The Top 25 Online Business Schools

If you’re thinking of earning a degree from an online business school, here are 25 strong, reputable options that should be able to teach you what you need to know.  There are limitations as far as investigating the individual schools’ standards, so this list is a composite of rankings culled from dozens of studies conducted by government and non-government organizations.

1. University of Illinois (IL)
2. Pennsylvania State University (PA)
3. Northeastern University (MA)
4. Western Governors University (UT)
5. Grand Canyon University (AZ)
6. Upper Iowa University (IA)
7. University of Massachusetts (MA)
8. University of Florida (FL)
9. Salem International University (WV)
10. Walden University (MN)
11. Florida International University (FL)
12. Liberty University (VA)

Graduate Business Schools (US):

1. Duke University (NC)
2. University of Florida (FL)
3. Emory University (GA)
4. Carnegie Mellon (PA)
5. Indiana University (IN)
6. Thunderbird School of Global Management (AZ)
7. Pennsylvania State University (PA)
8. Babson College (MA)

Graduate Business Schools (International):

1. IE Business School (Spain)
2. University of Warwick (UK)
3. Henley University of Reading (UK)
4. Manchester Business School (UK)
5. Audencia (France)

List of Accredited Online MBA Programmess

As more and more colleges offer MBAs online, there are just as many disreputable, unaccredited “diploma mills” offering worthless pieces of paper they deem degrees. If you’re interested in MBA distance learning, here are links to over 180 accredited schools offering online MBA programs — as close to comprehensive a list as we could come up with. Keep in mind that while some programs can be taken entirely online, others offer a hybrid of online and on-campus learning (blended learning).