Business Schools 2026

107 business schools in 16 countriesFull-time MBA programmes

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Careers 35% (median base salary in US dollars, adjusted for local prices for the home-country share of the class, and employment within three months), alumni outcomes 25% (founders of VC-backed companies, relative to class size), research 25% (papers in the 24 leading business journals), selectivity 15% (GMAT). A school that doesn’t publish a salary, employment rate or GMAT is estimated low (25th percentile), never rewarded for the gap. Pillar columns are percentiles among these 107 schools. Rank range shows where the rank falls in 90% of 2,000 simulations. Download (CSV).

Rank	School	Score	Careers	Alumni	Selectivity	Research	Rank range
1	The Wharton SchoolUniversity of Pennsylvania · United States	100.0	100	98	94	100	1–2
2	Harvard Business SchoolHarvard University · United States	98.8	95	100	90	97	1–3
3	Stanford Graduate School of BusinessStanford University · United States	96.2	90	99	97	91	3–7
4	Columbia Business SchoolColumbia University · United States	96.1	98	92	93	98	2–4
5	University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessUniversity of Chicago · United States	94.8	94	93	95	96	4–6
6	MIT Sloan School of ManagementMassachusetts Institute of Technology · United States	94.5	93	97	88	93	5–6
7	NYU Stern School of BusinessNew York University · United States	92.9	92	91	96	95	6–8
8	Kellogg School of ManagementNorthwestern University · United States	92.5	89	96	92	78	7–8
9	Berkeley Haas School of BusinessUniversity of California, Berkeley · United States	88.2	85	95	89	67	9–12
10	Cornell SC Johnson Graduate School of ManagementCornell University · United States	85.9	88	79	79	89	9–15
11	Ross School of BusinessUniversity of Michigan · United States	85.1	86	75	92	84	10–14
12	Yale School of ManagementYale University · United States	83.2	84	73	98	74	11–17
13	Tuck School of BusinessDartmouth College · United States	83.0	92	71	87	45	12–15
14	Indian School of BusinessIndian School of Business (independent) · India	82.6	99	66	84	32	9–20
15	Darden School of BusinessUniversity of Virginia · United States	82.1	96	70	86	26	11–19
16	Fuqua School of BusinessDuke University · United States	80.1	81	82	83	83	13–20
17	UCLA Anderson School of ManagementUniversity of California, Los Angeles · United States	79.6	77	92	82	73	13–23
18	Indian Institute of Management BangaloreIndian Institute of Management Bangalore · India	79.1	97	85	73	10	12–26
19	Tepper School of BusinessCarnegie Mellon University · United States	76.7	83	76	74	60	18–23
20	UNC Kenan-Flagler Business SchoolUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · United States	75.0	79	69	72	82	17–24
21	McCombs School of BusinessUniversity of Texas at Austin · United States	74.4	72	83	75	90	17–29
22	IE Business SchoolIE University (private) · Spain	74.1	80	89	75	19	16–31
23	W. P. Carey School of BusinessArizona State University · United States	73.9	70	90	68	85	17–29
24	USC Marshall School of BusinessUniversity of Southern California · United States	73.7	54	86	99	94	17–31
25	London Business SchoolUniversity of London (federal; LBS is a member institution) · United Kingdom	71.4	65	88	67	86	21–31
26	Goizueta Business SchoolEmory University · United States	70.4	87	24	85	65	16–38
27	Kelley School of BusinessIndiana University, Bloomington · United States	70.2	74	78	49	92	21–32
=28	Georgetown McDonough School of BusinessGeorgetown University · United States	69.4	76	65	81	50	24–32
=28	Michael G. Foster School of BusinessUniversity of Washington, Seattle · United States	69.4	71	75	61	87	23–34
30	Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of ManagementVanderbilt University · United States	68.1	82	64	80	12	24–34
31	Carlson School of ManagementUniversity of Minnesota, Twin Cities · United States	66.7	43	74	77	81	26–36
32	Indian Institute of Management AhmedabadIndian Institute of Management Ahmedabad · India	60.6	91	27	63	8	21–56
33	IESE Business SchoolUniversity of Navarra · Spain	60.2	46	87	30	40	32–52
34	INSEADINSEAD (independent) · France	59.6	14	94	60	92	30–62
35	Questrom School of BusinessBoston University · United States	58.7	33	72	58	71	34–46
36	Naveen Jindal School of ManagementUniversity of Texas at Dallas · United States	54.8	63	30	52	99	30–62
