Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management
The Definitive List Of The Top 100 U.S. MBA Programs of 2018 — 26 to 50
| 2018
Rank |
School Name | 2017 Rank | Index | US
News |
Forbes | Business
Week |
Financial
Times |
The Economist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #26 | Vanderbilt (Owen) | 33 | 75.0 | 26 (25) | 49 (49) | 21 (34) | 38 (40) | 20 (18) |
| #27 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 27 | 74.3 | 28 (29) | 30 (30) | 27 (28) | 26 (29) | 24 (26) |
| #28 | Washington (Olin) | 28 | 74.0 | 23 (21) | 35 (35) | 32 (36) | 24 (35) | 28 (30) |
| #29 | Notre Dame (Mendoza) | 24 | 71.6 | 31 (29) | 22 (23) | 31 (26) | 40 (28) | 33 (33) |
| #30 | Minnesota (Carlson) | 31 | 71.4 | 29 (32) | 27 (27) | 29 (39) | 45 (48) | 25 (22) |
| #31 | Arizona State (Carey) | 30 | 70.0 | 29 (25) | 40 (40) | 34 (47) | 25 (26) | 29 (31) |
| #32 | Penn State (Smeal) | 36 | 68.8 | 31 (36) | 29 (29) | 38 (25) | 39 (49) | 34 (42) |
| #33 | Wisconsin | 32 | 67.1 | 37 (34) | 24 (24) | 42 (43) | 36 (33) | 41 (40) |
| #34 | Brigham Young (Marriott) | 34 | 65.8 | 35 (34) | 19 (19) | 25 (23) | 35 (33) | NR (NR) |
| #35 | Michigan State (Broad) | 29 | 64.9 | 37 (37) | 24 (29) | 53 (25) | 37 (27) | 42 (32) |
| #36 | Ohio State (Fisher) | 34 | 63.6 | 31 (27) | 47 (47) | 44 (37) | 34 (31) | 39 (36) |
| #37 | UC-Irvine (Merage) | 39 | 62.0 | 42 (44) | 41 (41) | 43 (51) | 32 (30) | 36 (38) |
| #38 | Purdue (Krannert) | 38 | 60.2 | 53 (50) | 28 (28) | 50 (38) | 27 (36) | 45 (49) |
| #39 | Rochester (Simon) | 37 | 59.9 | 44 (43) | 37 (37) | 45 (33) | 43 (38) | 40 (39) |
| #40 | Maryland (Smith) | 40 | 59.4 | 48 (47) | 46 (46) | 35 (40) | 28 (25) | 46 (43) |
| #41 | Southern Methodist (Cox) | 47 | 57.6 | 48 (52) | 38 (38) | 41 (32) | 48 (NR) | 37 (37) |
| #42 | Boston University (Questrom) | 41 | 55.3 | 42 (44) | 48 (48) | 57 (49) | 46 (42) | 43 (35) |
| #43 | Georgia (Terry) | 50 | 54.4 | 40 (48) | 50 (50) | 51 (54) | NR (NR) | 31 (41) |
| #44 | Pittsburgh (Katz) | 42 | 53.7 | 52 (53) | 39 (39) | 68 (52) | 42 (45) | 35 (34) |
| #45 | Texas-Dallas (Jindal) | 43 | 53.6 | 40 (38) | 44 (NR) | 37 (31) | 49 (50) | NR (NR) |
| #46 | Texas A&M (Mays) | 44 | 51.5 | 36 (38) | 20 (20) | 49 (22) | NR (NR) | NR (NR) |
| #47 | Florida (Hough) | 52 | 50.1 | 34 (40) | NR (NR) | 55 (NR) | 30 (NR) | 17 (NR) |
| #48 | Boston College (Carroll) | 46 | 48.2 | 48 (44) | 51 (NR) | 59 (44) | 33 (41) | NR (NR) |
| #49 | UC-Davis | 61 | 48.0 | 37 (42) | 63 (61) | 40 (NR) | NR (NR) | 38 (NR) |
| #50 | Rutgers Business School | 49 | 46.9 | 44 (50) | 52 (NR) | 61 (50) | 47 (37) | NR (NR) |
Note: * Ranks for both The Financial Times and The Economist surveys are U.S. only, not the overall global ranks
(See following page for the next 25 business schools on the list)
