Tuck | Mr. Invest In Change
GMAT 710, GPA 3.1
Tuck | Mr. Chemical Engineer
GRE 326, GPA 3
INSEAD | Mr. Future AI Product Manager
GMAT 715, GPA 3.7
NYU Stern | Mr. Operations Strategy & Youth Leadership
GMAT 770, GPA 4
IE Business School | Mr. JD Garay
GRE GPA: 3.9, GPA 3.0
Kellogg SOM | Mr. Military To Entrepreneur
GMAT 745, GPA 2.38
London Business School | Mr. Decarbonisation
GMAT 695, GPA 3.5
Kellogg SOM | Mr. MENA Growth Equity
GMAT 730, GPA 3.4
Kellogg SOM | Mr. West Point Logistics
GRE 327, GPA 2.76
Harvard | Mr. Energy & AI PM
GRE 328, GPA 9.65
Tepper | Mr. Tech Mil-Veteran
GMAT TBD, GPA 3.35
Columbia | Mr. European MBB Consultant
GMAT 645 (Gmat Focus), GPA 8.2
MIT Sloan | Mr. Startup Strategy
GMAT 720, GPA 3.7
Stanford GSB | Mr. Mid-Market PE
GMAT 770, GPA 4
Stanford GSB | Mr. MBB Guy From Big 4 & Startup
GRE 325, GPA 3

2025 OMBA Ranking: Graduation & Retention Rates At The Top Online MBA Programs

by: Kristy Bleizeffer on December 31, 2024 | 8 minute read

GRAD & RETENTION RATES AT ALL 57 RANKED SCHOOLS 

The tables below show the 6-year graduation rates and 1-year retention rates of all online MBA program in our 2025 ranking. They are listed from highest to lowest.

For programs that launched less than six years ago, we are displaying 3-, 4-, or 5-year graduation rates based on the age of the program. Those are indicated in the graph.

6-Year Graduation Rate
2025 Rank
School
Graduation Rate
4 University of Washington (Foster) 100.00%
23 Fairfield University (Dolan) 100% (4-year)
47 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Rollins) 97.40%
41 University of Delaware (Lerner) 97.00%
5 Rice University (Jones) 96.50%
7 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 95.00%
46 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 94.00%
22 University of California-Davis 93.50%
31 Florida International University 93.00%
34 San Jose State University (Lucas) 93.00%
6 University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business 93.00%
19 William & Mary (Mason) 92.70%
10 University of Florida (Warrington) 92.00%
16 Bryant University 91.10%
2 Indiana University (Kelley) 91.00%
56 Seattle University (Albers) 91% (5-year)
25 Wake Forest University 90% (4-year)
14 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 88.00%
27 University of Iowa (Tippie) 86.20%
2 University of Michigan (Ross) 86.11% (5-year)
11 Auburn University (Harbert) 86.00%
17 University of South Florida (Muma) 86.00%
21 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 85.7% (5-year)
44 Ohio University 85.00%
37 University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium 84.30%
15 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 84.00%
28 Villanova University 84.00%
35 Texas Tech University (Rawls) 83.00%
51 SUNY Oswego 82.50%
12 Santa Clara University (Leavey) 82.00%
40 Creighton University (Heider) 81.00%
32 University of Maryland (Smith) 80.00%
13 Lehigh University 79.10%
9 Hofstra University (Zarb) 78.00%
20 University of Denver (Daniels) 78.00%
29 North Carolina State University (Poole) 77.00%
55 Louisiana State University (Ourso) 76.00%
45 Pepperdine University (Graziadio) 76.00%
24 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 76.00%
25 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 75.60%
43 University of Massachusetts Lowell (Manning) 74.00%
18 University of Utah (Eccles) 72.00%
36 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 71% (4-year)
1 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 70.00%
52 George Mason University (Costello) 68.00%
38 University of Cincinnati (Lindner) 67.50%
50 American University (Kogod) 64.25%
38 Baylor University (Hankamer) 64.00%
30 Syracuse University (Whitman) 64.00%
33 University of Connecticut 63% (3-year)
42 University of Michigan-Dearborn 61.00%
48 Drexel University (LeBow) 59.00%
54 Clemson University 57% (5-year)
53 University of Missouri (Trulaske) 57% (3-year)
49 Rogers State University 56% (3-year)
57 University of North Texas (Ryan) 55.00%
8 Jack Welch Management Institute 54.60%

 

1-Year Retention Rate
2

025 Rank
School
Retention Rate
11 Auburn University (Harbert) 100.00%
46 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 98.00%
22 University of California-Davis 98.00%
41 University of Delaware (Lerner) 98.00%
57 University of North Texas (Ryan) 97.00%
24 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 97.00%
5 Rice University (Jones) 96.40%
9 Hofstra University (Zarb) 96.00%
45 Pepperdine University (Graziadio) 96.00%
1 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 96.00%
19 William & Mary (Mason) 96.00%
4 University of Washington (Foster) 95.89%
2 Indiana University (Kelley) 95.00%
10 University of Florida (Warrington) 95.00%
25 Wake Forest University 95.00%
54 Clemson University 94.50%
27 University of Iowa (Tippie) 94.34%
7 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 94.00%
17 University of South Florida (Muma) 94.00%
48 Drexel University (LeBow) 93.00%
55 Louisiana State University (Ourso) 93.00%
15 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 93.00%
29 North Carolina State University (Poole) 92.00%
12 Santa Clara University (Leavey) 92.00%
30 Syracuse University (Whitman) 92.00%
35 Texas Tech University (Rawls) 92.00%
2 University of Michigan (Ross) 91.67%
40 Creighton University (Heider) 91.00%
31 Florida International University 91.00%
34 San Jose State University (Lucas) 91.00%
33 University of Connecticut 91.00%
14 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 91.00%
6 University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business 90.00%
38 University of Cincinnati (Lindner) 88.90%
51 SUNY Oswego 88.20%
23 Fairfield University (Dolan) 88.00%
25 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 86.80%
16 Bryant University 86.40%
36 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 86.00%
53 University of Missouri (Trulaske) 86.00%
56 Seattle University (Albers) 85.00%
18 University of Utah (Eccles) 84.00%
28 Villanova University 84.00%
37 University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium 81.40%
20 University of Denver (Daniels) 81.25%
21 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 81.00%
13 Lehigh University 80.30%
50 American University (Kogod) 80.00%
42 University of Michigan-Dearborn 80.00%
38 Baylor University (Hankamer) 78.00%
52 George Mason University (Costello) 78.00%
43 University of Massachusetts Lowell (Manning) 78.00%
44 Ohio University 77.00%
49 Rogers State University 77.00%
32 University of Maryland (Smith) 71.00%
8 Jack Welch Management Institute 69.00%
47 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Rollins) 67.70%

 

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