Poets&Quants 2023-2024 MBA Ranking: Stanford's Triumphant Return To The Top

Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management moved back into the Top 25 this year to rank 21st.. (Vanderbilt Photo / Rusty Russell)

The Definitive List Of The Top 100 U.S. MBA Programs of 2023-2024 — 26 to 50

This second group of schools is the next-best bunch of full-time MBA programs in the United States. These schools tend to have higher admit rates and are easier to get into than the top 25 schools. Yet, most of them offer as good if not a better MBA experience for students and tend to get overlooked and underappreciated. Several of the programs near the top of the list, moreover, have been able to land on the top 25 in years past, with Indiana Kelley and Georgia Tech.

2023 Rank	School Name	2022 Rank	Index	US News	Financial Times	Business Week	LinkedIn	Princeton Review
#26	Rochester (Simon)	30	69.4	27 (33)	26 (29)	25 (27)	24 (NR)	NR (NA)
#27	Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)	26	67.9	26 (28)	35 (32)	20 (18)	23 (NR)	NR (NA)
#28	Washington (Olin)	23	67.4	37 (29)	18 (20)	30 (21)	25 (NR)	NR (NA)
#29	Georgia (Terry)	29	63.5	31 (38)	34 (41)	27 (33)	40 (NR)	NR (NA)
#30	Notre Dame (Mendoza)	27	63.2	30 (25)	37 (31)	34 (31)	27 (NR)	NR (NA)
#31	Pennsylvania (Wharton)	1	59.6	3 (1)	NR (1)	8 (7)	4 (NR)	NR (NA)
#32	Brigham Young (Marriott)	34	58.1	35 (36)	44 (44)	35 (37)	37 (NR)	NR (NA)
#33	Texas-Dallas (Jindal)	40	61.2	27 (29)	33 (42)	37 (41)	NR (NR)	NR (NA)
#34	William & Mary (Mason)	47	56.5	45 (47)	43 (49)	36 (41)	NR (NR)	19 (NA)
#35	Arizona State (Carey)	31	55.5	35 (29)	29 (39)	39 (32)	NR (NR)	NR (NA)
#36	Boston College (Carroll)	52	55.4	42 (41)	38 (40)	47 (48)	39 (NR)	NR (NA)
#37	Indiana (Kelley)	22	54.5	22 (22)	NR (33)	31 (22)	38 (NR)	14 (NA)
#38	Michigan State (Broad)	45	54.3	33 (36)	24 (NR)	NR (35)	42 (NR)	NR (NA)
#39	Maryland (Smith)	41	53.3	42 (45)	31 (46)	33 (35)	NR (NR)	NR (NA)
#40	UC-Irvine (Merage)	44	52.6	37 (44)	30 (30)	NR (NR)	26 (NR)	NR (NA)
#41	Boston University (Questrom)	37	51.8	51 (47)	40 (35)	51 (38)	30 (NR)	NR (NA)
#42	George Washington	50	50.7	59 (55)	32 (37)	46 (50)	41 (NR)	NR (NA)
#43	Texas A&M (Mays)	38	43.8	45 (41)	39 (50)	45 (45)	NR (NR)	NR (NA)
#44	Minnesota (Carlson)	32	42.6	31 (33)	NR (45)	32 (34)	34 (NR)	NR (NA)
#45	UC-Davis	54	42.5	55 (52)	46 (NR)	43 (57)	NR (NR)	NR (NA)
#46	Southern Methodist (Cox)	46	41.9	33 (41)	NR (NR)	27 (40)	43 (NR)	NR (NA)
#47	Northeastern (D’Amore-McKim)	83	37.1	81 (85)	41 (NR)	65 (67)	44 (NR)	NR (NA)
#48	Babson College (Olin)	56	36.3	68 (57)	45 (36)	NR (50)	29 (NR)	NR (NA)
#49	Rutgers Business School	48	35.7	45 (45)	NR (38)	44 (52)	35 (NR)	NR (NA)
#50	Ohio State (Fisher)	35	33.6	44 (39)	NR (22)	52 (46)	47 (NR)	NR (NA)

Note: * All ranks in the table are the latest for each of the five most influential MBA rankings . Ranks for both The Financial Times and The Economist surveys are U.S. only, not the overall global ranks.

(See the following page for the next 25 business schools on the 2022-2023 list)