Best business schools in the US - 2026 rankings

Discover the Times Higher Education rankings for the best business schools in the US 2026.
This ranking highlights the top schools for business in the US, offering prospective students insights into the best institutions for business education.
A total of 143 universities across the US have been ranked for their excellence in teaching, research, industry collaboration, and international outlook.
The rankings use a robust methodology developed by an in-house data team, trusted by students, academics, policymakers, and industry leaders worldwide.

March 10 2026

Top Business Schools Ranked in the US 2026

US Business Rank 2026	Global Business Rank 2026	University	Overall	Teaching	Research Environment	Research Quality	Industry	International Outlook
1	1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	93.3	94.3	95	90.4	99.7	89.2
2	2	Stanford University	91.6	96.7	91.1	90.2	84.2	83.5
3	5	University of California, Berkeley	90.6	92	91.5	91.5	85.7	82.1
4	8	Harvard University	90.3	95.7	91.1	89.7	67.3	81.2
5	9	The University of Chicago	89.2	90.8	92.2	90.3	67.6	79.8
6	=10	University of Pennsylvania	87.4	93.8	88.6	83.8	74.7	77.4
7	12	Yale University	87.2	95.6	88.5	79	68.6	85.6
8	14	Columbia University	86.4	92	87.2	80.1	77.2	86.1
9	16	Cornell University	83.7	84.8	90.3	78.4	68.3	78.2
10	17	Northwestern University	83.3	87.5	85.4	78.5	71.3	80.1
11	18	New York University	83.2	82.3	92.4	74.3	67.9	85.3
12	19	Duke University	82.7	84.4	87.4	71.4	99.8	83.7
13	20	University of California, Los Angeles	80.2	83.5	85.8	73.2	67.2	74.6
14	21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	79.5	79.9	87.5	74	75.7	67.5
15	=26	Carnegie Mellon University	74.3	64.8	71.8	84.8	68.8	88.4
16	43	University of Minnesota	67.5	61.6	72.9	72.2	80.2	49.9
17	44	University of Washington	67.4	61.8	63	75.1	67.2	80.4
18	45	University of California, San Diego	66.5	58.6	56.4	80.8	100	74.3
19	46	Boston University	65.9	57.7	57.5	82.1	61.2	80.7
=20	=47	Michigan State University	65.6	54.5	66.8	75.5	74.5	67.4
=20	=47	University of Southern California	65.6	54.5	61.1	81.1	69.2	74.8
22	50	University of Texas at Austin	65.4	60.7	64.9	76	79	47.4
23	51	Dartmouth College	64.7	71.2	38.6	89.4	68.2	64.6
24	=53	University of Wisconsin-Madison	63.6	58.5	68.8	63.4	69.5	60.5
25	55	University of California, Davis	63.5	53.1	56.5	76.2	70.5	84.3
26	61	Texas A&M University	61.7	50.5	61.1	71.7	94.1	59.9
27	62	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	61.6	52.3	56.2	76.5	68.4	67.2
28	64	University of Virginia (Main campus)	61.1	60.4	37.3	88.7	70.6	66.6
29	=66	Johns Hopkins University	60.4	53.9	53.7	64.8	71.4	89.3
30	=70	University of Maryland, College Park	59.5	48.4	58.6	74.4	67.6	54.8
31	72	Arizona State University (Tempe)	59.1	41.9	54.3	81.3	67.6	68.5
32	74	Purdue University West Lafayette	58.9	51.8	52.1	67.9	73.6	75.7
33	=79	University of Massachusetts	58.2	56.6	47	68.2	70.7	69.9
34	=85	Indiana University	57.7	49	48.5	73.8	80.5	64.9
=35	=95	University of Florida	56.8	38.8	59	77.8	68.4	46.9
=35	=95	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	56.8	44.6	54.9	72.5	68.8	55.6
37	97	Penn State (Main campus)	56.7	47.8	55.3	67.4	67.2	58
=38	101–125	Boston College	52.2–55.9	51.4	29.5	77	59.2	65.6
=38	101–125	Ohio State University (Main campus)	52.2–55.9	37.9	56	68.3	68.3	63.1
=38	101–125	Washington University in St Louis	52.2–55.9	49	39.5	68.8	63.4	86.1
=41	126–150	George Washington University	50.0–52.1	40.3	33.7	78.2	68.6	76.2
=41	126–150	University of Georgia (USA)	50.0–52.1	32.4	46.4	75.3	67.1	46.6
=41	126–150	Vanderbilt University	50.0–52.1	49.6	31.8	74.2	67.1	54.6
44	151–175	University of Notre Dame	48.4–49.9	31.9	35	77.4	66.2	62.7
