2020 Business School Rankings: The Complete Collection

Jeff Schmitt

Rankings are big business. They grab attention and generate page views. Higher rankings turn deans into dignitaries and graduates into gurus. They make it easier for administrators to demand more resources and alumni to dig deeper into their pockets.

What could possibly threaten this cash cow?

Oh, how about a pandemic?

WHAT ARE MBA PROGRAMS AFRAID OF?

Quickly enough, the dominos began to fall. In May, Bloomberg Businessweek decided to suspend its annual ranking, focusing instead of collecting responses to student surveys. The Economist faces a different challenge: Every M7 American MBA program is boycotting its ranking. As a result, the ranking will carry far less credibility – with the publication date already pushed back into 2021. The rankings for The Financial Times and U.S. News & World Report are still expected to come out in January and March respectively. Problem is, no one is certain if top schools will shun them too.

You can almost picture the editors at Forbes, whose bi-annual ranking runs in odd numbered years, toasting their good fortune to avoid 2020.

You can’t blame business schools for being wary of rankings in a pandemic period. Not only do rankings provide a side-by-side comparison to peers, but also a look into historical performance. While business schools crave upward mobility, they are also comforted by brand consistency and consensus. In 2020, all bets are off on both.

That’s because 2020 differences may reflect a variable that cannot be easily manipulated: a school’s ability to respond and innovate in the face of disruption and uncertainty.

A LOOK AT OVER 50 RANKINGS

Still, there were plenty of rankings that refer to in 2020. Last January, Harvard Business School replaced Stanford GSB as the top business school in the world according to The Financial Times. Two months later, HBS dropped out of U.S. News’ Top 5. To add insult to injury, HBS didn’t even rank as the top MBA program in Boston! This fall, P&Q unveiled its exclusive, data-driven rankings for online MBA and entrepreneurship programs, where Carnegie Mellon and Washington University earned top honors. That doesn’t even count alumni and recruiter preferences, let alone survey results on test prep companies, and academic concentrations.

Of course, there is P&Q’s annual MBA ranking. Now in its 11th year, this list combines the top five MBA rankings to level off any inconsistencies and excesses. Wondering how your target schools performed? Here are over 50 stories to give you an idea where MBA programs stand…and where they are going.

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POETS & QUANTS

Stanford Again Tops P&Q’s 2020-2021 Ranking Of The Best MBAs

10 Years Of P&Q MBA Rankings: Who Sits On Top?

P&Q’s Best International Programs Of The Decade

10 Best MBA Startups Of The Decade

10 Biggest B-School Innovations Of The Decade

Most Popular Stories Of All Time At Poets&Quants

INSEAD Claims First For Fifth Time In A Row In Poets&Quants 2019-2020 International MBA Ranking

The Top One-Year MBA Programs In The United States

The Best Business Schools For Real Estate

FT 2020 Global MBA Ranking
FT 2020 Global MBA Ranking

There’s a new winner atop the 2020 Financial Times Global MBA Ranking.

FINANCIAL TIMES

2020 Financial Times MBA Ranking

Ten Biggest Surprises In The Financial Times 2020 MBA Ranking

HEC Paris Stays On Top In New Financial Times Euro MBA Ranking

Financial Times’ MiM Ranking Shows What’s Wrong With Rankings

HEC Paris & London Top FT’s Master Of Finance Rankings

U.S. News 2019 MBA ranking saw Harvard lose out to Wharton

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT

2020 U.S. News MBA Ranking

Ten Biggest Surprises in U.S. News’ 2020 MBA Ranking

How The U.S. News Top 50 Business Schools Rank By Specialization

 

 

Next Page: Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, The Economist, Online MBAs, Executive MBAs, and More!

BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK

How MBA Students and Alumni Rank Their Business Schools

How Recruiters Rank Business Schools

Businessweek’s New 2019 MBA Ranking: What The Tuck?

IMD Tops Bloomberg Businessweek International MBA Ranking

10 Biggest Surprises In Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2019 MBA Ranking

FORBES

2019 Forbes American MBA Ranking

IMD Repeats As Winner In Forbes 2019 MBA Ranking

The Economist
The Economist

THE ECONOMIST

2019 Economist MBA Ranking

Surprises in the 2019 Economist MBA Ranking

PRINCETON REVIEW

MBAs Rank Schools On The 4 C’s: Culture, Careers, Choices, and Curriculum

 

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The Best MBA Programs for Entrepreneurship (Poets & Quants)

The Top MBAs For Entrepreneurs

The Top MBA Startups of 2020

ONLINE MBAs

The Best Online MBA Programs Of 2021

The Methodology Behind P&Q’s 2021 Online MBA Ranking

U.S. News 2020 Online MBA Ranking

 

 

EXECUTIVE MBA

Why Wharton’s EMBA Ranks So Low In The New 2020 Financial Times Ranking

Berkeley Haas Lands Atop Economist’s 2020 EMBA Ranking

IMD Tops Financial Times Exec Ed Ranking For Ninth Straight Year

Ranking The Top 50 U.S. EMBA Programs

 

UNDERGRADUATE

Wharton Again Tops P&Q’s Best Undergraduate B-Schools Of 2020

Wharton Again Tops U.S. News Ranking Of Best Undergrad Business Programs

TEST PREP

How P&Q Readers Rate Their GMAT Test Prep Companies

Exclusive Study: Test Prep Companies That Produced The Biggest Score Increases

OTHER

The Best Investment Banks To Work For

Who Wants To Be An MBA Billionaire: The Schools With The Most Super Rich Alums

Ranking the Top Graduate Supply Chain Programs

Ranking The Top Business Schools By Academic Research

The Most Influential Business School Professors and Thought Leaders

 

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