P&Q’s Must Reads: 10 Business Schools To Watch In 2025 by: Kristy Bleizeffer on January 23, 2025 | 225 Views January 23, 2025 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit 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: 10 Business Schools To Watch In 2025 Since 2016, Poets&Quants has examined the business programs that are taking risks and pursuing opportunities to enhance the value of the MBA experience. From revamping programming to doubling down on strengths, the 10 schools on this year’s list are re-shaping how business will be done tomorrow. Our 2025 selections span the globe, and you can read about each one now, from our homepage. No. 2: Is The MBA Poised For A Rebound? After a decade of decline, the MBA degree seems poised for a rebound, according to new research released last week from Validated Insights, a marketing agency specializing in higher education. MBA graduates, enrollments, and applications started trending up as of 2024, while the MBA job market is improving even as the labor market as a whole tightens. That growth is projected to continue through 2030 at a 3.2% CAGR (compound annual growth rate). Of course there are some pretty big caveats in the data. You can read all about them in this story, now in our trending tab. No. 3: U.S. News Online MBA Ranking For 2025 For the tenth time in 13 years, Indiana University’s Kelley Direct online MBA program has topped U.S. News’ ranking of the best online MBA programs in the U.S. It is an unprecedented record of success in a highly cluttered and competitive market. The 2025 list, published this week, ranks 355 different online MBAs out of more than 700 options that now exist in the U.S. alone. See which other programs rose and fell in the annual ranking in our analysis story, now on our homepage. 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: The Top MBA Admission Consultants Of 2025. This is our ninth annual ranking in this category, and you can find it on our homepage. Next: 2024 MBA Admission Advice. This collection features all our MBA admission articles from throughout the year, so you don’t have to click around to find them. You can find it our admission hub. Finally: MBA Admissions Trends And Predictions For 2025. Former admissions directors & industry insiders from the world’s top B-schools offer insights to help MBA candidates navigate the year ahead. Find their predictions in this story, in our news tab. 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.