MBA Rankings 2026

Name: 2026 US MBA Rankings
Creator: AdmitBase

Complete rankings for 130 US MBA programs with GMAT medians, GPA medians, acceptance rates, and tuition.

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Data: official admissions disclosures · Last updated June 2026

130

Schools

680

Median GMAT

3.30

Median GPA

36.0%

Median Acceptance

M7 Business Schools

The seven most prestigious MBA programs in the world.

#	School	GMAT	GPA	Accept %	Tuition	Employment
1	Harvard Business School Cambridge, MA	740	3.73	11%	$76,000	96%
2	Stanford Graduate School of Business Stanford, CA	738	3.78	6%	$77,000	95%
3	The Wharton School Philadelphia, PA	740	3.69	9%	$84,000	97%
4	Chicago Booth School of Business Chicago, IL	738	3.66	12%	$77,000	97%
5	Kellogg School of Management Chicago, IL	733	3.65	13%	$78,000	96%
6	Columbia Business School New York, NY	739	3.66	11%	$82,000	96%
7	MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge, MA	736	3.62	10%	$82,000	97%

Complete MBA Rankings

All 100 ranked US MBA programs.

#	School	GMAT	GPA	Accept %	Tuition
1	Harvard Business School Cambridge, MA	740	3.73	11%	$76,000
2	Stanford Graduate School of Business Stanford, CA	738	3.78	6%	$77,000
3	The Wharton School Philadelphia, PA	740	3.69	9%	$84,000
4	Chicago Booth School of Business Chicago, IL	738	3.66	12%	$77,000
5	Kellogg School of Management Chicago, IL	733	3.65	13%	$78,000
6	Columbia Business School New York, NY	739	3.66	11%	$82,000
7	MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge, MA	736	3.62	10%	$82,000
8	Tuck School of Business Hanover, NH	726	3.60	16%	$80,000
9	Haas School of Business Berkeley, CA	733	3.65	12%	$65,000
10	Yale School of Management New Haven, CT	730	3.71	14%	$76,000
11	NYU Stern School of Business New York, NY	729	3.60	15%	$80,000
12	Duke Fuqua School of Business Durham, NC	728	3.56	16%	$72,000
13	Michigan Ross School of Business Ann Arbor, MI	728	3.55	16%	$68,000
14	Darden School of Business Charlottesville, VA	725	3.55	18%	$65,000
15	Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management Ithaca, NY	722	3.50	19%	$74,000
16	UCLA Anderson School of Management Los Angeles, CA	720	3.55	18%	$63,000
17	McCombs School of Business Austin, TX	718	3.50	20%	$40,000
18	Kenan-Flagler Business School Chapel Hill, NC	705	3.45	22%	$73,000
19	Tepper School of Business Pittsburgh, PA	695	3.45	20%	$77,000
20	Marshall School of Business Los Angeles, CA	715	3.50	21%	$68,000
21	McDonough School of Business Washington, DC	710	3.48	24%	$67,000
22	Goizueta Business School Atlanta, GA	710	3.45	25%	$67,000
23	Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, IN	685	3.40	28%	$33,000
24	Olin Business School St. Louis, MO	710	3.45	24%	$65,000
25	Foster School of Business Seattle, WA	705	3.42	25%	$38,000
26	Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Nashville, TN	708	3.45	28%	$65,000
27	Rice Jones Graduate School of Business Houston, TX	710	3.44	25%	$64,000
28	Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business Notre Dame, IN	705	3.42	28%	$62,000
29	Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Atlanta, GA	705	3.40	26%	$33,000
30	Ohio State Fisher College of Business Columbus, OH	695	3.38	30%	$32,000
31	Wisconsin School of Business Madison, WI	693	3.38	32%	$28,000
32	ASU W. P. Carey School of Business Phoenix, AZ	690	3.36	32%	$32,000
33	Boston University Questrom School of Business Boston, MA	700	3.40	27%	$65,000
34	BYU Marriott School of Business Provo, UT	695	3.50	35%	$14,000
35	University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management Minneapolis, MN	690	3.35	33%	$43,000
36	Rutgers Business School Newark, NJ	680	3.30	35%	$35,000
37	Temple University Fox School of Business Philadelphia, PA	670	3.28	38%	$28,000
