Rankings

Below are the top 100 part-time MBA programs in the world as per US news. US News ranking focuses on USA only and while there may be equally good programs in Europe, there is no reliable ranking yet of part-time MBA programs in Europe.

Top 100 Part-time MBA Programs – US News 2021 Ranking

US News Rank 2021NAME/RANKTUITIONENROLLMENT (PART-TIME)
1University of Chicago (Booth) Chicago , IL # 1 in Part-time MBA$7,200 per credit (part-time)1,245
2University of California–Berkeley (Haas) Berkeley , CA # 2 in Part-time MBA$3,464 per credit (in-state, part-time) $3,464 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)867
3Northwestern University (Kellogg) Evanston , IL # 3 in Part-time MBA$7,131 per credit (part-time)785
4New York University (Stern) New York , NY # 4 in Part-time MBA$2,300 per credit (part-time)1,139
5University of California–Los Angeles (Anderson) Los Angeles , CA # 5 in Part-time MBA$42,853 per year (in-state, part-time) $42,853 per year (out-of-state, part-time)857
6University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (Ross) Ann Arbor , MI # 6 in Part-time MBAN/A406
7University of Texas–Austin (McCombs) Austin , TX # 7 in Part-time MBA$110,460 total program (in-state, part-time)474
8Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) Pittsburgh , PA # 8 in Part-time MBA$45,333 per year (part-time)74
9Indiana University (Kelley) Bloomington , IN # 9 in Part-time MBA$25,050 per year (in-state, part-time) $43,710 per year (out-of-state, part-time)278
10Emory University (Goizueta) Atlanta , GA # 10 in Part-time MBA (tie)$77,120 total program (part-time)262
11University of Washington (Foster) Seattle , WA # 10 in Part-time MBA (tie)$25,680 per year (in-state, part-time) $25,680 per year (out-of-state, part-time)353
12Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) St. Louis , MO # 12 in Part-time MBA$1,810 per credit (part-time)230
13Georgetown University (McDonough) Washington , DC # 13 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,970 per credit (part-time)386
14Ohio State University (Fisher) Columbus , OH # 13 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,595 per credit (in-state, part-time) $2,904 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)365
15Rice University (Jones) Houston , TX # 13 in Part-time MBA (tie)$107,750 total program (part-time)342
16University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Carlson) Minneapolis , MN # 13 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,581 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,581 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)776
17University of Southern California (Marshall) Los Angeles , CA # 13 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,980 per credit (part-time)581
18Wake Forest University Winston-Salem , NC # 18 in Part-time MBA$40,698 per year (part-time)303
19Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) Cleveland , OH # 19 in Part-time MBA (tie)$22,640 per year (part-time)140
20Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) Atlanta , GA # 19 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,230 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,698 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)343
21University of Texas–Dallas Richardson , TX # 19 in Part-time MBA (tie)$14,448 per year (in-state, part-time) $26,145 per year (out-of-state, part-time)693
22Virginia Tech (Pamplin) Blacksburg , VA # 19 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,025 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,025 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)195
23Arizona State University (W.P. Carey) Tempe , AZ # 23 in Part-time MBA (tie)$27,970 per year (in-state, part-time) $27,970 per year (out-of-state, part-time)288
24University of South Carolina (Moore) Columbia , SC # 23 in Part-time MBA (tie)$35,568 total program (in-state, part-time) $35,568 total program (out-of-state, part-time)387
25Santa Clara University (Leavey) Santa Clara , CA # 25 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,150 per credit (part-time)317
26University of Maryland–College Park (Smith) College Park , MD # 25 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,682 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,682 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)444
27University of California–Irvine (Merage) Irvine , CA # 27 in Part-time MBA$98,567 total program (in-state, part-time) $98,567 total program (out-of-state, part-time)354
28Georgia State University (Robinson) Atlanta , GA # 28 in Part-time MBA (tie)$499 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,308 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)407
29University of Massachusetts–Amherst (Isenberg) Amherst , MA # 28 in Part-time MBA (tie)$900 per credit (in-state, part-time) $900 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)186
30University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison , WI # 28 in Part-time MBA (tie)$20,315 per year (in-state, part-time) $20,315 per year (out-of-state, part-time)123
31Texas A&M University–College Station (Mays) College Station , TX # 31 in Part-time MBA (tie)$99,500 total program (in-state, part-time)99
