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

How U.S. News Ranks Business Schools By MBA Specialization In 2026

by: Marc Ethier on April 13, 2026 | 14 minute read

For the first time in 2026, Dartmouth Tuck earned rankings from U.S. News & World Report in International Business and Real Estate, becoming one of nine top-25 schools to be ranked in every specialization category this year. Tuck photo

HOW THE TOP 25 U.S. BUSINESS SCHOOLS RANK IN THE ‘POET’ SPECIALIZATIONS IN 2023-2026

U.S. News Overall 2026 Rank School 2026 Entrepreneurship (2025, 2024, 2023) 2026 International Business (2025, 2024, 2023) 2026 Management (2025, 2024, 2023) 2026 Marketing (2025, 2024, 2023) 2026 Real Estate (2025, 2024, 2023)
1 Stanford GSB 1T (2, 2, 2) 11T (18T, NR, NR) 3T (4, 3, 2) 3T (4, 4T, 4) 26 (NR, NR, NR)
2 Pennsylvania (Wharton) 6 (6, 8T, 6) 2 (3, 3T, 6) 1 (3, 5T, 5) 1 (2, 2, 2) 1 (1, 1, 1)
3 Chicago (Booth) 7T (20T, 16T, 23T) 22T (20T, NR, NR) 8T (12T, 15, 19) 5T (7, 7, 6) 16T (NR, NR, NR)
4 Northwestern (Kellogg) 10T (23T, 26T, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) 3T (5T, 5T, 4) 2 (1, 1, 1) 19 (16, 13, 11T)
4 Harvard Business School 3 (5, 5, 4) 1 (2, 3T, 2) 2 (1, 1, 1) 8T (8, 8, 7) NR (NR, NR, NR)
6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) 1T (3, 3, 3) 5T (20T, 21, 15) 3T (16T, 13, 16T) NR (NR, NR, 31T) 6T (10, 10, 11T)
7 New York (Stern) 10T (23T, 18, NR) 3T (6, 6, 7) 12T (12T, 17T, 13T) 8T (10, 9, 10) 3T (2, 2T, 2)
7 Columbia 17T (20T, 26T, NR) 5T (7T, 5, 5) 3T (10T, 12, 12) 3T (6, 6, 5) 3T (3, 2T, 3)
9 Dartmouth (Tuck) 22T (NR, NR, 23T) 26T (NR, NR, NR) 8T (7, 8T, 9T) 17T (20T, 17T, 31T) 33T (NR, NR, NR)
10 UC-Berkeley (Haas) 4T (4, 4, 5) 5T (14, 11, 10) 7 (10T, 7, 9T) 5T (11, 10, 9) 2 (4, 4T, 4)
11 Virginia (Darden) 17T (29T, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) 15T (5T, 4, 6) 17T (28T, 29T, 23T) 36T (NR, NR, NR)
11 Yale SOM 29T (NR, NR, NR) 5T (NR, 18T, 14) 8T (14T, 8T, 7) 11T (30T, 15, 31T) NR (NR, NR, NR)
13 Michigan (Ross) 7T (7, 6, 8) 11T (7T, 9T, 8T) 12T (2, 2, 3) 11T (3, 3, 3) NR (NR, NR, 18)
14 Duke (Fuqua) NR (NR, NR, 17T) NR (NR, 16T, 21T) 8T (9, 10, 18) 5T (5, 4T, 8) NR (NR, NR, NR)
15 Cornell (Johnson) 10T (23T, 14T, 12T) NR (NR, 18T, 16T) 12T (14T, 14, 8) 11T (20T, 23T, 16T) 6T (5, 5T, 5)
16 Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) 10T (20T, 19T, 17T) 22T (NR, NR, NR) 15T (NR, NR, NR) 14T (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR)
16 Vanderbilt (Owen) NR (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) 30T (NR, NR, NR) 33T (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR)
18 UCLA (Anderson) 10T (NR, NR, NR) 9T (NR, NR, 23T) 15T (24T, 21, NR) 8T (20T, 13T, 13) 12T (12, 7, 8)
18 Texas-Austin (McCombs) 22T (10, 9, 8T) 34T (16T, NR, 16T) 15T (8, 11, 9T) 14T (9, 11, 12) 8T (8T, 8, 10)
20 Washington (Foster) 17T (23T, 21T, NR) 32T (20T, NR, NR) 25T (29T, NR, 27T) 25T (32T, NR, 23T) 44T (NR, NR, NR)
21 Indiana (Kelley) 17T (12, 7, 7) 9T (18T, 22T, 21T) 20T (21T, 19T, 13T) 16 (18T, 17T, 11) NR (NR, NR, NR)
21 North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 17T (23T, NR, NR) 19T (NR, NR, NR) 15T (16T, 16, 27T) 17T (26, 25T, 23T) 8T (8T, 9, 9)
23 Emory (Goizueta) NR (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) 20T (29T, 25T, 23T) NR (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR)
23 Texas-Dallas (Jindal) 46T (NR, NR, NR) 16T (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) 46T (NR, NR, NR) 44T (NR, NR, NR)
25 Georgia (Terry) NR (NR, NR, NR) NR (NR, NR, NR) 38T (NR, NR, NR) 33T (NR, NR, NR) 8T (13T, 14T, 13T)
25 Southern California (Marshall) 10T (29T, NR, NR) 26T (16T, 16T, 13) 23T (37T, NR, 27T) 17T (30T, NR, 29T) 12T (7, 11T, 6T)
Source: U.S. News & World Report

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