The Princeton Review's 2024 Best Business Schools Rankings Are Out
Rankings in Multiple Categories Based on Surveys of Administrators at 409 B-Schools and of 32,200 Students Attending the Schools
NEW YORK, July 16, 2024 / — The Princeton Review®—known for its education services and school rankings in dozens of categories—today released its rankings of the Best Business Schools for 2024.
The company tallies its annual b-school rankings in two groups. One names the best on-campus MBA Programs in 18 categories, listing the top 10 schools in each. In this group, Stanford University is ranked #1 in three categories: Best Classroom Experience, Best Career Prospects, and Toughest to Get Into.
The other group names the best 50 online MBA Programs on a single ranking list. Indiana University—Bloomington is #1 on this list.
A summary below reveals the schools ranked #1 in the 18 categories for on-campus MBA Programs and the top 10 schools on the list of the 50 best on-line MBA Programs.
The complete ranking lists are posted at along with The Princeton Review's in-depth profiles of the schools and its ratings (numerical scores on a scale of 60 to 99) of the schools on topics from Admissions Selectivity to Academic Experience.
The Princeton Review’s business school rankings are uniquely based on data the company gathers from its surveys of administrators at the schools as well as surveys of students attending the schools who rate and report on their experiences at them. The rankings for 2024 were based on data from surveys of administrators at 409 business schools and surveys of 32,200 students enrolled in the schools' MBA programs.
More than 60 data points are factored into the company's ranking list tallies. Most are based on data from both the administrator and student surveys. Some are based on data from just student surveys, and one is based just on data from the administrator surveys. The Princeton Review reports information about the basis for all of its Best Business Schools for 2024 lists as well as its survey methodology at /business-school-rankings/ranking-methodology.
“Since we debuted our b-school rankings in 2004 in multiple categories as opposed to a single list, our goal has been to help b-school bound students identify the MBA program best for them," said Rob Franek, The Princeton Review's Editor-in-Chief. "The schools that made our list for 2024 all have impressive individual distinctions. What they share are three characteristics that broadly informed our criteria for these rankings: outstanding academics, robust experiential learning components, and excellent career services. Equally impressive to us—and probably to prospective applicants—is that every one of our best b-schools for 2024 garnered highly favorable ratings among its MBA students we surveyed."
The Princeton Review Best Business Schools On-Campus MBA Programs for 2024
THE 18 CATEGORIES AND #1 SCHOOLS ON THE LISTS are:
- Best MBA for Consulting – Yale University (CT)
- Best MBA for Finance – New York University
- Best MBA for Human Resources – Brigham Young University (UT)
- Best MBA for Management – Northwestern University (IL)
- Best MBA for Marketing – University of Washington
- Best MBA for Nonprofit – Bard College (NY)
- Best MBA for Operations – Arizona State University
- Best Career Prospects – Stanford University (CA)
- Best Classroom Experience – Stanford University
- Greatest Resources for Minority Students – Howard University (DC)
- Greatest Resources for Women – University of Washington
The lists above are based on student and administrator survey data.
- Best Administered – Cornell University (NY)
- Best Campus Environment – University of Virginia
- Best Green MBA– Bard College
- Best Professors – University of Virginia
- Most Competitive Students – Drexel University (PA)
- Most Family-Friendly – Cornell University
The lists above are based solely on student survey data.
- Toughest to Get Into – Stanford University
The list above is based solely on administrator survey data.
About The Princeton Review On-Campus MBA Program Rankings
The rankings, reported in 18 categories, name the top 10 schools in each category. The rankings for 2024 are based on data from the company's surveys of administrators at 244 business schools in 2024 and its surveys of more than 21,500 students enrolled at the schools’ on-campus MBA programs (on average 88 students per program) during the previous three academic years. The administrator survey requested data on the MBA program academics, selectivity, faculty, technical platforms, career services, and other topics. The student survey asked students to rate and report on their b-school's academics, student body, and campus life, as well as their career plans. The Princeton Review has reported its On-Campus MBA program rankings since 2004.
The Princeton Review Best Business Schools Online MBA Program Rankings for 2024
THE TOP 10 SCHOOLS ON THE list of the TOP 50 SCHOOLS are:
- Indiana University—Bloomington
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Michigan—Ann Arbor
- Rice University (TX)
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
- Jack Welch Management Institute (VA)
- University of Nebraska—Lincoln
- University of Utah
- Babson College (MA)
- University of Denver (CO)
About The Princeton Review Online MBA Program Rankings
This ranking reports a single list that names the top 50 schools offering online MBAs (defined as where a majority of the program of study is online). The list for 2024 is based on data from the company's surveys in 2024 of administrators at 165 business schools. The survey requested data about the school’s online MBA program admissions, selectivity, faculty training and credentials, technological infrastructure, graduation rates, and career outcomes as well as other topics. The ranking also factored in data from the company's survey of more than 10,700 students enrolled in the online MBA programs (on average: 65 students per program). The student survey, conducted in 2024, asked students to rate their program's academics, faculty, technology platform and other topics as well as to report on their satisfaction with the program. More than 60 data points from the surveys were weighted to tally the list. The Princeton Review has reported its Online MBA Program rankings since 2015.
FAQs on The Princeton Review's Best Business Schools rankings are at /business-school-rankings/faq.
Today, The Princeton Review also reported its Best Law Schools for 2024 rankings. The rankings, reported in 14 categories, each name the top 10 ranking schools. They are posted at www.princetonreview.com/law-school-rankings/best-law-schools.
The Princeton Review reported its Top 50 Undergraduate and Top 50 Graduate Schools for Entrepreneurship Studies for 2024 at www.princetonreview.com/entrepreneur in November 2023. These lists are also posted on the website of Entrepreneur, The Princeton Review’s longtime reporting partner for this project, at .
All schools that participate in The Princeton Review surveys for its rankings are considered for the ranking lists. Schools that do not participate in the surveys are not considered.
About The Princeton Review
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