32University of California–Davis Davis , CA # 31 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,533 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,533 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)271
33University of Florida (Warrington) Gainesville , FL # 31 in Part-time MBA (tie)$36,582 per year (in-state, part-time) $36,582 per year (out-of-state, part-time)281
34University of Utah (Eccles) Salt Lake City , UT # 34 in Part-time MBA (tie)$29,400 per year (in-state, part-time) $29,400 per year (out-of-state, part-time)322
35Villanova University Villanova , PA # 34 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,190 per credit (part-time)97
36University of Arizona (Eller) Tucson , AZ # 36 in Part-time MBA (tie)$25,458 per year (in-state, part-time) $25,458 per year (out-of-state, part-time)118
37University of Georgia (Terry) Athens , GA # 36 in Part-time MBA (tie)$56,400 total program (in-state, part-time) $72,000 total program (out-of-state, part-time)296
38University of Iowa (Tippie) Iowa City , IA # 36 in Part-time MBA (tie)$31,500 total program (in-state, part-time) $31,500 total program (out-of-state, part-time)856
39Lehigh University Bethlehem , PA # 39 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,110 per credit (part-time)176
40Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) St. Louis , MO # 39 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,100 per credit (part-time)127
41University of Colorado–Boulder (Leeds) Boulder , CO # 39 in Part-time MBA (tie)$54,780 total program (in-state, part-time) $54,780 total program (out-of-state, part-time)161
42University of Pittsburgh (Katz) Pittsburgh , PA # 39 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,347 per credit (in-state, part-time) $2,084 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)220
43Boston College (Carroll) Chestnut Hill , MA # 43 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,814 per credit (part-time)489
44Boston University (Questrom) Boston , MA # 43 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,734 per credit (part-time)661
45Loyola University Chicago (Quinlan) Chicago , IL # 43 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,496 per credit (part-time)199
46University of California–San Diego (Rady) San Diego , CA # 43 in Part-time MBA (tie)$36,700 per year (in-state, part-time) $36,700 per year (out-of-state, part-time)115
47University of Richmond (Robins) Richmond , VA # 43 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,440 per credit (part-time)65
48George Mason University Fairfax , VA # 48 in Part-time MBA (tie)$852 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,732 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)207
49Purdue University–West Lafayette (Krannert) West Lafayette , IN # 48 in Part-time MBA (tie)$50,976 total program (in-state, part-time) $59,194 total program (out-of-state, part-time)66
50Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles , CA # 50 in Part-time MBA$88,500 total program (part-time)47
51University of North Carolina–Charlotte (Belk) Charlotte , NC # 51 in Part-time MBA$7,753 per year (in-state, part-time) $17,829 per year (out-of-state, part-time)376
52Marquette University Milwaukee , WI # 52 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,170 per credit (part-time)194
53Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey–Newark and New Brunswick Newark , NJ # 52 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,155 per credit (in-state, part-time) $2,004 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)953
54Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond , VA # 52 in Part-time MBA (tie)$701 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,442 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)141
55Gonzaga University Spokane , WA # 55 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,015 per credit (part-time)138
56San Diego State University (Fowler) San Diego , CA # 55 in Part-time MBA (tie)$9,172 per year (in-state, part-time) $13,924 per year (out-of-state, part-time)241
57Southern Methodist University (Cox) Dallas , TX # 55 in Part-time MBA (tie)$41,880 per year (part-time)218
58Florida State University Tallahassee , FL # 58 in Part-time MBA (tie)$480 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,110 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)89
59Fordham University (Gabelli) New York , NY # 58 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,617 per credit (part-time)115
60University of Oklahoma (Price) Oklahoma City , OK # 58 in Part-time MBA (tie)$27,000 total program (in-state, part-time) $42,000 total program (out-of-state, part-time)124
61CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College (Zicklin) New York , NY # 61 in Part-time MBA (tie)$725 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,110 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)492
62Miami University (Farmer) Oxford , OH # 61 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,050 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,050 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)77
63North Carolina State University (Poole) Raleigh , NC # 61 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,138 per credit (in-state, part-time) $2,011 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)255