=45	176–200	Northeastern University, US	47.3–48.1	31.9	28.6	75.5	66.2	79.5
=45	176–200	Temple University	47.3–48.1	35.8	28.5	82.2	59.8	49.4
=45	176–200	University of Arizona	47.3–48.1	30.9	41.4	75	67.9	43.2
=45	176–200	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	47.3–48.1	27.7	20.2	95.9	66.9	69.6
=49	201–250	Emory University	44.9–47.1	38.2	26.3	67.7	67.6	78.4
=49	201–250	Rice University	44.9–47.1	43.1	32.4	57.4	64.7	75.3
=49	201–250	University of California, Irvine	44.9–47.1	31.9	32.2	64.9	66.9	78.3
=49	201–250	University of Rochester	44.9–47.1	41.6	30.4	59	66.5	81.1
=49	201–250	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	44.9–47.1	27.9	32.9	78.4	67.7	59.2
=54	251–300	Georgetown University	42.5–44.8	35.1	26.1	68.8	72.4	52.7
=54	251–300	Georgia State University	42.5–44.8	27	30.4	73.7	68.3	65.3
=54	251–300	North Carolina State University	42.5–44.8	23.6	36.8	69.6	79.4	47.3
=54	251–300	Syracuse University	42.5–44.8	25.5	29.9	64.3	89.5	66.8
=54	251–300	University of Central Florida	42.5–44.8	27	35.4	73	67.6	44.3
=54	251–300	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campus	42.5–44.8	30.3	30.5	66.9	70.6	54.3
=54	251–300	University of South Carolina-Columbia	42.5–44.8	24.7	26.3	77.8	59.8	61
=54	251–300	University of South Florida	42.5–44.8	23.9	22.8	80.4	68.7	70.2
=62	301–400	Drexel University	39.5–42.4	22.8	13.1	80.9	67.7	77.2
=62	301–400	Florida Atlantic University	39.5–42.4	19.2	27.4	70.2	83.1	61.8
=62	301–400	Florida International University	39.5–42.4	28.7	26.8	64.3	66	52.7
=62	301–400	Florida State University	39.5–42.4	25	27.5	69.7	67.9	50.9
=62	301–400	George Mason University	39.5–42.4	30.7	28.4	55.7	64.9	58.7
=62	301–400	Illinois Institute of Technology	39.5–42.4	22.9	15.8	80.9	63.3	72.5
=62	301–400	Iowa State University	39.5–42.4	28.7	29	63.5	83	40.5
=62	301–400	Oklahoma State University	39.5–42.4	20.5	22.5	82.2	69.6	55
=62	301–400	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	39.5–42.4	22.4	32	70.8	65.6	46.1
=62	301–400	University of Colorado Boulder	39.5–42.4	20.9	26.6	80.4	68.2	49
=62	301–400	University of Houston	39.5–42.4	24.5	22.2	72.1	67.1	70.5
=62	301–400	University of Illinois Chicago	39.5–42.4	23	24.3	70.2	67	66.1
=62	301–400	University of Miami	39.5–42.4	20.3	19.1	75.9	67.1	65.8
=62	301–400	University of Texas at Dallas	39.5–42.4	22.6	32.3	54	68	69.7
=62	301–400	Washington State University	39.5–42.4	22.2	24.7	69	72.7	59.5
=77	401–500	American University	36.4–39.4	27.2	18.5	67	60.6	55.1
=77	401–500	Auburn University	36.4–39.4	20.2	24	60.5	96.7	47.9
=77	401–500	Case Western Reserve University	36.4–39.4	30.6	21.4	54.7	67.6	64.3
=77	401–500	Missouri University of Science and Technology	36.4–39.4	16.9	18.2	66.8	67	74.7
=77	401–500	Portland State University	36.4–39.4	14.5	15.7	78.9	64.7	54.3
=77	401–500	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	36.4–39.4	18.2	26.3	61	67.1	59.9
=77	401–500	Stony Brook University	36.4–39.4	19.5	25.6	56.7	75	84
=77	401–500	Texas Tech University	36.4–39.4	27.9	23.9	55.9	64.9	42
=77	401–500	University at Buffalo	36.4–39.4	23.8	19.7	61.1	67.2	70.1
=77	401–500	University of California, Riverside	36.4–39.4	22.9	19.9	53.6	67.1	79.3
=77	401–500	University of Connecticut	36.4–39.4	26.2	20	58.2	67.2	72.7
=77	401–500	University of Hawai’i at Mānoa	36.4–39.4	18.8	16	69.5	63.3	81.4
=77	401–500	University of Iowa	36.4–39.4	21.2	22.9	61.4	68.7	58
=77	401–500	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	36.4–39.4	18.2	21.7	69	66.1	46.2
=91	501–600	Baylor University	33.9–36.3	24.4	14.6	68.4	48.6	33.9
=91	501–600	Brandeis University	33.9–36.3	23.1	18.4	45.9	58.6	81.6
=91	501–600	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	33.9–36.3	22.9	18.3	55.4	72.5	70.9
=91	501–600	Rochester Institute of Technology	33.9–36.3	21	18.9	59.6	59.4	56.4
