2025 Online MBA Ranking: How Graduates Rated The Degree’s Career Impact

BUILDING PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS

One of the most important aspects of any MBA is building a professional network that can connect you to opportunities far after graduation. Even in online programs where students may be looking to advance in their own companies or organizations, a good professional network can open opportunities you may not have previously imagined.

This year, 100% of 2024 graduates at an astounding 20 programs said they were able to create a strong network during the pursuit of their degree. Another seven programs had 90% or more of alumni say the same.

Were you able to create a network of contacts as a result of the program?
Question Rank	School	Percent ‘Yes’
1	Bryant University	100.00%
1	Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)	100.00%
1	Hofstra University (Zarb)	100.00%
1	North Carolina State University (Poole)	100.00%
1	Rice University (Jones)	100.00%
1	Rogers State University	100.00%
1	Santa Clara University (Leavey)	100.00%
1	Seattle University (Albers)	100.00%
1	Syracuse University (Whitman)	100.00%
1	University of Connecticut School of Business	100.00%
1	University of Denver (Daniels)	100.00%
1	University of Maryland (Smith)	100.00%
1	University of Michigan (Ross)	100.00%
1	University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	100.00%
1	University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal)	100.00%
1	University of Utah (Eccles)	100.00%
1	University of Washington (Foster)	100.00%
1	Villanova University	100.00%
1	William & Mary (Mason)	100.00%
1	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	100.00%
21	Southern Methodist University (Cox)	97.22%
22	Indiana University (Kelley)	94.74%
22	University of California, Davis	94.74%
24	American University (Kogod)	94.44%
24	University of South Florida (Muma)	94.44%
26	University of Florida (Warrington)	94.00%
27	San Jose State University (Lucas)	91.67%
28	Clemson University	88.89%
29	University of Southern California (Marshall)	88.24%
30	Baylor University (Hankamer)	87.50%
30	Jack Welch Management Institute	87.50%
32	University of Iowa (Tippie)	84.42%
33	Lehigh University	84.21%
34	Wake Forest University	83.33%
35	University of Missouri (Trulaske)	81.82%
36	Auburn University (Harbert)	80.00%
36	Fairfield University (Dolan)	80.00%
38	Florida International University	78.26%
38	Louisiana State University (Ourso)	78.26%
40	Pepperdine University (Graziadio)	76.92%
41	Creighton University (Heider)	75.00%
42	Ohio University	73.68%
43	Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst)	73.08%
44	University of Cincinnati (Lindner)	71.43%
45	University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium	68.75%
46	University of Delaware (Lerner)	68.18%
47	University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg)	68.06%
48	Kennesaw State University (Coles)	66.67%
49	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	63.64%
50	University of Michigan-Dearborn	60.00%
51	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	58.62%
52	Texas Tech (Rawls)	55.56%
53	University of North Texas (Ryan)	50.00%
53	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	50.00%
55	George Mason University (Costello)	44.44%
56	SUNY Oswego	42.86%
57	Drexel University (LeBow)	27.27%

Rating their satisfaction with these networks, 2024 graduates Worcester Polytechnic Institute gave their program a perfect 10. Alumni at Hofstra University (Zarb) and University of Utah (Eccles) rated their networks at 9.9.

Rate your satisfaction with your new network in terms of how valuable it is to you for encouragement, support, and career opportunities.
Question Rank	School	Network Satisfaction
1	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	10.0
2	Hofstra University (Zarb)	9.9
2	University of Utah (Eccles)	9.9
4	University of Washington (Foster)	9.7
5	Rice University (Jones)	9.6
6	University of Michigan (Ross)	9.3
6	University of South Florida (Muma)	9.3
8	Southern Methodist University (Cox)	9.2
9	Syracuse University (Whitman)	9.1
10	Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)	9.0
10	Indiana University (Kelley)	9.0
10	William & Mary (Mason)	9.0
13	North Carolina State University (Poole)	8.9
14	University of Florida (Warrington)	8.8
14	University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	8.8
14	University of Southern California (Marshall)	8.8
17	Fairfield University (Dolan)	8.7
17	Florida International University	8.7
19	Santa Clara University (Leavey)	8.6
19	University of Maryland (Smith)	8.6
19	Villanova University	8.6
22	American University (Kogod)	8.5
22	Jack Welch Management Institute	8.5
24	Lehigh University	8.4
25	University of Michigan-Dearborn	8.3
25	University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal)	8.3
27	Seattle University (Albers)	8.2
27	University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg)	8.2
29	University of Connecticut School of Business	8.1
29	University of Denver (Daniels)	8.1
29	University of Iowa (Tippie)	8.1
32	Baylor University (Hankamer)	7.9
33	Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst)	7.8
33	Clemson University	7.8
33	SUNY Oswego	7.8
36	Auburn University (Harbert)	7.6
36	Bryant University	7.6
36	University of California, Davis	7.6
39	Louisiana State University (Ourso)	7.5
39	Rogers State University	7.5
39	University of Cincinnati (Lindner)	7.5
39	University of Delaware (Lerner)	7.5
39	Wake Forest University	7.5
44	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	7.4
45	San Jose State University (Lucas)	7.3
46	Pepperdine University (Graziadio)	7.2
46	University of North Texas (Ryan)	7.2
48	University of Missouri (Trulaske)	7.0
49	Creighton University (Heider)	6.9
49	Kennesaw State University (Coles)	6.9
51	Drexel University (LeBow)	6.8
51	Texas Tech (Rawls)	6.8
51	University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium	6.8
54	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	6.7
55	Ohio University	6.4
55	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	6.4
57	George Mason University (Costello)	5.3

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