The Best Online MBAs, According To U.S. News’ New Ranking

Carnegie Mellon & UNC tied for top spot in online MBA Ranking while Rice makes a massive advance

Temple University’s Fox School of Business, which was tossed off the list two years ago after the school acknowledged that it had fraudulently reported data to U.S. News over a number of years, ranked 100th, falling 12 places from its return rank of last year. It is quite a comedown from the school’s four consecutive No. 1 years from 2015 to 2018 when it inflated rankings data to secure its top ranked status.

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