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

OMBA Ranking 2026: Will An Online MBA Help You Change Careers?

by: Kristy Bleizeffer on January 09, 2026 | 428 Views

CAREER CHANGERS

When we averaged all three categories of job changes (employers, industries, and job functions), Fairfield University (Dolan) (ranked 17th overall in our 2026 OMBA ranking) and Rice University (Jones) (No. 20) had the highest overall average of 50%. 

Of all 61 ranked online MBA programs, eight had 40% or more of their responding alumni report career swaps in some form as a result of their degree.

Average Career Changes At The Top OMBA Programs
2026 Rank
School
Changed Employers
Changed Industries
Changed Job Function
Average
17 Fairfield University (Dolan) 37.50% 25.00% 87.50% 50.00%
20 Rice University (Jones) 57.14% 28.57% 64.29% 50.00%
24 Santa Clara University (Leavey) 40.00% 40.00% 60.00% 46.67%
57 Seattle University (Albers) 54.55% 36.36% 45.45% 45.45%
3 University of Michigan (Ross) 42.42% 33.33% 57.58% 44.44%
8 University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business 41.18% 23.53% 58.82% 41.18%
1 Indiana University (Kelley) 40.26% 27.27% 53.25% 40.26%
41 American University (Kogod) 80.00% 0.00% 40.00% 40.00%
6 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 40.00% 25.00% 50.00% 38.33%
29 University of Denver (Daniels) 42.86% 28.57% 42.86% 38.10%
47 University of California-Davis 26.67% 25.00% 62.50% 38.06%
13 University of Utah (Eccles) 33.33% 33.33% 44.44% 37.03%
2 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 14.29% 14.29% 71.43% 33.34%
50 Creighton University (Heider) 28.57% 28.57% 42.86% 33.33%
45 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 30.77% 30.77% 38.46% 33.33%
37 Syracuse University (Whitman) 38.46% 19.23% 42.31% 33.33%
18 University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium 27.27% 9.09% 63.64% 33.33%
14 Wake Forest University 42.86% 28.57% 28.57% 33.33%
19 Bryant University 33.33% 33.33% 33.33% 33.33%
58 University of Houston (Bauer) 33.33% 33.33% 33.33% 33.33%
35 Pepperdine University (Graziadio) 42.31% 15.38% 38.46% 32.05%
40 San Jose State University (Lucas) 40.00% 20.00% 32.00% 30.67%
36 University of Maryland (Smith) 20.00% 10.00% 60.00% 30.00%
4 University of Washington (Foster) 33.33% 14.58% 39.58% 29.16%
10 University of Florida (Warrington) 29.09% 16.36% 41.82% 29.09%
12 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 22.50% 25.00% 37.50% 28.33%
9 Jack Welch Management Institute 17.44% 17.44% 50.00% 28.29%
25 University of Connecticut 16.67% 16.67% 50.00% 27.78%
43 Ohio University 29.41% 17.65% 35.29% 27.45%
51 Florida International University 19.23% 23.08% 38.46% 26.92%
42 Longwood University 20.00% 15.56% 44.44% 26.67%
30 Texas Tech University (Rawls) 20.00% 20.00% 40.00% 26.67%
61 University of North Texas (Ryan) 23.53% 17.65% 35.29% 25.49%
22 North Carolina State University (Poole) 18.18% 9.09% 45.45% 24.24%
5 Hofstra University (Zarb) 14.29% 0.00% 57.14% 23.81%
46 University of Massachusetts Lowell (Manning) 25.42% 18.64% 27.12% 23.73%
38 William & Mary (Mason) 11.76% 11.76% 47.06% 23.53%
34 Baylor University (Hankamer) 24.00% 12.00% 32.00% 22.67%
44 Rogers State University 33.33% 16.67% 16.67% 22.22%
52 Temple University (Fox) 22.22% 0.00% 44.44% 22.22%
28 Clemson University 8.33% 8.33% 50.00% 22.22%
26 University of Iowa (Tippie) 18.09% 12.77% 34.04% 21.63%
23 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 25.00% 15.00% 20.00% 20.00%
11 Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) 20.00% 0.00% 40.00% 20.00%
15 Villanova University 29.41% 11.76% 17.65% 19.61%
7 Auburn University (Harbert) 13.33% 6.67% 36.67% 18.89%
16 Lehigh University 22.22% 11.11% 22.22% 18.52%
21 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 17.28% 7.41% 29.63% 18.11%
56 George Mason University (Costello) 16.67% 16.67% 16.67% 16.67%
55 University of Missouri (Trulaske) 22.22% 0.00% 22.22% 14.81%
60 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 14.29% 0.00% 28.57% 14.29%
54 Drexel University (LeBow) 8.33% 16.67% 16.67% 13.89%
33 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 16.67% 8.33% 16.67% 13.89%
48 MIssissippi State University 13.33% 6.67% 20.00% 13.33%
27 University of South Florida (Muma) 20.00% 10.00% 10.00% 13.33%
31 University of Cincinnati (Lindner) 11.76% 0.00% 23.53% 11.76%
49 Louisiana State University (Ourso) 13.64% 0.00% 9.52% 7.72%
32 University of Delaware (Lerner) 11.11% 0.00% 11.11% 7.41%
39 University of Michigan-Dearborn 0.00% 0.00% 20.00% 6.67%
53 SUNY Oswego 0.00% 0.00% 16.67% 5.56%
59 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Rollins) 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

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