37	Scheller College of BusinessGeorgia Institute of Technology · United States	54.7	78	52	17	57	30–65
=38	Fisher College of BusinessOhio State University · United States	54.1	47	19	70	80	32–68
=38	Rice Jones Graduate School of BusinessRice University · United States	54.1	53	48	91	48	31–72
40	Olin Business SchoolWashington University in St. Louis · United States	53.8	41	44	71	88	32–66
41	HEC ParisHEC Paris (independent) · France	53.1	19	84	59	58	35–77
42	China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)CEIBS (independent) · China	52.3	42	80	8	16	36–73
43	Simon Business SchoolUniversity of Rochester · United States	52.0	75	54	50	33	33–68
44	Johns Hopkins Carey Business SchoolJohns Hopkins University · United States	51.5	56	6	64	56	33–76
45	Terry College of BusinessUniversity of Georgia · United States	51.0	75	59	10	59	32–75
46	Cox School of BusinessSouthern Methodist University · United States	50.3	51	8	78	27	35–73
47	Mendoza College of BusinessUniversity of Notre Dame · United States	49.6	40	38	62	70	34–81
48	NUS Business SchoolNational University of Singapore · Singapore	49.2	45	43	40	76	33–83
49	Saïd Business SchoolUniversity of Oxford · United Kingdom	48.9	17	77	53	39	43–78
50	SDA Bocconi School of ManagementBocconi University · Italy	48.8	64	53	55	38	37–77
51	Cambridge Judge Business SchoolUniversity of Cambridge · United Kingdom	48.6	11	67	76	35	40–81
52	Warwick Business SchoolThe University of Warwick · United Kingdom	48.0	61	61	46	42	39–77
53	Warrington College of BusinessUniversity of Florida · United States	47.6	66	60	9	68	36–81
=54	BYU Marriott School of BusinessBrigham Young University · United States	47.2	58	35	58	29	40–78
=54	Fudan University School of ManagementFudan University · China	47.2	52	22	26	51	35–90
56	David Eccles School of BusinessUniversity of Utah · United States	46.8	57	14	11	58	35–84
57	Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland, College Park · United States	46.5	39	56	13	75	38–85
58	Wisconsin School of BusinessUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison · United States	46.1	38	63	51	62	41–85
59	Nanyang Business SchoolNanyang Technological University · Singapore	46.0	44	42	39	44	38–92
60	Mannheim Business SchoolUniversity of Mannheim · Germany	45.7	60	34	35	23	41–86
61	Imperial Business SchoolImperial College London · United Kingdom	45.2	36	29	31	66	44–86
=62	C.T. Bauer College of BusinessUniversity of Houston · United States	44.5	37	4	20	54	41–93
=62	The Lisbon MBA Católica \| NovaUniversidade Católica Portuguesa & Universidade Nova de Lisboa (joint) · Portugal	44.5	50	33	34	24	40–94
64	A. B. Freeman School of BusinessTulane University · United States	44.4	55	21	14	30	40–86
65	AGSM at UNSW Business SchoolUniversity of New South Wales · Australia	44.2	31	1	65	25	39–92
66	University of St. GallenUniversity of St Gallen · Switzerland	44.0	42	58	56	21	45–85
67	D'Amore-McKim School of BusinessNortheastern University · United States	43.6	15	10	100	49	43–91
=68	Kogod School of BusinessAmerican University · United States	43.2	48	31	33	18	46–90
=68	Mays Business SchoolTexas A&M University, College Station · United States	43.2	67	37	2	75	42–92
70	Zicklin School of BusinessCity University of New York, Baruch College · United States	43.0	34	3	19	47	49–90
71	Paul Merage School of BusinessUniversity of California, Irvine · United States	42.9	26	39	66	41	41–93
72	Carroll School of ManagementBoston College · United States	42.8	32	7	12	63	42–93
73	Haslam College of BusinessUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville · United States	42.6	73	25	0	42	41–94
74	Alliance Manchester Business SchoolThe University of Manchester · United Kingdom	42.4	49	2	18	13	44–97
75	Darla Moore School of BusinessUniversity of South Carolina, Columbia · United States	42.3	30	41	38	53	48–91
76	ESCP Business SchoolESCP Business School (independent) · France	42.1	68	17	24	7	40–98
77	Eller College of ManagementUniversity of Arizona · United States	39.7	25	16	22	43	55–96
78	George Washington University School of BusinessGeorge Washington University · United States	39.4	28	25	27	28	58–96
79	Neeley School of BusinessTexas Christian University · United States	39.2	59	42	6	22	52–93
80	Gabelli School of BusinessFordham University · United States	39.1	69	23	5	11	51–95
81	Esade Business SchoolRamon Llull University · Spain	39.0	8	81	23	17	55–97
