Top MBA Program Rankings | ARINGO consultants are the top in the world!
Comparing MBA rankings can help MBA applicants sort out business schools and MBA programs that suit them best, based on a number of different criteria. Several different authoritative financial players such as the Economist, US News, Financial Times, Forbes, Business Week and others rank MBA programs annually and weigh in several different factors, such as employment rates, student selectivity, reputation and more when doing so.
The ARINGO staff has gathered top MBA rankings from several different sources, as well as added criteria of our own to create the below combined ranking of business schools. Applicants can therefore narrow down their search for the most suitable MBA program for them based on both general rankings and specific factors such as average age, average GMAT score, acceptance rate and more.
Please note that the rankings below are the MBA rankings for 2019 and that the list will be updated when changes in ranking occur and that it is a list of full time MBA rankings.
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Top MBA Programs in the U.S.:
| Full Time MBA Program | ARINGO Combined Ranking | Economist 2021 |
FT 2021 |
US News 2021 |
BW 2021 |
Forbes 2019 |
Enrollment | Average GMAT | Specializations | General Acceptance Rate |
Weighted Salary US$ |
| Berkeley | 7 | — | 7 | 7 | 11 | 502 | 715 | e-Business, Technology, Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship | 23% | 169k | |
| Chicago | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1180 | 726 | Finance, Economics, Accounting | 28% | 158k | |
| Columbia | 6 | — | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1287 | 716 | Finance, International Management | 16% | 169k | |
| Cornell | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 535 | 700 | Accounting, CSR/Ethics | 40% | 142k | |
| Darden | 11 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 656 | 706 | General Management, Corporate Ethics | 35% | 147k | |
| Duke | 12 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 894 | 697 | Marketing, General Management | 25% | 144k | |
| Emory | 20 | 50 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 345 | 677 | General Management, Marketing | 30% | 127k | |
| Georgetown | 22 | 27 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 31 | 519 | 692 | Marketing, International Management | 57% | 130k |
| Harvard | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1872 | 730 | General Management, Strategy, Marketing, Nonprofit | 9% | 172k | |
| Kelley | 21 | 13 | 38 | 23 | 26 | 19 | 372 | 668 | Marketing, Entrepreneurship | 43% | 119k |
| Kellogg | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1272 | 724 | Marketing, General Management | 28% | 162k | |
| McCombs | 19 | 40 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 543 | 694 | Accounting, Information Systems | 30% | 134k | |
| Michigan | 13 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 836 | 702 | Corporate Strategy, General Management | 37% | 144k |
| MIT | 8 | — | 5 | 8 | 7 | 806 | 713 | Information Systems, Entrepreneurship, Production/Operations | 15% | 159k | |
| NYU | 16 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 799 | 721 | Finance, Media & Entertainment | 29% | 150k |
| Stanford | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 824 | 732 | Entrepreneurship, General Management, e-Business, Nonprofit | 9% | 185k | |
| Tepper | 18 | 9 | 27 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 417 | 691 | Production/Operations, IT/Information Systems | 28% | 136k |
| Tuck | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 563 | 716 | General Management, Corporate Strategy | 35% | 156k | |
| UCLA | 14 | — | 18 | 16 | 16 | 725 | 714 | Entrepreneurship, Finance | 34% | 140k | |
| UNC | 17 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 33 | 15 | 558 | 710 | Marketing, Corporate Social Responsibility | 51% | 128k |
| USC | 23 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 438 | 690 | Entrepreneurship, Accounting, International Management | 24% | 128k | |
| Wharton | 4 | — | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1715 | 728 | Finance, Entrepreneurship, Accounting | 23% | 177k | |
| Yale | 10 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 668 | 720 | Nonprofit, Corporate Social Responsibility | 30% | 152k |
Top MBA Programs in Europe:
| FT 2021 | Enrollment | Average GMAT | General Acceptance Rate | Weighted Salary $US | Specializations | |
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| Cambridge – Judge (UK) |
16 | 157 | 680 | 30% | 156k | Entrepreneurship, Corporate behavior, Corporate Strategy |
| ESADE (Spain) | 20 | 310 | 670 | 61% | 132k | Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility |
| IE (Spain) |
39 | 1089 | 680 | 34% | 159k | Entrepreneurship, International management, e-Business |
| HEC Paris (France) |
7 | 294 | 689 | 21% | 134k | Strategy, Marketing |
| IESE (Spain) | 4 | 563 | 683 | 26% | 140k | General Management, CSR/Ethics |
| IMD (Switzerland) | 19 | 90 | 670 | 30% | 157k | International Management, General Management |
| INSEAD (France) | 1 | 1024 | 701 | 20% | 166k | International Management, Entrepreneurship |
| LBS (UK) | 2 | 409 | 698 | 35% | 154k | Finance, International Business |
| Oxford – Said (UK) |
17 | 370 | 692 | 32% | 136k | Entrepreneurship, International Management, Corporate Social Responsibility |
| SDA Bocconi (Italy) | 12 | 100 | 665 | 38% | 122k |
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