Over the weekend, the Financial Times published its 2024 MBA Rankings. The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton school took the top spot and Columbia Business School tied with Bocconi for the third rank. While just two U.S.-based schools cracked the top five, fifteen U.S. programs placed within the top 25.
A few notable findings include:
Wharton’s top rank came as a result of its first-place finish in “research” and its strong performance in “weighted salary” (third, behind only Stanford GSB and Harvard).
Stanford GSB came in 23rd overall, but was ranked the highest for “alumni network,” “weighted salary,” and alumni assessment of “aims achieved.” The program also ranked second for “career progress.”
Harvard Business School, ranked 11th overall, took the second spot for both “research” and “weighted salary,” and fifth for “career progress.”
University of Georgia’s Terry came in 40th overall, but ranked first for “value for money.”
The rankings also took into account measures such as gender and international diversity, school environmental policies, and employment data. Check out the full rankings and the rankings for the underlying metrics, here.
2024 Rank / School
1 University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
2 Insead
3 Columbia Business School
3 SDA Bocconi School of Management
5 IESE Business School
6 Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
6 MIT: Sloan
8 London Business School
9 Cornell University: Johnson
10 University of Chicago: Booth
11 Harvard Business School
12 HEC Paris
12 Dartmouth College: Tuck
14 Duke University's Fuqua School of Business
15 Yale School of Management
16 University of Virginia: Darden
17 Esade Business School
18 UCLA Anderson School of Management
19 University of California at Berkeley: Haas
20 IE Business School
21 New York University: Stern
21 Ceibs
23 Stanford Graduate School of Business
24 Shanghai University of Finance and Economics: College of Business
25 ESCP Business School