According to the debut 20-18 ranking of the best two-year MBA programs in the world by Times Higher Education and the Wall Street Journal, Stanford tops all business schools for having the best program.
| Rank & School | Overall Score | Resources Score & Rank | Engagement Score & Rank | Outcomes Score & Rank | Environment Score & Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Stanford GSB | 82.782.7 | 79.1 (3) | 94.1 (2) | 91.0 (1) | 40.4 (25) |
| 2. Cornell (Johnson) | 80.980.9 | 85.6 (1) | 92.1 (12) | 83.3 (11) | 39.8 (28) |
| 3. Vanderbilt (Owen) | 80.780.7 | 85.4 (2) | 93.1 (7) | 89.1 (2) | 18.6 (53) |
| 4. Chicago (Booth) | 79.679.6 | 74.4 (5) | 94.2 (1) | 86.9 (5) | 37.0 (31) |
| 5. Duke (Fuqua) | 77.577.5 | 71.5 (7) | 92.7 (10) | 85.0 (8) | 34.1 (36) |
| 6. Virginia (Darden) | 77.377.3 | 67.1 (10) | 93.5 (5) | 88.6 (3) | 28.7 (48) |
| 6. Yale SOM | 77.377.3 | 67.1 (10) | 93.0 (8) | 85.1 (6) | 40.9 (24) |
| 8. Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) | 74.174.1 | 73.3 (6) | 91.9 (14) | 77.9 (22) | 26.7 (51) |
| 9. Purdue (Krannert) | 73.573.5 | 53.1 (26) | 89.8 (30) | 82.2 (13) | 54.7 (5) |
| 10. CEIBS | 73.273.2 | 67.5 (9) | 86.9 (41) | 76.7 (23) | 45.7 (17) |
| 10. Michigan (Ross) | 73.273.2 | 55.4 (19) | 93.3 (6) | 85.1 (6) | 31.2 (42) |
| 12. Rice (Jones) | 73.073 | 61.2 (13) | 93.7 (4) | 84.1 (10) | 19.1 (52) |
| 12. Pittsburgh (Katz) | 73.073 | 65.3 (12) | 89.4 (32) | 73.9 (28) | 51.7 (10) |
| 14. Emory (Goizueta) | 72.572.5 | 57.7 (16( | 91.0 (21) | 82.9 (12) | 31.7 (40) |
| 14. UC-San Diego (Rady) | 72.572.5 | 67.8 (8) | 91.4 (17) | 66.1 (36) | 63.2 (3) |
| 16. UC-Berkeley (Haas) | 71.371.3 | 44.6 (40) | 93.9 (3) | 87.6 (4) | 27.9 (49) |
| 17. Fudan University | 70.970.9 | 55.4 (19) | 90.1 (26) | 74.0 (27) | 53.5 (7) |
| 17. Maryland (Smith) | 70.970.9 | 53.9 (23) | 92.9 (9) | 78.3 (20) | 37.4 (30) |
| 19. Texas-Austin (McCombs) | 70.770.7 | 53.8 (24) | 90.1 (26) | 81.3 (16) | 31.7 (40) |
| 20. Washington (Olin) | 70.670.6 | 55.2 (21) | 90.5 (24) | 76.3 (25) | 43.3 (20) |
| 21. Georgetown (McDonough) | 70.570.5 | 55.9 (18) | 90.5 (24) | 79.5 (18) | 31.1 (43) |
| 22. Minnesota (Carlson) | 69.369.3 | 45.1 (39) | 90.8 (22) | 82.2 (13) | 34.1 (36) |
| 23. Southern California (Marshall) | 69.269.2 | 43.8 (42) | 91.4 (17) | 80.1 (17) | 41.5 (23) |
| 24. UC-Davis | 68.968.9 | 77.2 (4) | 88.0 (36) | 58.4 (45) | 45.2 (18) |
| 25. Georgia Tech (Scheller) | 68.768.7 | 47.9 (33) | 92.1 (12) | 78.4 (19) | 32.6 (39) |
