Rank 2018 |
Rank 2017 |
3 Yr Avg. |
School Name | Country |
1 | 2 | 3 | Stanford Graduate School of Business | US |
2 | 1 | 1 | Insead | Fr / SG |
3 | 3 | 3 | University of Pennsylvania: Wharton | US |
4 | 6 | 4 | London Business School | UK |
5 | 4 | 4 | Harvard Business School | US |
6 | 9 | 8 | University of Chicago: Booth | US |
7 | 7 | 7 | Columbia Business School | US |
8 | 11 | 12 | Ceibs | China |
9 | 13 | 10 | MIT: Sloan | US |
10 | 13 | 10 | University of California at Berkeley: Haas | US |
11 | 10 | 12 | Iese Business School | Spain |
12 | 12 | 12 | Northwestern University: Kellogg | US |
13 | 5 | 9 | University of Cambridge: Judge | UK |
14 | 15 | 14 | HKUST Business School | China |
15 | 15 | 16 | Yale School of Management | US |
16 | 18 | 19 | Dartmouth College: Tuck | US |
17 | 27 | 25 | Cornell University: Johnson | US |
18 | 26 | 25 | National University of Singapore Business School | Singapore |
19 | 24 | 21 | Duke University: Fuqua | US |
20 | 17 | 20 | Esade Business School | Spain |
21 | 20 | 19 | HEC Paris | France |
22 | 24 | 25 | Nanyang Business School | Singapore |
23 | 19 | 20 | New York University: Stern | US |
24 | 21 | 19 | IMD | Switzerland |
25 | 32 | 30 | UCLA: Anderson | US |
26 | 23 | 23 | University of Michigan: Ross | US |
27 | 33 | 29 | University of Oxford: Saïd | UK |
28 | 27 | 28 | Indian School of Business | India |
29 | 22 | 25 | SDA Bocconi | Italy |
30 | 40 | 38 | Georgetown University: McDonough | US |
31 | 29 | 28 | Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad | India |
32 | 35 | 31 | University of Virginia: Darden | US |
33 | 39 | 39 | University of Hong Kong | China |
34 | 34 | 36 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Antai | China |
35 | 49 | 49 | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | India |
36 | 30 | 35 | Alliance Manchester Business School | UK |
37= | 31 | 37 | Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University | Netherlands |
37= | 43 | 40 | University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler | US |
39 | - | - | Renmin University of China School of Business | China |
40 | 38 | 37 | Carnegie Mellon: Tepper | US |
41 | 44 | 44 | Warwick Business School | UK |
42 | - | - | Fudan University School of Management | China |
43 | 36 | 35 | CUHK Business School | China |
44 | 46 | 46 | University of Texas at Austin: McCombs | US |
45 | 64 | 54 | Rice University: Jones | US |
46 | 37 | 40 | City University: Cass | UK |
47 | 51 | 51 | Emory University: Goizueta | US |
48 | 41 | 46 | University of Washington: Foster | US |
49 | - | - | Singapore Management University: Lee Kong Chian | Singapore |
50 | 68 | 66 | Washington University: Olin | US |
51= | 57 | - | Arizona State University: Carey | US |
51= | 45 | 44 | Imperial College Business School | UK |
51= | 54 | 58 | Sungkyunkwan University GSB | S Korea |
54 | 61 | 62 | Georgia Institute of Technology: Scheller | US |
55= | 69 | - | Purdue University: Krannert | US |
55= | 52 | 53 | University of Maryland: Smith | US |
57 | 47 | 53 | Indiana University: Kelley | US |
58 | - | - | University of Florida: Hough | US |
59 | 48 | 53 | University of Southern California: Marshall | US |
60 | 59 | 60 | University of St Gallen | Switzerland |
61= | 54 | 55 | Mannheim Business School | Germany |
61= | 53 | 57 | Cranfield School of Management | UK |
63 | 54 | 61 | AGSM at UNSW Business School | Australia |
64= | 62 | 61 | University of California at Irvine: Merage | US |
64= | 75 | 68 | Durham University Business School | UK |
66 | 76 | 76 | Melbourne Business School | Australia |
67 | 80 | 72 | Boston College: Carroll | US |
68= | 63 | 69 | Ohio State University: Fisher | US |
68= | 65 | 71 | Brigham Young University: Marriott | US |
70 | 42 | 49 | Lancaster University Management School | UK |
71 | 65 | 68 | Wisconsin School of Business | US |
72 | 58 | 65 | Michigan State University: Broad | US |
73= | 79 | 74 | Vanderbilt University: Owen | US |
73= | 91 | 87 | University of Edinburgh Business School | UK |
75= | 74 | 78 | Edhec Business School | France |
75= | 89 | 84 | Pennsylvania State University: Smeal | US |
77 | 60 | 71 | University of Notre Dame: Mendoza | US |
78= | 95 | - | Indian Institute of Management Calcutta | India |
78= | - | - | McGill University: Desautels | Canada |
80 | 70 | 63 | The Lisbon MBA | Portugal |
81 | 87 | 86 | Babson College: Olin | US |
82 | 85 | 88 | University of Pittsburgh: Katz | US |
83 | 77 | 82 | University of Rochester: Simon | US |
84 | - | - | University of Connecticut School of Business | US |
85 | 88 | 81 | University of Minnesota: Carlson | US |
86= | 65 | 70 | University of Toronto: Rotman | Canada |
86= | 82 | 80 | Boston University: Questrom | US |
88 | 70 | 74 | ESMT Berlin | Germany |
89 | 70 | - | Rutgers Business School | US |
90 | 94 | 91 | Western University: Ivey | Canada |
91 | - | - | SMU: Cox | US |
92 | - | - | Leeds University Business School | UK |
93 | 93 | - | University of Texas at Dallas: Jindal | US |
94= | - | - | WHU Beisheim | Germany |
94= | 70 | 81 | University College Dublin: Smurfit | Ireland |
96 | - | - | Essec Business School | France |
97 | - | - | University of San Diego School of Business Administration | US |
98 | 80 | 80 | University of Strathclyde Business School | UK |
99 | - | - | EMLyon Business School | France |
100= | - | - | Copenhagen Business School | Denmark |
100= | - | - | University of Bath School of Management | UK |
Table notes
Although the headline ranking figures show changes in the data year to year, the pattern of clustering among the schools is equally significant. Some 195 points separate the top programme, Stanford, from the school ranked number 100. The top 14 participants, down to HKUST Business School, form the top group of MBA providers. The second group, headed by Yale School of Management, spans schools ranked 15 to 44. Differences between schools are relatively small within this group. The 48 Schools within the third group headed by Rice University: Jones are similarly close together. The remaining 9 schools headed by University of Texas at Dallas: Jindal make up the fourth group.
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