Rankings | Foster School of Business

The premier public business school in the Northwest, the Foster School is ranked by U.S. News & World Report, Businessweek, Financial Times, Economist, Forbes, Princeton Review, and Poets & Quants. As a public business school, we are committed to access and community engagement as well as providing students with a transformational learning experience.

Each ranking organization uses a different methodology that prioritizes different metrics and outcomes. To help applicants find the U.S. schools that best match their priorities, Foster created the MBA Rankings Calculator with data from major news organizations. Try the Rankings Calculator—a free tool to help find your top 30 best-fit schools—and build your own business school rankings.

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MBA Programs Rankings

Full-Time MBA Program

Source
Northwest
Nationwide / Worldwide (w)
Public Universities

U.S. News & World Report, 2023
1
22
7

Financial Times, 2023
1
19/32 (w)
5

Poets & Quants, 2022-23
1
20
7

Bloomberg Businessweek, 2022
1
24
9

Forbes, 2019
1
23
8

Economist, 2022
1
21/26 (w)
8

Fortune, 2022
1
20
7

Evening MBA Program

Source
Northwest
Nationwide / Worldwide (w)
Public Universities

U.S. News & World Report, 2023
1
10
5

Fortune, 2022
1
10
6

Executive MBA Program

Source
Northwest
Nationwide / Worldwide (w)
Public Universities

Financial Times, 2022
1
12
4

U.S. News & World Report, 2023
2
31
10

Poets & Quants, 2022
1
24
11

QS World University Rankings, 2022
1
23
8

Fortune, 2022
1
14
5

Hybrid MBA Program

Source
Northwest
Nationwide / Worldwide (w)
Public Universities

U.S. News & World Report, 2024
1
5
4

Poets & Quants, “Best Online Programs of 2023”
1
8
4

QS World University Rankings, 2022
1
7/14(w)
5

Fortune, Best Online Programs 2022
1
6
6

MBA Specialty Rankings

Source
Northwest
Nationwide / Worldwide (w)
Public Universities

U.S. News & World Report, 2023

Information Systems
1
17
12

Accounting
2
28
10

Marketing
1
22
8

Entrepreneurship
2
27
8

Finance
2
27
5

Management
1
26
9

Financial Times, 2023

MBA Job Placement
1
2 in U.S.
2

Research
1
11/12 (w)
3

Master’s Programs Rankings

Source & Program
Northwest
Nationwide / Worldwide (w)
Public Universities

QS World Master’s Ranking, 2023

Business Analytics
1
5/15 (w)
3

Supply Chain Management
1
4/9 (w)
2

Princeton Review, 2023

Graduate Entrepreneurship
1
8
4

Undergraduate Program Rankings

Source
Northwest
Nationwide / Worldwide (w)
Public Universities

U.S. News & World Report, 2023
1
19
9

Poets & Quants, 2023
1
24
8

Undergraduate Specialty Rankings

Source
Northwest
Nationwide / Worldwide (w)
Public Universities

U.S. News & World Report, 2023

Accounting
1
19
12

Entrepreneurship
2
30
11

Management
1
22
14

Marketing
1
17
12

Finance
1
24
11

International Business
2
27
16

Management Information Systems
1
18
14

While business school rankings are a valuable tool, we hope they’re just the starting point in your search. We urge MBA candidates to always consider the culture, community, location, student services, program performance, and other areas that matter to them when choosing an MBA program.

To help you determine if Foster is the right ‘fit’ for you, hear what some of our students have to say: learn more about the Foster Fit.

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