Harvard & Wharton Tie for 2018’s #1 MBA Program by: John A. Byrne on November 14, 2018 | 324,648 Views November 14, 2018 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management The Definitive List Of The Top 100 U.S. MBA Programs of 2018 — 26 to 50 2018 Rank School Name 2017 Rank Index US News Forbes Business Week Financial Times The Economist #26 Vanderbilt (Owen) 33 75.0 26 (25) 49 (49) 21 (34) 38 (40) 20 (18) #27 Georgia Institute of Technology 27 74.3 28 (29) 30 (30) 27 (28) 26 (29) 24 (26) #28 Washington (Olin) 28 74.0 23 (21) 35 (35) 32 (36) 24 (35) 28 (30) #29 Notre Dame (Mendoza) 24 71.6 31 (29) 22 (23) 31 (26) 40 (28) 33 (33) #30 Minnesota (Carlson) 31 71.4 29 (32) 27 (27) 29 (39) 45 (48) 25 (22) #31 Arizona State (Carey) 30 70.0 29 (25) 40 (40) 34 (47) 25 (26) 29 (31) #32 Penn State (Smeal) 36 68.8 31 (36) 29 (29) 38 (25) 39 (49) 34 (42) #33 Wisconsin 32 67.1 37 (34) 24 (24) 42 (43) 36 (33) 41 (40) #34 Brigham Young (Marriott) 34 65.8 35 (34) 19 (19) 25 (23) 35 (33) NR (NR) #35 Michigan State (Broad) 29 64.9 37 (37) 24 (29) 53 (25) 37 (27) 42 (32) #36 Ohio State (Fisher) 34 63.6 31 (27) 47 (47) 44 (37) 34 (31) 39 (36) #37 UC-Irvine (Merage) 39 62.0 42 (44) 41 (41) 43 (51) 32 (30) 36 (38) #38 Purdue (Krannert) 38 60.2 53 (50) 28 (28) 50 (38) 27 (36) 45 (49) #39 Rochester (Simon) 37 59.9 44 (43) 37 (37) 45 (33) 43 (38) 40 (39) #40 Maryland (Smith) 40 59.4 48 (47) 46 (46) 35 (40) 28 (25) 46 (43) #41 Southern Methodist (Cox) 47 57.6 48 (52) 38 (38) 41 (32) 48 (NR) 37 (37) #42 Boston University (Questrom) 41 55.3 42 (44) 48 (48) 57 (49) 46 (42) 43 (35) #43 Georgia (Terry) 50 54.4 40 (48) 50 (50) 51 (54) NR (NR) 31 (41) #44 Pittsburgh (Katz) 42 53.7 52 (53) 39 (39) 68 (52) 42 (45) 35 (34) #45 Texas-Dallas (Jindal) 43 53.6 40 (38) 44 (NR) 37 (31) 49 (50) NR (NR) #46 Texas A&M (Mays) 44 51.5 36 (38) 20 (20) 49 (22) NR (NR) NR (NR) #47 Florida (Hough) 52 50.1 34 (40) NR (NR) 55 (NR) 30 (NR) 17 (NR) #48 Boston College (Carroll) 46 48.2 48 (44) 51 (NR) 59 (44) 33 (41) NR (NR) #49 UC-Davis 61 48.0 37 (42) 63 (61) 40 (NR) NR (NR) 38 (NR) #50 Rutgers Business School 49 46.9 44 (50) 52 (NR) 61 (50) 47 (37) NR (NR) Note: * Ranks for both The Financial Times and The Economist surveys are U.S. only, not the overall global ranks (See following page for the next 25 business schools on the list) Previous Page Continue ReadingPage 4 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6