MBA ranking reports in aggregate can help an applicant to see trends around MBA program brand and prioritize their reach versus reasonable program options. US News has been the ranking king and so we present its data here.
2022 US News ranking data for top 22 full-time MBA programs can be found at the chart below. See details and dates on application deadlines.
| Rank | School | Overall score | Peer assessment score (1 to 5 scale) | Recruiter assessment score (1 to 5 scale) | 2020 full-time acceptance rate | 2020 full-time average undergrad GPA | 2020 full-time average GMAT score | 2020 average starting salary and bonus |
| 1 | Stanford University (CA) | 100 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 8.9% | 3.8 | 733 | $176,083 |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)¹ | 99 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 23.1% | 3.6 | 732 | $172,016 |
| 3 | University of Chicago (Booth) (IL) | 98 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 27.6% | 3.6 | 724 | $172,683 |
| 4 | Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL) | 97 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 27.9% | 3.6 | 727 | $173,057 |
| 5 | Harvard University (MA) | 96 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 9.2% | 3.7 | 727 | $171,785 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)¹ | 96 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 14.6% | 3.6 | 727 | $160,291 |
| 7 | Columbia University (NY) | 92 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 13.6% | 3.6 | 732 | $171,436 |
| 7 | University of California–Berkeley (Haas) | 92 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 23.3% | 3.7 | 727 | $162,409 |
| 9 | Yale University (CT) | 90 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 29.7% | 3.6 | 720 | $162,856 |
| 10 | Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NH) | 89 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 34.8% | 3.5 | 720 | $173,882 |
| 10 | New York University (Stern) | 89 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 29.0% | 3.6 | 723 | $175,148 |
| 12 | Duke University (Fuqua) (NC) | 87 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 24.9% | 3.5 | 702 | $167,134 |
| 13 | University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (Ross) | 85 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 37.0% | 3.5 | 711 | $164,040 |
| 13 | University of Virginia (Darden) | 85 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 35.1% | 3.5 | 703 | $169,190 |
| 15 | Cornell University (Johnson) (NY) | 81 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 39.6% | 3.3 | 691 | $172,254 |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) (PA) | 79 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 27.7% | 3.3 | 680 | $165,540 |
| 16 | University of Southern California (Marshall) | 79 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 24.3% | 3.6 | 707 | $156,581 |
| 18 | University of California–Los Angeles (Anderson) | 78 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 34.4% | 3.5 | 707 | $154,511 |
| 18 | University of Texas–Austin (McCombs) | 78 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 36.9% | 3.4 | 704 | $154,211 |
| 20 | University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) | 76 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 52.5% | 3.3 | 694 | $151,873 |
| 21 | Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC) | 73 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 56.9% | 3.3 | 691 | $155,540 |
| 22 | University of Washington (Foster) | 72 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 41.3% | 3.4 | 692 | $151,683 |
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2022 US News ranking data for top 20 part-time MBA programs can be found here:
| Rank | School | Overall score | Peer assessment score (5.0=highest) | 2020 part-time average GMAT score | 2020 part-time acceptance rate | 2020 total part-time enrollment |
| 1 | University of Chicago (Booth) (IL) | 100 | 4.6 | 677 | N/A | 1,267 |
| 2 | University of California–Berkeley (Haas) | 99 | 4.4 | 691 | N/A | 919 |
| 3 | Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL) | 97 | 4.5 | 664 | N/A | 1,098 |
| 4 | New York University (Stern) | 94 | 4.3 | 647 | 66.0% | 1,251 |
| 5 | University of California–Los Angeles (Anderson) | 89 | 4.1 | 663 | 68.7% | 910 |
| 6 | University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (Ross) | 87 | 4.3 | 665 | 78.7% | 213 |
| 7 | Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) (PA) | 85 | 4.1 | 685 | 33.7% | 80 |
| 7 | University of Texas–Austin (McCombs) | 85 | 4.0 | 657 | 72.3% | 453 |
| 9 | University of Southern California (Marshall) | 81 | 3.9 | 634 | 49.9% | 638 |
| 10 | Indiana University (Kelley) | 78 | 3.8 | 608 | 55.4% | 278 |
| 10 | Ohio State University (Fisher) | 78 | 3.7 | 659 | 63.8% | 380 |
| 10 | University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Carlson) | 78 | 3.6 | 594 | 88.0% | 614 |
| 13 | Emory University (Goizueta) (GA) | 77 | 3.7 | 646 | 76.2% | 269 |
| 14 | Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC) | 76 | 3.7 | 662 | 65.5% | 374 |
| 14 | University of Washington (Foster) | 76 | 3.6 | 607 | 77.0% | 366 |
| 14 | Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) (MO) | 76 | 3.8 | 572 | 84.8% | 229 |
| 17 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) | 75 | 3.5 | 628 | 77.9% | 367 |
| 17 | Rice University (Jones) (TX) | 75 | 3.6 | 640 | 65.4% | 342 |
| 19 | Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) (OH) | 73 | 3.3 | 630 | 95.7% | 130 |
| 20 | Santa Clara University (Leavey) (CA) | 72 | 3.2 | 624 | 95.8% | 330 |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | 72 | 3.6 | 592 | 76.3% | 115 |
| 22 | Arizona State University (W.P. Carey) | 71 | 3.5 | 591 | 69.8% | 214 |
| 22 | University of Texas–Dallas | 71 | 3.3 | 605 | 57.5% | 650 |
| 22 | Wake Forest University (NC) | 71 | 3.2 | 619 | 96.1% | 259 |