=91	501–600	SUNY University at Albany	33.9–36.3	16.8	22.9	57.3	77.7	65.6
=91	501–600	Stevens Institute of Technology	33.9–36.3	19.9	14.9	60.6	65.8	79.8
=91	501–600	University of Arkansas	33.9–36.3	19.9	23.4	69.2	64.5	31
=91	501–600	University of Delaware	33.9–36.3	23.9	16.7	60.3	68.5	58.4
=91	501–600	University of Kentucky	33.9–36.3	20.2	21.3	62.8	67.9	47.8
=91	501–600	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	33.9–36.3	17.4	21.4	57.6	68.8	52.1
=91	501–600	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	33.9–36.3	18.8	20.9	65.8	65.7	44.3
=91	501–600	University of Oregon	33.9–36.3	19.6	24.8	62.5	61	38.8
=91	501–600	University of Utah	33.9–36.3	18.6	22	65.4	68.2	40.5
=104	601–800	Colorado State University, Fort Collins	28.8–33.8	19.9	16.4	60.3	61.7	43.8
=104	601–800	Kansas State University	28.8–33.8	23.9	22.4	43.7	64.3	39.1
=104	601–800	Lehigh University	28.8–33.8	22	12.4	51.9	65.8	73.2
=104	601–800	Louisiana State University	28.8–33.8	16.2	18.1	65.8	67.4	42.2
=104	601–800	Mississippi State University	28.8–33.8	13.9	15.1	62.1	63.4	41.5
=104	601–800	Mizzou - University of Missouri	28.8–33.8	19.5	18.3	58	65.6	48.5
=104	601–800	New Jersey Institute of Technology	28.8–33.8	19.3	12.2	52.7	67.8	77.2
=104	601–800	Northern Illinois University	28.8–33.8	16.4	10.7	53.9	51.3	57.8
=104	601–800	Old Dominion University	28.8–33.8	16	17.6	63.1	53.6	38.6
=104	601–800	Rowan University	28.8–33.8	11.3	12	68.9	28	47.1
=104	601–800	SUNY Binghamton University	28.8–33.8	24	23.2	45.2	64.1	56.5
=104	601–800	Saint Louis University	28.8–33.8	16.6	15	65.5	45.6	58.5
=104	601–800	San Diego State University	28.8–33.8	17.6	8.3	63.3	53.6	34.4
=104	601–800	Southern Illinois University Carbondale	28.8–33.8	22.4	22	45.4	78.7	37.7
=104	601–800	Texas State University	28.8–33.8	15.3	14.1	55.9	41.3	48.8
=104	601–800	The University of Alabama	28.8–33.8	16.1	20.2	54.3	59.9	31.3
=104	601–800	Tulane University	28.8–33.8	20.5	13.6	46.8	65.2	52.5
=104	601–800	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	28.8–33.8	8.9	13.4	59.7	64.6	47.7
=104	601–800	University of Kansas	28.8–33.8	16.4	17	50.4	63	53.4
=104	601–800	University of Memphis	28.8–33.8	18.5	14.6	54.9	68.2	45.1
=104	601–800	University of Rhode Island	28.8–33.8	15.1	15	62.2	40	57
=104	601–800	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	28.8–33.8	12.7	7.9	70.4	37.6	49.7
=104	601–800	University of Texas at Arlington	28.8–33.8	16.2	14.7	52.3	74.5	38.3
=104	601–800	University of Texas at El Paso	28.8–33.8	15	26.7	43.6	51.6	53.4
=104	601–800	University of Toledo	28.8–33.8	15.8	13.9	48.5	60	56.2
=104	601–800	Wake Forest University	28.8–33.8	26.3	9.1	58.7	40.6	45.5
=104	601–800	Wayne State University	28.8–33.8	17	14.7	54.9	62.6	37.7
=131	801–1000	Central Michigan University	21.2–28.7	16.4	11.5	54.6	60.9	43.6
=131	801–1000	Georgia Southern University	21.2–28.7	11.5	12	38.7	58.3	26.6
=131	801–1000	Montana State University	21.2–28.7	12.4	12	45.1	31.1	32.9
=131	801–1000	New Mexico State University (Main campus)	21.2–28.7	17.4	16.5	34.5	54.9	39.6
=131	801–1000	Nova Southeastern University	21.2–28.7	14.7	13.3	36	43.7	43.6
=131	801–1000	Ohio University (Main campus)	21.2–28.7	19.5	15.1	37.2	35.1	31.3
=131	801–1000	The University of Texas at San Antonio	21.2–28.7	12.9	13.3	56	47.2	45.6
=131	801–1000	University of Denver	21.2–28.7	20.8	10.4	53.5	51.1	39.9
=131	801–1000	University of Nebraska Omaha	21.2–28.7	11	12.5	51.2	34.2	51.3
=131	801–1000	University of Wyoming	21.2–28.7	19.9	11	56.3	40.4	35.2
=131	801–1000	Virginia Commonwealth University	21.2–28.7	20	18.7	45.4	58.5	27.7
=131	801–1000	William & Mary	21.2–28.7	24.9	9.9	42	40.5	37.3
143	1001+	Oakland University	14.7–21.1	11.8	10	31	40.5	37.5

