P&Q’s Must Reads: The Top One-Year MBA Programs In The United States

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 Top One-Year MBA Programs In The United States 

The one-year MBA was once considered a narrow option – useful for sponsored consultants and bankers, perhaps, but hardly a centerpiece of American management education. Today, the format may be having a moment. 

One-year MBAs are gaining renewed attention as professionals weigh the rising opportunity cost of stepping away from work and employers look for leaders who can broaden their skills without disappearing for two full years. What was once a workaround increasingly looks like a strategic choice. 

In this story, we highlight 23 one-year MBAs from business schools ranked our composite full-time MBA ranking. You’ll find the list on our homepage. 

No. 2: Meet Harvard Business School’s MBA Class Of 2027 

HBS remained one of the world’s most selective graduate business schools during the 2024-2025 admissions cycle, accepting just 11.3% of applicants. Overall, the school received 9,409 applications, with roughly 87% of accepted applicants ultimately choosing to enroll. In total, there are 943 students in the MBA Class of 2027. 

 In our latest installation of our popular Meet the Class series, we profile 9 standout members of Harvard’s MBA Class of 2027. Find it in our trending tab. 

No. 3: Yale SOM Deepens Engineering Ties To Train A New Generation Of Tech-Savvy Business Leaders 

Yale School of Management has a long track record of close collaboration with other of Yale’s prestigious academic schools. But, its working relationship with engineering was somewhat constrained. For decades, the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) was embedded within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, making for a lot of layers of decision makers to get through. 

In 2022, SEAS became its own, stand-alone school. Ever since, SOM has deliberately tightened connections with engineering and computer science through new joint degrees, cross-listed coursework, shared AI tools, and more programs that help students launch startups.   

This story highlights the closer connection, and you can find it 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: Pre-MBA Quant Prep. This article, up now on our homepage, compares MBA Math, HBS CORe, and extension classes to see what actually strengthens your MBA application 

Next: 8 Critical Questions To Ask Yourself Before Taking The MBA Plunge.  

You’ll find this article in our admission’s hub.  

Finally, also in our admission hub: 10 Tough MBA Interview Questions & How To Handle Them 

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.

 

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