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MBA RANKING HIGHLIGHTS

View below where the Vanderbilt MBA ranks in various publications.


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#20 U.S. News & World Report
Best Business Schools (Ranked in 2024)

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#21 LinkedIn
Top MBA Programs 2024

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#21 Poets & Quants
TOP 100 MBA Programs 2023-2024

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#20 BLOOMBERG
BEST B-SCHOOLS 2024-25

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#20 Fortune
Best MBA Programs 2025

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Princeton Review
Best Business Schools 2024

#3 Best Professors

Based on MBA student ratings of their professors’ teaching abilities, integration of new business trends in the curricula, and intellectual level of their classmate’s contributions in class discussions.

#3 Most Family-Friendly MBA

Based on MBA student ratings.

#3 Best MBA for Human Resources

Based on MBA student reports on feeling well prepared for a career in human resources and their b-schools report positive career outcomes for graduates going into this field.

#4 Best Campus Environment

Based on MBA student ratings of campus communities and locations.

#5 Greatest Resources for Women

Based on institutional demographic data as well as on MBA student ratings of resources for female students and whether case study materials for classes proportionately reflect women in business. 

#6 Best for Operations

Based on MBA student reports on feeling well prepared for a career in operations and their b-schools report positive career outcomes for graduates going into this field.

#7 Best MBA for Management

Students at these MBA programs report feeling well prepared for a career in management, and their b-schools report positive career outcomes for graduates going into this field.

#9 Best MBA for Consulting

Based on MBA student reports on feeling well prepared for a career in consulting, and their b-schools report positive career outcomes for graduates going into this field.

Financial Times 2023

#25 MBA in the U.S.

The ranking has 20 different criteria. Alumni responses inform eight criteria that together contribute 61 percent of its weight. Eleven criteria are calculated from Vanderbilt's data, which accounts for 29 percent of the ranking.

#23 Aims Achieved

Based on the extent to which alumni fulfilled their stated goals or reasons for doing an MBA. Vanderbilt MBA tied for #29 globally and tied for #23 in the U.S.

#17 Career Services in U.S.

Our career services ranking was based on our alumni assessment of the effectiveness of the school careers service in terms of career counseling, personal development, networking events, internship search and recruitment. Globally our career services ranked #21.

#24 Weighted Salary in U.S.

Using a survey of our alumni, Financial Times ranked us #24 in the United States—based on calculating our alumnus salary three years after graduation.

#20 Career Progress in U.S.

Financial Times found our alumni had significant career advances pre vs. post MBA. This was calculated based on changes in our alumni level of seniority and the size of company alumni work in now, compared with before their MBA.

#5 Female Faculty in the U.S.

Based on the percentage of full-time female faculty, Vanderbilt MBA tied for #5 in the U.S. and tied for #14 globally.