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U.S. NEWS’ 2026 BEST BUSINESS SCHOOLS RANKING, 27-51

2026 Rank	School Name	Y-O-Y Change	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
27	Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)	-6	21	25	26	28	28	27
27	Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)	-3	24	26	37	29	36	30
29	Arizona State University (W.P. Carey)	+6	35	32	35	29	30	35
29	Rice University (Jones)	0	29	29	24	27	25	25
31	Georgetown University (McDonough)	-7	24	24	24	22	21	25
32	Ohio State University (Fisher)	-8	24	30	44	39	33	37
32	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Carlson)	+3	35	35	31	33	28	28
34	University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)	-2	32	30	30	25	36	30
34	University of Rochester (Simon)	-2	32	32	27	33	33	35
36	Southern Methodist University (Cox)	-2	34	34	33	41	44	41
36	Texas A&M University–College Station (Mays)	+7	43	47	45	41	38	44
38	Iowa State University (Ivy)	+4	42	50	51	57	50	53
39	Brigham Young University (Marriott)	-1	38	37	35	36	31	30
39	University of Florida (Warrington)	-1	38	36	40	29	26	28
39	University of Miami (Herbert)	+11	50	62	75	67	60	72
39	University of Utah (Eccles)	+1	40	38	48	40	44	48
43	Michigan State University (Broad)	-8	35	41	33	36	39	40
43	University of Maryland–College Park (Smith)	+9	52	41	42	45	42	44
43	University of Tennessee–Knoxville (Haslam)	+6	49	47	55	53	39	45
46	American University (Kogod)	+12	58	85	122	76	87	99-131
46	Boston University (Questrom)	0	46	50	51	47	50	48
48	University of Arkansas–Fayetteville (Walton)	+2	50	74	68	64	NR	NR
48	University of Pittsburgh (Katz)	-2	46	47	86	55	52	39
48	University of Wisconsin–Madison	-8	40	43	40	47	42	37
51	University of California–Irvine (Merage)	-8	43	44	37	44	57	57
51	University of Kansas	+21	72	60	78	79	72	68

Source: U.S. News

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