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Forbes Ranking

Forbes’s annual Best Business School ranking is broken up into two separate lists, analyzing graduate schools in the U.S. and internationally. The lists take into account the average financial gain MBA graduates accumulate five years after graduation, how long it takes to fund the degree, and the average pre-MBA and post-MBA salary growth.

See Clear Admit’s analysis of Forbes’ 2019 Best U.S. Business Schools here. 2019 was the last year that Forbes announced a ranking.

You may also be interested in these MBA ranking: Financial Times Ranking, US News & World Report Ranking, Bloomberg BusinessWeek Ranking. You can also find more detailed coverage of the MBA rankings here.

Take a look at the publication’s top U.S. business schools in 2019 below.

Ranking School
1 University of Chicago Booth School of Business
2
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
3
4 Harvard Business School
5
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Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business
7 (tie) Columbia Business School
7 (tie)
MIT Sloan School of Management
9 Cornell University SC Johnson Graduate School of Management
10 University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business
11 (tie) UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
11 (tie) Yale School of Management
13 University of Virginia Darden School of Business
14 Duke University Fuqua School of Business
15 UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
16 UCLA Anderson School of Management
17 Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business
18 University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business
19 Indiana University Kelley School of Business
20 NYU Stern School of Business
21 USC Marshall School of Business
22 Emory University Goizueta Business School
23 UW Foster School of Business
24 Brigham Young Marriott School of Business
25 Notre Dame University Mendoza College of Business
26 Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business
27 Michigan State University Eli Broad College of Business
28 Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business
29 Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School
30 Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management
31 Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
32 University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management
33 Texas A&M Mays Business School
34 Penn State Smeal College of Business
35 University of Wisconsin School of Business
36 University of Utah Eccles School of Business
37 University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
38 Arizona State W.P. Carey School of Business
39 Boston University Questrom School of Business
40 Purdue University Krannert School of Management
41 Ohio State Fisher College of Business
42 University of Rochester Simon Business School
43 UC Irvine Merage School of Business
44 College of William & Mary Mason School of Business
45  SMU Cox School of Business
46 UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management
47 UMD Smith
48  University of Georgia Terry College of Business
49 University at Buffalo School of Management
50 University of Alabama Manderson Graduate School of Business
51 Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business
52 Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management
53 University of Missouri, Columbia Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business
54 University of Tennessee, Knoxville Haslam College of Business
55 University of Miami School of Business Administration
56 UC Davis Graduate School of Management
57 Willamette University Atkinson Graduate School of Management
58 Fordham University Gabelli School of Business
59 Tulane University A. B. Freeman School of Business
60 University of Colorado, Boulder Leeds School of Business
61 Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management
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April 17, 2025 5:41am ET
Applying: Columbia, Harvard Business School, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Investment Banking & Corporate Development/Real Estate & Energy
Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking, Private Equity Companies: Bank of America , Credit Suisse , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan , JP Morgan Chase , Blackstone , Carlyle Group , Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Group , TPG , KKR
GMAT: 674
GPA: 3,8
Years of Work Experience: 6
Location: Peruvian working in Chile
Post MBA Location: US
Notes:

Experience women working primarily in Latin American markets; seeks US market exposure
Investment baking and corporate development experience (mainly focus on energy and real estate); desire to pivot in investments/PE in the US
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April 16, 2025 2:48am ET
Applying: Boston / Questrom, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Indiana / Kelley, Rice / Jones, Rochester / Simon, U. Chicago Booth, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Vanderbilt / Owen
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Mechanical engineer
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Investment Banking Companies: BCG , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , KPMG , McKinsey , PWC , Bank of America , Barclays , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan , Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , Microsoft , Oracle , Twitter
GMAT: 740
GPA: 8.35
Years of Work Experience: 5.5
Location: India
Post MBA Location: USA, Germany
Notes:

I'm a mechanical engineer... currently I'm working in a mechanical mnc company for 5.5 years as a senior Design Engineer and project leader with one promotion..i have lot of extra curricular activities including ngo participation, tree plantation, blood donation etc .lots of webinars and internships I have done untill now..i have also completed several mba related certification such as six sigma, digital marketing etc..
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April 15, 2025 9:51am ET
Applying: Columbia, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB
Intake Year: 2028
Pre-MBA Career: Sales and Marketing
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consumer Goods Companies: Proctor & Gamble , Unilever
GMAT: 755
GPA: 3.62
Location: USA
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April 14, 2025 5:03pm ET
Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Chemical Engineering & Sales
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting
GMAT: 745
GPA: 3.95
Years of Work Experience: 3
Location: Chicago
Notes:

GMAT Focus Edition. Involved in networking/professional development groups in my industry. On associate board for a non-profit in Chicago. Less conventional experience working in engineering then for a small sales engineering firm. Did not go to a very prestigious undergraduate university.
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April 14, 2025 6:09am ET
Applying: Georgia / Terry, Other, UNC Kenan-Flagler, USC / Marshall, UVA / Darden, Washington U. / Olin
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Military
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting
GPA: 3.3
Years of Work Experience: 8
Location: St. Louis
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April 17, 2025 12:20pm ET
Interview Invite to Cornell / Johnson
Round: Round 3
Received via email April 17, 2025
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 2.5
GMAT: 675
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: LATAM
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April 17, 2025 12:05pm ET
Interview Invite to Indiana / Kelley
Round: Round 3
Received via email April 17, 2025
Standardized Test: Granted Waiver
GPA: 3.45
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: Houston, TX
April 17, 2025 11:16am ET
Applied to UT Austin / McCombs
Round: Round 3
Received via portal
Standardized Test: Granted Waiver
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
April 17, 2025 9:12am ET
Interview Invite to MIT Sloan
Round: Round 3
Received via email April 17, 2025
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 2.87
GRE: 307
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: India
April 17, 2025 7:39am ET
Accepted to USC / Marshall
Round: Round 2
Received via portal April 17, 2025
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.6
GRE: 327
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Marketing
Application Location: Nigeria
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