US News Updates Online MBA Ranking for 2020

The Online MBAs from Indiana University and the University of North Carolina lead the list, again

US News and World Report has published its 2020 Online MBA Ranking.

The top of the list looks the same as it did last year. The Online MBA programs from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School are tied for first place. Up next is the Online MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, which is followed by the program from the University of Florida. The top-five is rounded out by USC's Marshall School of Business.

See US News' Top 10 Online MBA programs below.

This year marks the return of the Online MBA from Temple University's Fox School of Business, which led the ranking last year until it was removed for misreporting GMAT statistics. This year it is ranked at position number 88.

US News: Online MBA Ranking 2020 (top 10 schools)

School Rank
Indiana University - Kelley 1 (tie)
UNC - Kenan-Flagler 1 (tie)
Carnegie Mellon - Tepper 3
Florida - Hough 4
USC - Marshall 5
Penn State - World Campus 6 (tie)
University of Mississippi 6 (tie)
UT Dallas 6 (tie)
Villanova University  9
ASU - Carey 10 (tie)
Arizona - Eller 10 (tie)
Maryland - Smith 10 (tie)
Washington - Foster 10 (tie)
University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium 10 (tie)

 

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