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

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2023-2024 MBA ranking

The Definitive List Of The Top 100 U.S. MBA Programs of 2023-2024 ā€” 51 to 75

This third group of schools represents some of the very best hidden gems in MBA education. Typically, these are smaller and more intimate programs at excellent business schools. Ā They are less likely to rank on all five of the most influential rankings but have strong reputations nonetheless. And many of these schools open the door to companies that are major players in their geographies.

2023
Rank
School Name 2022 Rank Index US News Financial Times Business Week LinkedIn Princeton Review
#51 Baruch (Zicklin) 69 32.6 49 (62) NR (NR) 48 (64) 45 (NR) NR (NA)
#52 Pittsburgh (Katz) 43 31.9 86 (55) 41 (43) 49 (54) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#53 Wisconsin 39 31.2 40 (47) NR (47) 41 (49) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#54 Colorado (Leeds) 59 27.1 60 (67) NR (NR) 64 (75) 36 (NR) NR (NA)
#55 Utah (Eccles) 49 26.3 48 (40) NR (NR) 54 (59) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#56 Massachusetts-Amherst (Isenberg) 70 25.4 86 (53) 36 (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#57 Texas Christian (Neeley) 61 24.8 50 (67) NR (NR) 42 (53) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#58 Howard 63 23.1 63 (57) NR (NR) 40 (28) NR (NR) NR (NR)
#59 Penn State (Smeal) 33 23.0 37 (33) NR (34) NR (44) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#60 Baylor (Hankamer) 71 22.6 60 (64) NR (NR) 50 (65) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#60 Fordham (Gabelli) 55 22.6 68 (64) NR (45) 55 (43) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#62 Tennessee-Knoxville (Haslam) 53 22.4 55 (53) NR (NR) 63 (66) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#63 Case Western (Weatherhead) 66 22.0 68 (82) NR (NR) NR (NR) 49 (NR) NR (NA)
#64 Houston (Bauer) 73 21.2 63 (85) NR (NR) 55 (60) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#65 Denver (Daniels) 77 20.8 68 (71) NR (NR) NR (74) 49 (NR) NR (NA)
#66 Kentucky (Gatton) 79 18.3 63 (83) NR (NR) 71 (NR) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#67 Iowa State 72 18.0 51 (57) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#68 Syracuse (Whitman) 68 17.9 63 (57) NR (NR) 61 (68) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#69 Arizona (Eller) 66 17.3 53 (47) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#69 Stevens Institute of Technology 85 17.3 53 (77) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#69 South Carolina (Moore) 60 17.3 55 (47) NR (NR) NR (56) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#72 Alabama (Manderson) 57 16.6 55 (57) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) 50 (43)
#73 University of Miami 51 16.0 75 (67) NR (48) 58 (61) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#74 Arkansas (Walton) 77 15.5 68 (64) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NA)
#75 NC State (Poole) 62 15.1 78 (67) NR (NR) 57 (54) NR (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)

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