US News Best MBA Programs 2026 — Score Requirements & Rankings
Complete US News 2026 MBA rankings with GMAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL score requirements and acceptance rates for the top 30+ US business schools.
| Rank | School | Location | GMAT Median | GRE Median | Acceptance Rate |
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| #1 | Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | 740 | 330 | 11% |
| #2 | Stanford Graduate School of Business | Stanford, CA | 738 | 330 | 6% |
| #3 | Wharton School (UPenn) | Philadelphia, PA | 733 | 328 | 18% |
| #4 | MIT Sloan School of Management | Cambridge, MA | 730 | 328 | 12% |
| #5 | Columbia Business School | New York, NY | 729 | 327 | 30% |
| #6 | Chicago Booth School of Business | Chicago, IL | 732 | 328 | 21% |
| #7 | Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern) | Evanston, IL | 727 | 326 | 20% |
| #8 | Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley) | Berkeley, CA | 727 | 325 | 12% |
| #9 | Yale School of Management | New Haven, CT | 730 | 326 | 17% |
| #10 | Tuck School of Business (Dartmouth) | Hanover, NH | 724 | 324 | 23% |
| #11 | Duke Fuqua School of Business | Durham, NC | 718 | 322 | 22% |
| #12 | Ross School of Business (Michigan) | Ann Arbor, MI | 720 | 322 | 26% |
| #13 | Darden School of Business (UVA) | Charlottesville, VA | 715 | 321 | 25% |
| #14 | NYU Stern School of Business | New York, NY | 729 | 323 | 23% |
| #15 | Cornell Johnson School of Management | Ithaca, NY | 710 | 320 | 28% |
| #16 | UCLA Anderson School of Management | Los Angeles, CA | 714 | 320 | 26% |
| #17 | Carnegie Mellon Tepper School | Pittsburgh, PA | 710 | 319 | 30% |
| #18 | USC Marshall School of Business | Los Angeles, CA | 707 | 318 | 29% |
| #19 | Georgetown McDonough School | Washington, DC | 705 | 317 | 31% |
| #20 | Texas McCombs School of Business | Austin, TX | 704 | 316 | 33% |
| #21 | Indiana Kelley School of Business | Bloomington, IN | 693 | 314 | 35% |
| #22 | UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School | Chapel Hill, NC | 695 | 314 | 35% |
| #23 | Emory Goizueta Business School | Atlanta, GA | 690 | 315 | 37% |
| #24 | Washington Foster School of Business | Seattle, WA | 700 | 315 | 32% |
| #25 | Rice Jones Graduate School | Houston, TX | 695 | 313 | 36% |
| #28 | Georgia Tech Scheller College | Atlanta, GA | 690 | 315 | 38% |
| #30 | Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School | Nashville, TN | 690 | 316 | 36% |
| #32 | Ohio State Fisher College | Columbus, OH | 685 | 314 | 38% |
| #34 | University of Minnesota Carlson | Minneapolis, MN | 680 | 313 | 40% |
| #35 | Boston University Questrom | Boston, MA | 680 | 314 | 40% |
| #35 | Arizona State W.P. Carey | Tempe, AZ | 670 | 312 | 45% |
| #36 | Penn State Smeal College | University Park, PA | 665 | 311 | 42% |
| #37 | University of Florida Warrington | Gainesville, FL | 670 | 312 | 42% |
| #38 | Purdue Krannert School | West Lafayette, IN | 660 | 310 | 45% |
Frequently Asked Questions
What GMAT score do I need for a top MBA?
Top 10 programs have GMAT medians of 730-740. Top 20 programs have medians of 710-730.
What GRE score is competitive for MBA admissions?
Top 10 programs have GRE medians of 326-330. Top 20 programs have medians of 318-326.