Key Insights into the Best Business Schools in the US

The Masachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) retains the first place position in the US, maintaining its dominance in business education with strong research and industry links.
Stanford University remains at number two, continuing its reputation for innovation and entrepreneurship.
Harvard University drops down one place to fourth place position
A total of 143 US universities are ranked, demonstrating the country's leadership in business education.
The business and economics ranking ranks universities across business and management; accounting and finance; and economics and econometrics.

Choosing the right university in the US for Business

The US has more than 4,000 universities, including some of the world’s top universities for studying business.

The American higher education system offers flexible options that students can switch up according to their needs and interests. At the undergraduate level, students can choose different courses before they declare their choice for a major at the end of second year.

Many of the top universities in the US do not offer business as an undergraduate degree, but instead encourage students to study across the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences to build a strong foundation. Students are also encouraged to participate in business research, entrepreneurship, work experience opportunities and taster sessions to discover whether a master’s degree in business is right for them. 

Some of the MBA programmes offered at US universities are recognised all over the world and have a strong alumni network that can be accessed long after graduation. 

Choosing the right business school is a crucial step for prospective students. The Times Higher Education Subject Rankings for Business assess universities based on five key factors:

Research environment – quality and volume of academic research.
Teaching quality – learning experience and student satisfaction.
Research quality – impact and influence of business research.
Industry collaboration – partnerships with businesses and practical applications.
International outlook – global engagement and student diversity.

The table for the best universities for business in the US was derived from data collected for the THE World University Subject Rankings: Business. The results are calculated using 18 performance indicators underlying five metrics. For more insights and a detailed breakdown of our ranking methodology, visit our methodology page. Use the ranking table above to explore the right institution for you.

Best business schools in the US - 2026 rankings

Share

Top Business Schools Ranked in the US 2026

Key Insights into the Best Business Schools in the US

Choosing the right university in the US for Business

You may also like

The cost of studying at a university in the United States

Everything international students need to know about US student visas

Top business schools in the UK 2026

Best business schools in Canada 2026

Best business schools in Australia 2026

Discover

Collaborate with THE

More from THE

About

Sign up

Legal stuff