How U.S. News Ranks Business Schools By MBA Specialization In 2026 by: Marc Ethier on April 13, 2026 | 14 minute read April 13, 2026 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit HOW THE TOP 25 U.S. BUSINESS SCHOOLS RANK IN THE ‘QUANT’ SPECIALIZATIONS IN 2023-2026 U.S. News Overall 2026 Rank School 2026 Accounting (2025, 2024, 2023) 2026 Finance (2025, 2024, 2023) 2026 Information Systems (2025, 2024, 2023) 2026 Production & Operations (2025, 2024, 2023) 2026 Supply Chain/Logistics (2025, 2024, 2023) 2026 Business Analytics (2025, 2024, 2023) 1 Stanford GSB 1T (8, 7, 8) 1T (6, 5, 6) 6T (8T, NR, NR) 2T (3, 5, 4) 2T (9, 10T, 9T) 2T (9, NR, NR) 2 Pennsylvania (Wharton) 1T (2, 2, 2) 1T (1, 1, 1) 5 (16T, NR, 9T) 2T (7, 6, 7) 2T (17T, 14T, 15) 5T (4, 3, 4) 3 Chicago (Booth) 6T (6, 6, 6) 3T (2, 2, 2) 26T (NR, NR, NR) 2T (NR, 18T, 19T) 5T (NR, NR, 25T) 7T (6, 8T, 9) 4 Northwestern (Kellogg) 26T (37T, NR, 29T) 11T (14T, 15, 14T) NR (NR, NR, NR) 8T (16T, 13T, 12T) 8T (17T, 13, 13) 9T (24T, 25T, 16T) 4 Harvard Business School 6T (30T, 15, 13T) 3T (7, 7, 7) NR (NR, NR, NR) 8T (14T, 13T, 12T) NR (NR, NR, NR) 12T (36T, 12, 11) 6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) 6T (30T, 22T, 26T) 3T (5, 6, 5) 3 (1, 1, 2) 1 (1, 1, 1) 1 (1, 2, 2) 1 (2, 1, 1) 7 New York (Stern) 1T (18T, 12, 10T) 6T (3, 3, 3) 6T (10T, 7T, 6T) 20T (NR, NR, 19T) 15T (NR, NR, NR) 12T (5, 4, 5) 7 Columbia 1T (20T, 22T, 29T) 8T (4, 4, 4) NR (NR, NR, NR) 2T (10T, 11T, 17) 8T (23T, 21T, NR) 2T (7, 6, 8) 9 Dartmouth (Tuck) 28T (NR, NR, 34T) 19T (31T, 21T, 23) 23T (NR, NR, NR) 20T (NR, NR, NR) 22T (NR, NR, NR) 32T (NR, NR, NR) 10 UC-Berkeley (Haas) 6T (NR, 22T, 22T) 6T (8, 8, 8) 11T (15, 14T, 14T) 6T (16T, 17, 18) 2T (23T, 21T, 20T) 5T (10, 7, 6) 11 Virginia (Darden) NR (NR, NR, NR) 23T (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) 33T (NR, NR, NR) 25T (NR, NR, NR) 11 Yale SOM NR (NR, NR, 40T) 8T (22, 16T, 19) NR (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, 36T, NR) 13 Michigan (Ross) 6T (4T, 4, 5) 13T (10, 9, 10) 18T (16T, NR, 13) 6T (4, 3T, 5) 8T (8, 10T, 12) 9T (24T, 19T, 13) 14 Duke (Fuqua) 14T (20T, 29T, 22T) 11T (23T, 13T, 14) NR (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, 21, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) 12T (12, 10, 10) 15 Cornell (Johnson) 6T (15T, 29T, 17) 13T (31T, 16T, 20) NR (NR, NR, NR) 8T (16T, 18T, 14) 5T (NR, NR, 16) 12T (20T, 19T, 24T) 16 Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) 16T (NR, NR, 44T) 15T (23T, 28T, 13) 1T (2, 2, 1) 8T (2, 2, 2) 5T (7, 7T, 6T) 2T (1, 2, 2) 16 Vanderbilt (Owen) 28T (NR, NR, NR) 23T (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) 32T (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) 18 UCLA (Anderson) 16T (39T, 29T, 34T) 8T (13, 10T, 9) NR (NR, NR, NR) 12T (NR, NR, NR) 8T (NR, NR, NR) 7T (31T, 17T, 28T) 18 Texas-Austin (McCombs) 6T (1, 1, 1) 15T (14T, 13T, 12) 1T (3, 4, 4) 12T (10T, 15, 15T) 22T (17T, 16T, 14) 9T (8, 8T, 7) 20 Washington (Foster) 16T (27T, 29T, 29T) 31T (31T, NR, NR) 15T (12T, 10T, 17T) 27T (NR, NR, NR) 37T (NR, 21T, NR) 32T (36T, 19T, 34T) 21 Indiana (Kelley) 14T (7, 10T, 7) 23T 31T, NR, 21T) 8T (12T, NR, 8) 18T (12T, 18T, 15T) 22T (NR, NR, 17T) 18T (31T, 30T, 14T) 21 North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 16T (12, 13, 13T) 15T (23T, 20, 29T) NR (NR, NR, NR) 12T (NR, 16, 19T) 15T (NR, NR, NR) 21T (NR, NR, NR) 23 Emory (Goizueta) 16T (25T, 38T, 34T) 19T (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) 25T (36T, NR, 38T) 23 Texas-Dallas (Jindal) 56T (NR, NR, NR) 63T (NR, NR, NR) 11T (14, NR, 14T) 12T (NR, NR, NR) 20T (NR, NR, NR) 21T (NR, 25T, 21T) 25 Georgia (Terry) NR (NR, 38T, NR) 31T (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) 46T (NR, NR, NR) 41T (NR, NR, NR) 44T (34T, NR, NR) 25 Southern California (Marshall) 1T (11, 10T, 9) 15T (31T, NR, NR) 21T (NR, NR, NR) 12T (NR, NR, NR) 22T (21T, 19, 17T) 16T (34T, 30T, 34T) Source: U.S. News & World Report See the next page for the top U.S. B-schools’ positions in the five “Poet” U.S. News specialization rankings. Previous Page Continue ReadingPage 2 of 3 1 2 3 © Copyright 2026 Poets & Quants. All rights reserved. This article may not be republished, rewritten or otherwise distributed without written permission. To reprint or license this article or any content from Poets & Quants, please submit your request HERE.