Georgetown McDonough Rankings
Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business has a reputation for academic excellence, post-graduation career success, faculty thought leadership, and student satisfaction, as reflected in national and international rankings of our school and programs.
Georgetown McDonough
Undergraduate Program
- Poets&Quants: 2nd in the U.S. and 1st for career outcomes. The alumni surveyed rated the program 1st on questions about extracurricular opportunities, connections to professionals and alumni, and career advising services. Alumni also listed McDonough in the top five for believing their degree would raise their socioeconomic status and that the degree was worth its cost in time and resources.
- U.S. News & World Report: 13th in the U.S., 3rd for international business
Full-time MBA Program
- Financial Times:
- Global MBA: 19th in the U.S. and 32nd globally
- Finance: 16th in the U.S. and 1st globally for the percentage salary increase alumni saw from before entering the program to three years after graduation
- Entrepreneurship: 19th in the U.S. and 1st globally for the extent to which the school helped entrepreneurs recruit key staff
- Global MBA: 19th in the U.S. and 32nd globally
- Bloomberg Businessweek: 24th in the U.S.
- The Recruiter Insights report also listed McDonough as 1st in the world for having graduates who are innovative and creative; 1st in the United States and 4th in the world for providing a diverse pool of candidates; and 5th in the world for graduates showing exceptional entrepreneurial skills and drive
- U.S. News & World Report: 24th in the U.S., as well as 3rd for careers in international business, 7th for nonprofit careers, 8th for project management
- Princeton Review: 3rd among the “Best MBAs for Nonprofit Careers”; 8th for consulting careers
Flex MBA Program
- U.S. News & World Report: 9th in the U.S.
Executive MBA Program
- Economist: 10th in the U.S. and globally ranked 11th for the helpfulness of alumni to current students, 13th for the number of overseas assignments, 13th for the quality of facilities, 14th for the gender balance of students, and 14th for the increase in salary one year after earning the EMBA
- Financial Times: 11th in the U.S.; 5th for the percentage of course content that explores environment, social, and governance issues; 5th (and 12th in the world) for the percentage of women students enrolled in the program; 6th for career progress; 6th for the international course experiences; 6th for the percentage of international faculty; 8th for the salary increase percentage of alumni; and 11th for alumni who report overall satisfaction from their experience in the program.
Custom Executive Education Programs
- Financial Times: 10th in the U.S.
Master of Science in Business Analytics
- Fortune: 6th in the U.S. for online MSBA programs
*Note: Mainstream media currently do not produce rankings for our more specialized and innovative degree programs, including the M.A. in International Business and Policy and Executive Master’s in Leadership.
McDonough Rankings
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News Story
Georgetown MBA Places 24th in the United States in Bloomberg Businessweek Ranking
Georgetown’s Full-time MBA advanced to 24th overall in the annual Bloomberg Businessweek ranking of MBA programs, up two positions from last year. The ranking measures schools in the categories…
September 19, 2023
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McDonough Part-time MBA Advances to 9th in U.S. News Ranking; Full-time Places 24th
Georgetown McDonough’s Full-time and Flex MBA Programs ranked among the nation’s best in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of graduate business programs. The Flex MBA climbed…
April 25, 2023
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Undergraduate Program Places 2nd in Poets&Quants Ranking, 1st for Career Outcomes
The Undergraduate Program at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business maintained its position as second in the nation in the annual ranking by Poets&Quants for…
March 1, 2023