38	University of Maryland Smith School of Business Baltimore, MD	685	3.32	34%	$38,000
39	University of Iowa Tippie College of Business Iowa City, IA	675	3.30	40%	$26,000
40	Penn State Smeal College of Business University Park, PA	680	3.32	36%	$30,000
41	Boston College Carroll School of Management Newton, MA	695	3.40	30%	$60,000
42	University of Florida Warrington College of Business Gainesville, FL	685	3.35	33%	$22,000
43	SMU Cox School of Business Dallas, TX	685	3.34	35%	$56,000
44	Tulane Freeman School of Business New Orleans, LA	678	3.30	38%	$58,000
45	Wake Forest School of Business Winston-Salem, NC	680	3.32	38%	$52,000
46	University of Rochester Simon Business School Rochester, NY	680	3.30	35%	$55,000
47	Case Western Weatherhead School of Management Cleveland, OH	670	3.28	40%	$50,000
48	University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business Pittsburgh, PA	668	3.26	42%	$32,000
49	George Washington University School of Business Washington, DC	685	3.32	36%	$60,000
50	Northeastern D'Amore-McKim School of Business Boston, MA	680	3.30	35%	$58,000
51	Babson College F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business Wellesley, MA	685	3.32	34%	$56,000
52	Thunderbird School of Global Management Phoenix, AZ	670	3.25	42%	$44,000
53	Michigan State Broad College of Business East Lansing, MI	670	3.28	38%	$35,000
54	UC Davis Graduate School of Management Davis, CA	680	3.32	36%	$42,000
55	UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business Irvine, CA	678	3.30	38%	$44,000
56	Texas A&M Mays Business School Fort Worth, TX	672	3.28	40%	$22,000
57	Purdue Krannert School of Management West Lafayette, IN	670	3.26	42%	$25,000
58	Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business Roanoke, VA	660	3.24	45%	$22,000
59	University of Connecticut School of Business Hartford, CT	665	3.26	42%	$28,000
60	University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business Columbia, SC	660	3.24	45%	$28,000
61	Fordham Gabelli School of Business New York, NY	680	3.30	38%	$56,000
62	Villanova School of Business Villanova, PA	670	3.28	40%	$52,000
63	University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business Boulder, CO	672	3.28	40%	$32,000
64	University of Alabama Manderson Graduate School of Business Tuscaloosa, AL	655	3.22	48%	$22,000
65	University of Georgia Terry College of Business Athens, GA	665	3.26	42%	$16,000
66	Clemson Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business Clemson, SC	650	3.20	50%	$18,000
67	University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business Knoxville, TN	658	3.24	45%	$20,000
68	University of Missouri Trulaske College of Business Columbia, MO	650	3.20	50%	$22,000
69	University of Arkansas Walton College of Business Fayetteville, AR	648	3.18	52%	$18,000
70	University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business Eugene, OR	660	3.24	45%	$33,000
71	University of Kansas School of Business Lawrence, KS	645	3.18	52%	$18,000
72	University at Buffalo School of Management Buffalo, NY	650	3.20	48%	$22,000
73	University of Illinois Gies College of Business Champaign, IL	675	3.30	38%	$32,000
74	University of Arizona Eller College of Management Tucson, AZ	660	3.24	42%	$28,000
75	University of Miami Herbert Business School Coral Gables, FL	675	3.28	38%	$54,000
76	Baylor Hankamer School of Business Waco, TX	645	3.18	52%	$45,000
77	Syracuse Whitman School of Management Syracuse, NY	648	3.18	50%	$52,000
78	NC State Poole College of Management Raleigh, NC	658	3.24	45%	$24,000
79	Drexel LeBow College of Business Philadelphia, PA	645	3.18	50%	$38,000
80	Saint Louis University Chaifetz School of Business St. Louis, MO	640	3.16	55%	$44,000
