P&Q’s Must Reads:  The Best Online MBA Programs In The U.S. For 2025 

Hello everyone  — Welcome back to Poets&Quants’ Must Reads, a quick, digestible recap of the top business school news, sponsored by CentreCourt, P&Q’s virtual admission events.

I’m your host, Kristy Bleizeffer, and I’ll be highlighting the most important P&Q stories you might have missed. So, let’s get to it. 

No. 1: The Best Online MBA Programs In The U.S. For 2025

A new school sits atop Poets&Quants’ ranking of the best online MBA programs in the United States. University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management rose two spots from No. 3 in last year’s ranking, topping our list for the first time since we began the exercise.

The move caps a rather dramatic four-year upward trajectory for the school after it debuted at No. 10 on our first online MBA ranking in 2019. 

You can see all the schools that made the top 10, as well as the full ranking, in our rankings tab.

No. 2: EDHEC’s Global MBA: Where Sustainability Meets Entrepreneurship

EDHEC’s Global MBA is diverse, highly customizable & centered around both entrepreneurship and sustainability. Plus, you can’t beat the location: In sunny Nice, epicenter of the French Riverera. 

Get an inside look into the program from students, program directors and more in this article, now up on our homepage.

No. 3:   Another 2-Year MBA Program Downsizes To 1 

The Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona will be slimming down in the new year.

Beginning in 2025, the school’s MBA will be a one-year program, a move the school says is ideal for professionals and recent graduates alike, as both groups largely seek to limit their time away from the workforce. Eller joins a number of U.S. B-schools that have downsized their full-time MBA programs in recent years in favor of the sleeker, more flexible programs favored by students today.

Eller’s new Accelerated MBA will welcome its first cohort next summer.

Read more about the reasons behind Eller’s move in this story, which you can find in our trending tab.

No. 4: Our Weekly Round Up of  News You Can Use

No matter where you are in your MBA journey, we bring several helpful stories for you this week.

First up: How To Secure Deferred Enrollment At Top MBA Programs. This article, up on our homepage, offers a pathway to early MBA admissions at leading B-schools.

Next: How To Apply To Business School In Fewer Than 6 Weeks. This article, which you can find in our admissions hub, will help you get to the finish line when time is of the essence. 

Finally: Dear Person Who Feels Like Everyone Has Their Life Figured Out … This conversation with Jane Bernhard & Texas Immersive Institute offers helpful Career advice from a series of business leaders. You’ll find it on our homepage.

And, that’s it for this week’s Must Reads recap. 

I also want to alert school seekers to our events tab from our main menu. There, you’ll find all the upcoming admissions events for a range of degrees and programs including full-time and online MBAs, specialized masters, entrepreneurship and more. Registration is free.

Again, I’m Kristy Bleizeffer, and you can join me next week, right here, for a recap of what’s important in the world of business education. Thanks for listening.