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In the updated QS Global MBA and Business Master’s Rankings, US business schools have once again taken the lead:
- MIT Sloan: top results in the Employability and Thought Leadership categories, ranked third in Entrepreneurship and Alumni Outcomes,
- Harvard Business School,
- Stanford Graduate School of Business,
- UPenn (Wharton School of Business).
Fifth place went to the British Cambridge Judge Business School. Tenth — once again the US, with University of Chicago Booth School of Business: among its achievements are high results in the Employability, Entrepreneurship and Return on Investment categories.
In total, more than 420 programs in 65 countries were considered for the ranking, including 150 American schools (more than any other country), and it is hardly surprising that 11 of the top-20 MBA programs are from the United States. The next most represented countries in the ranking are the United Kingdom (42 schools), France (35), India (28), Canada (24), and Spain (also 24 institutions).
US business schools maintain strong positions in management education, including in the specialized areas of Business Analytics and Supply Chain Management. However, their advantage is not undivided: for example, the average salary of an MBA graduate in the country grew from $110,286 in 2026 to $115,492 in 2027, yet in terms of return on investment in education (ROI), European business schools, according to QS data, continue to outperform American ones. No American program made it into the global top ten in ROI or Diversity.
At the same time, American institutions have strengthened their positions in specialized business master's programs: in the 2027 ranking they are represented across 286 programs (compared to 245 the year before). MIT holds first place in the world in two areas simultaneously — Business Analytics and Supply Chain Management.
