.5%
Quality assessment (25%)	Ratings by corporate recruiters	12.5%
Student selectivity (25%)	Median GMAT/GRE scores	13%
	Median undergraduate GPA	10%
	Acceptance rate	2%

Scores and salaries use medians to reduce the effect of outliers.

What changed in this edition

MBA specialty rankings (such as finance and marketing) now come from a separate survey for each specialty, so ranks should not be compared directly with earlier years.

How to use this ranking

Employment and salaries make up half the score, so the ranking says a lot about where graduates go, but schools that send many graduates into high-paying industries (consulting, finance, tech) have an edge.
Specialty ranks come only from peer nominations and are calculated differently from the overall list.
The acceptance rate, tuition and international share on this page are the school's undergraduate figures (IPEDS), not the MBA program's.

Sources

Compiled by Forward Pathway, updated 2026-11-04