Stanford Returns To No. 1 In 2026 U.S. News MBA Ranking As Volatility Ripples Across The List

The University of Oregon’s Lundquist College of Business jumped 11 places in the 2026 U.S. News MBA ranking, landing 77th

U.S. NEWS’ 2026 BEST BUSINESS SCHOOLS RANKING, 76-101

2026 Rank	School Name	Y-O-Y Change	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
76	The University of Oklahoma (Price)	+3	79	82	86	85	81	85
77	Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge (Ourso)	+8	85	97	93	89	68	69
77	University of Colorado–Boulder (Leeds)	+2	79	71	60	67	74	70
77	University of Oregon (Lundquist)	+11	88	103	NR	NR	92	95
80	University of Mississippi	+2	82	82	86	82	90	92
81	Lehigh University	+5	86	66	98	NA	NA	NA
81	University of Cincinnati (Lindner)	-8	73	NR	75	89	110-143	NR
83	Binghamton University–SUNY	+4	87	90	104	NR	84	99-131
83	College of Charleston	+5	88	85	81	98	110-143	NR
83	Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim)	-15	68	82	81	85	55	61
83	University at Buffalo–SUNY	-4	79	74	73	72	77	60
87	Canisius University (Wehle)	+5	92	105	NR	NR	NR	NR
87	Loyola University Maryland (Sellinger)	-5	82	115-124	NR	NR	NR	NR
87	University of Detroit Mercy	-10	77	79	86	NR	NR	NR
90	Bentley University (McCallum)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
91	Clemson University	+4	95	NA	NA	NA	74	83
92	Claremont Graduate University (Drucker)	+5	97	93	116	NR	NR	NR
93	Clark Atlanta University	+3	96	93	110	NR	NR	NR
93	Louisiana Tech University	-1	92	97	95	105	106	NR
93	Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders)	+7	100	97	112	NR	90	89
93	University of Denver (Daniels)	+4	97	87	73	102-134	NR	NR
93	West Texas A&M University	+11	104	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
98	Duquesne University (Palumbo-Donahue)	+9	107	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
98	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
98	University of South Florida (Muma)	+7	105	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
101	Clark University	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
101	Florida State University (Wertheim)	+4	105	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
101	Michigan Technological University	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
101	University of California–Riverside (Anderson)	-13	88	90	110	NR	NR	NR

Source: U.S. News

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