Poets&Quants’ Top 100 U.S. MBA Programs of 2012 by: John A. Byrne on December 07, 2012 | 13 minute read December 7, 2012 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Poets&Quants’Top 100 U.S. MBA Programs of 2012 2012 P&Q Rank & School Index 2011 Rank BW Forbes U.S. News FT Econ 51. Thunderbird Glendale, AZ 39.6 49 45 54 75 47 NR 52. George Washington Washington, DC 37.2 58 54 NR 57 41 40 53. Florida (Hough) Gainesville, FL 35.0 53 48 67 44 NR NR 54. Pittsburgh (Katz) Pittsburgh, PA 34.4 57 NR 51 68 44 46 55. South Carolina (Moore) Columbia, SC 33.7 55 62 70 64 49 NR 56. Missouri (Trulaske) Columbia, MO 31.8 64 56 63 54 NR NR 57. Case (Weatherhead) Cleveland, OH 30.2 59 NR 49 52 NR 47 58. UC-Davis Davis, CA 29.6 52 NR 72 36 NR 37 59. Texas Christian (Neeley) Fort Worth, TX 26.9 94 46 NR 70 NR 39 60. SUNY-Buffalo Buffalo, NY 26.5 60 57 48 89 NR NR 61. Tulane (Freeman) New Orleans, LA 26.4 50 NR 52 43 NR NR 62. Connecticut Storrs, CT 25.5 61 NR 37 61 NR NR 63. Temple (Fox) Philadelphia, PA 24.8 63 NR 73 52 NR 41 64. Fordham New York, NY 24.5 75 58 55 89 NR NR 65. William & Mary (Mason) Williamsburg, VA 21.1 51 NR 41 70 NR NR 66. Arizona (Eller) Tuscon, AZ 20.5 67 NR 60 57 NR NR 67. Tennessee Knoxville, TN 19.2 78 60 NR 64 NR NR 67. Syracuse (Whitman) Syracuse, NY 19.2 85 55 NR 68 NR NR 69. Rutgers New Brunswick, NJ 19.1 62 61 NR 63 NR NR 70. Univ. of Miami Coral Gables, FL 17.3 97 61 NR 63 NR NR 71. Alabama (Manderson) Tuscaloosa, AL 16.1 68 NR 57 78 NR NR 72. Texas-Dallas Richardson, TX 15.3 71 NR NR 37 NR NR 73. NC State (Jenkins) Raleigh, NC 14.6 96 63 NR 78 NR NR 74. Auburn Auburn, AL 13.6 66 NR 58 88 NR NR 74. Louisiana State (Ourso) Baton Rouge, LA 13.6 75 NR 64 81 NR NR 74. Rollins (Crummer) Winter Park, FL 13.6 73 NR 46 101 NR NR Source: Poets&Quants’ 2012 composite ranking of the best full-time MBA programs in the U.S. Notes: Rankings for both The Financial Times and The Economist are adjusted to account for the ranks of U.S. schools only for comparable purposes Previous Page Continue ReadingPage 5 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 © Copyright 2026 Poets & Quants. All rights reserved. This article may not be republished, rewritten or otherwise distributed without written permission. To reprint or license this article or any content from Poets & Quants, please submit your request HERE.