81	Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business Chicago, IL	650	3.20	48%	$48,000
82	University of Denver Daniels College of Business Denver, CO	652	3.22	48%	$52,000
83	American University Kogod School of Business Washington, DC	650	3.20	48%	$52,000
84	University of Tulsa Collins College of Business Tulsa, OK	640	3.16	55%	$30,000
85	University of San Diego School of Business San Diego, CA	650	3.20	50%	$52,000
86	Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business Santa Clara, CA	660	3.24	45%	$55,000
87	William & Mary Raymond A. Mason School of Business Williamsburg, VA	672	3.28	40%	$38,000
88	Lehigh University College of Business Bethlehem, PA	645	3.18	50%	$48,000
89	University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Salt Lake City, UT	668	3.26	42%	$28,000
90	University of Connecticut School of Business (Stamford) Hartford, CT	660	3.22	45%	$28,000
91	Chapman University Argyros School of Business and Economics Orange, CA	640	3.16	55%	$52,000
92	Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Malibu, CA	650	3.20	48%	$56,000
93	TCU Neeley School of Business Fort Worth, TX	655	3.22	48%	$54,000
94	Bentley University Graduate School of Business Waltham, MA	640	3.18	52%	$48,000
95	Creighton University Heider College of Business Omaha, NE	635	3.14	55%	$42,000
96	Gonzaga University School of Business Administration Spokane, WA	630	3.12	58%	$40,000
97	Loyola Marymount University College of Business Administration Los Angeles, CA	640	3.16	52%	$48,000
98	Elon University Love School of Business Greensboro, NC	630	3.12	58%	$38,000
99	Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business Winter Park, FL	635	3.14	55%	$44,000
100	Xavier University Williams College of Business Cincinnati, OH	640	3.16	52%	$38,000
—	Howard University School of Business MBA Washington, DC	600	—	—	$35,000
—	MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge, MA	730	—	—	$87,000
—	Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice Houston, TX	712	—	—	$67,000
—	Chicago Booth Evening/Weekend MBA Chicago, IL	730	3.55	18%	$77,000
—	Kellogg Evening/Weekend MBA Chicago, IL	725	3.52	20%	$78,000
—	UCLA Anderson FEMBA Los Angeles, CA	708	3.48	25%	$63,000
—	NYU Stern Part-Time MBA New York, NY	710	3.45	22%	$80,000
—	Haas Evening/Weekend MBA Berkeley, CA	718	3.52	20%	$65,000
—	Michigan Ross Part-Time MBA Ann Arbor, MI	700	3.42	28%	$68,000
—	Columbia Business School J-Term MBA New York, NY	725	3.55	15%	$82,000
—	Georgetown McDonough Evening MBA Washington, DC	690	3.38	30%	$60,000
—	McCombs Working Professional MBA Austin, TX	695	3.40	28%	$40,000
—	Goizueta Evening MBA Atlanta, GA	690	3.36	32%	$62,000
—	Marshall Part-Time MBA Los Angeles, CA	695	3.38	28%	$62,000
—	Kenan-Flagler Evening MBA Chapel Hill, NC	685	3.35	32%	$48,000
—	Rice Jones Professional MBA Houston, TX	690	3.35	30%	$58,000
—	Questrom Part-Time MBA Boston, MA	680	3.30	35%	$58,000
—	Foster Evening MBA Seattle, WA	685	3.32	32%	$38,000
—	Kenan-Flagler Online MBA (MBA@UNC) Chapel Hill, NC	690	3.40	28%	$63,000
—	Kelley Online MBA Indianapolis, IN	670	3.30	35%	$22,000
—	Tepper Online Hybrid MBA Pittsburgh, PA	690	3.35	30%	$72,000
—	Carey Online MBA Phoenix, AZ	660	3.25	40%	$32,000
—	Marshall Online MBA Los Angeles, CA	670	3.28	38%	$62,000
—	Michigan Ross Online MBA Ann Arbor, MI	690	3.35	32%	$68,000
—	Gies iMBA (Online) Champaign, IL	650	3.20	45%	$22,000
—	Foster Online MBA Seattle, WA	665	3.25	38%	$38,000
—	Warrington Online MBA Gainesville, FL	650	3.18	45%	$22,000
—	Graziadio Online MBA Malibu, CA	640	3.15	48%	$50,000
—	Whitman Online MBA Syracuse, NY	635	3.12	50%	$46,000
—	Harbert Online MBA Auburn, AL	630	3.10	55%	$32,000

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