64Seattle University (Albers) Seattle , WA # 61 in Part-time MBA (tie)$882 per credit (part-time)233
65University of Illinois–Chicago Chicago , IL # 61 in Part-time MBA (tie)$13,908 per year (in-state, part-time) $22,068 per year (out-of-state, part-time)266
66Babson College (Olin) Babson Park , MA # 66 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,990 per credit (part-time)245
67Elon University (Love) Elon , NC # 66 in Part-time MBA (tie)$988 per credit (part-time)117
68George Washington University Washington , DC # 66 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,890 per credit (part-time)161
69Rutgers University–Camden Camden , NJ # 66 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,025 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,737 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)82
70Tulane University (Freeman) New Orleans , LA # 66 in Part-time MBA (tie)$34,200 per year (part-time)145
71University of Connecticut Hartford , CT # 66 in Part-time MBA (tie)$975 per credit (in-state, part-time) $975 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)881
72University of Denver (Daniels) Denver , CO # 66 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,350 per credit (part-time)63
73University of Houston (Bauer) Houston , TX # 66 in Part-time MBA (tie)$15,175 per year (in-state, part-time) $24,571 per year (out-of-state, part-time)227
74Clemson University Greenville , SC # 74 in Part-time MBA (tie)$833 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,731 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)483
75Oregon State University Corvallis , OR # 74 in Part-time MBA (tie)$38,160 total program (part-time)66
76Pepperdine University (Graziadio) Malibu , CA # 74 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,815 per credit (part-time)514
77Butler University Indianapolis , IN # 77 in Part-time MBA (tie)$950 per credit (part-time)165
78DePaul University (Kellstadt) Chicago , IL # 77 in Part-time MBA (tie)$77,760 total program (part-time)876
79James Madison University Harrisonburg , VA # 77 in Part-time MBA (tie)$24,000 total program (in-state, part-time) $24,000 total program (out-of-state, part-time)40
80Northeastern University (School of Business) Boston , MA # 77 in Part-time MBA (tie)$98,400 total program (part-time)319
81Texas Christian University (Neeley) Fort Worth , TX # 77 in Part-time MBA (tie)$33,345 per year (part-time)146
82University of Colorado–Denver Denver , CO # 77 in Part-time MBA (tie)$626 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,378 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)468
83University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Champaign , IL # 77 in Part-time MBA (tie)N/A110
84Xavier University (Williams) Cincinnati , OH # 77 in Part-time MBA (tie)$839 per credit (part-time)557
85Seton Hall University (Stillman) South Orange , NJ # 85 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,305 per credit (part-time)361
86University of Kentucky (Gatton) Lexington , KY # 85 in Part-time MBA (tie)$940 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,109 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)181
87University of Nevada–Las Vegas Las Vegas , NV # 85 in Part-time MBA (tie)$18,875 total program (in-state, part-time) $31,600 total program (out-of-state, part-time)158
88University of Rochester (Simon) Rochester , NY # 85 in Part-time MBA (tie)$103,950 total program (part-time)147
89Bentley University Waltham , MA # 89 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,600 per credit (part-time)263
90Drake University Des Moines , IA # 89 in Part-time MBA (tie)$26,130 total program (part-time)99
91Oklahoma State University (Spears) Stillwater , OK # 89 in Part-time MBA (tie)$230 per credit (in-state, part-time) $876 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)67
92Saint Joseph’s University (Haub) Philadelphia , PA # 89 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,075 per credit (part-time)173
93University of Cincinnati (Lindner) Cincinnati , OH # 89 in Part-time MBA (tie)$836 per credit (in-state, part-time) $836 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)130
94University of Colorado–Colorado Springs Colorado Springs , CO # 89 in Part-time MBA (tie)$745 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,313 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)328
95University of North Carolina–Greensboro (Bryan) Greensboro , NC # 89 in Part-time MBA (tie)$21,196 total program (in-state, part-time) $54,828 total program (out-of-state, part-time)103
96University of San Diego San Diego , CA # 89 in Part-time MBA (tie)$1,520 per credit (part-time)111
97Creighton University (Heider) Omaha , NE # 97 in Part-time MBA (tie)$896 per credit (part-time)128
98The Citadel Charleston , SC # 97 in Part-time MBA (tie)$595 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,020 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)113
99University of Alabama–Birmingham Birmingham , AL # 97 in Part-time MBA (tie)$8,100 per year (in-state, part-time) $19,188 per year (out-of-state, part-time)322
100University of Delaware (Lerner) Newark , DE # 97 in Part-time MBA (tie)$825 per credit (in-state, part-time) $1,000 per credit (out-of-state, part-time)135

 

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