- Fortune Names Best MBA Programs for 2025.
- Harvard Business School has been ranked as the number-one MBA program in the US for the fourth consecutive year.
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2024 — At the commencement of the new graduate school application season, Fortune supports the emerging cohort of corporate leaders navigating business education. Fortune Recommends, the product review division of Fortune, has unveiled its rankings of the top full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs for 2025.
The fourth annual edition of the Fortune Recommends flagship MBA ranking arrives with a growing demand for continuing education. It is driven by individuals seeking to learn in-demand skills, such as AI and data analysis, in a business context.
Fortune has identified Harvard Business School as the best MBA program for the fourth year. Among public institutions, the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (Ross) has been named the best for 2025.
- THE TOP 10 BEST MBA PROGRAMS FOR 2025:
- Harvard University (Harvard Business School)
- University of Chicago (Booth School of Business)
- Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management)
- University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School)
- Columbia University (Columbia Business School)
- Stanford University (Graduate School of Business)
- University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (Ross School of Business)
- Duke University (Fuqua School of Business)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan School of Management)
- New York University (Stern School of Business)
The Fortune team analyzed data from nearly 100 MBA programs for this year’s ranking and considered 11 key ranking factors. These factors include recent graduates’ base salaries, tuition costs, graduation rates, and the number of MBA alums currently holding C-suite positions in Fortune 1000 companies.
Among the universities named in Fortune’s MBA program ranking last year, the following schools saw the most significant growth in new ranking:
- Washington University in St. Louis (Olin School of Business): No. 21 (+18)
- Southern Methodist University (Cox School of Business): No. 30 (+13)
- University of Tennessee-Knoxville (Haslam College of Business): No. 36 (+16)
- University of Massachusetts–Amherst (Isenberg School of Management): No. 41 (+13)
- University of Houston (Bauer College of Business): No. 50 (+12)
- University of South Florida (Muma College of Business): No. 67 (+11)
Anastasia Nyrkovskaya, Fortune’s Chief Executive Officer, underscored the necessity of obtaining an MBA to assume effective leadership roles in the business sphere.
Fortune said it is committed to furnishing authoritative insights for its readers.
Source: Fortune Media
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