82	Frankfurt School of Finance & ManagementFrankfurt School of Finance & Management (independent) · Germany	38.8	24	20	25	37	52–99
83	University of Miami Herbert Business SchoolUniversity of Miami · United States	38.4	22	40	37	55	58–97
84	Rady School of ManagementUniversity of California, San Diego · United States	38.3	23	47	48	36	50–97
85	Rutgers Business SchoolRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · United States	37.5	27	50	15	31	59–94
86	Copenhagen Business SchoolCopenhagen Business School · Denmark	36.0	9	8	69	52	58–98
87	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus UniversityErasmus University Rotterdam · Netherlands	35.9	10	49	42	72	62–99
88	SUFE College of BusinessShanghai University of Finance and Economics · China	35.0	21	58	45	25	55–102
89	POLIMI Graduate School of ManagementPolitecnico di Milano · Italy	34.6	62	45	41	4	54–101
90	Durham University Business SchoolDurham University · United Kingdom	34.1	29	12	21	8	63–103
91	William & Mary Raymond A. Mason School of BusinessCollege of William and Mary · United States	33.7	35	36	36	6	66–102
=92	HKUST Business SchoolHong Kong University of Science and Technology · Hong Kong SAR, China	33.3	8	26	28	77	55–102
=92	Ivey Business SchoolWestern University · Canada	33.3	2	68	32	34	69–100
94	Porto Business School / FEP, University of PortoUniversity of Porto · Portugal	32.9	58	46	42	3	63–103
=95	Eli Broad College of BusinessMichigan State University · United States	31.7	12	5	8	46	66–102
=95	Smeal College of BusinessPennsylvania State University · United States	31.7	6	55	44	79	70–103
=95	WHU – Otto Beisheim School of ManagementWHU (independent) · Germany	31.7	16	62	47	14	72–102
98	Leeds School of BusinessUniversity of Colorado, Boulder · United States	28.8	18	32	1	69	72–104
99	IMDIMD (independent) · Switzerland	27.2	25	28	16	5	72–104
100	Desautels Faculty of ManagementMcGill University · Canada	25.4	1	11	57	64	77–105
101	EDHEC Business SchoolEDHEC (independent) · France	25.3	20	15	7	9	84–104
102	Smith School of BusinessQueen's University · Canada	22.0	3	57	54	20	88–105
103	ESMT BerlinESMT Berlin (independent) · Germany	21.7	5	18	25	15	87–106
104	Sauder School of BusinessUniversity of British Columbia · Canada	21.2	0	51	43	61	86–105
105	Hult International Business SchoolHult International Business School (independent) · United States	16.5	13	0	29	2	96–106
106	Cranfield School of ManagementCranfield University · United Kingdom	3.3	7	9	3	0	103–107
107	EADA Business School BarcelonaEADA (independent) · Spain	0.0	4	13	4	1	104–107
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107 schools

34 more schools are listed but not ranked

They don’t publish a full-time MBA employment figure we could find (salary or employment rate), or have no figure from a second pillar.

Adam Smith Business School United Kingdom
Amsterdam Business School Netherlands
Antai College of Economics and Management China
Audencia France
Bayes Business School United Kingdom
CUHK Business School Hong Kong SAR, China
CUHK-Shenzhen School of Management and Economics China
CityU College of Business Hong Kong SAR, China
ESSEC Business School France
Fox School of Business United States
Guanghua School of Management China
HKU Business School Hong Kong SAR, China
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta India
Indian Institute of Management Indore India
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode India
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow India
J. Mack Robinson College of Business United States
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business United States
Lee Kong Chian School of Business Singapore
Melbourne Business School Australia
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business United States
PolyU Faculty of Business Hong Kong SAR, China
Rotman School of Management Canada
SP Jain Institute of Management & Research India
Sasin School of Management Thailand
Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management China
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School Ireland
UIC Business (College of Business Administration) United States
USTC School of Management China
University of Bath School of Management United Kingdom
University of Edinburgh Business School United Kingdom
University of Liverpool Management School United Kingdom
XLRI – Xavier School of Management India
emlyon business school France