GRAD & RETENTION RATES AT ALL 61 RANKED SCHOOLS
The tables below show the 6-year graduation rates and 1-year retention rates of all online MBA programs in our 2026 ranking, as well as the rates from last year’s ranking. Data is submitted by schools on our institutional survey.
For programs that launched less than six years ago, we are displaying 3-, 4-, or 5-year graduation rates based on the age of the program.
Poets&Quants Online MBA Ranking: Graduation & Retention Rates |
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2026 Rank |
School |
2026 Graduation Rate |
2025 Graduation Rate |
2026 Retention Rate |
2025 Retention Rate |
| 1 | Indiana University (Kelley) | 93.00% | 91.00% | 96.00% | 95.00% |
| 2 | University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) | 84.00% | 70.00% | 84.00% | 96.00% |
| 3 | University of Michigan (Ross) | 87.50% | 86.11% (5-year) | 95.36% | 91.67% |
| 4 | University of Washington (Foster) | 99.00% | 100.00% | 96.00% | 95.89% |
| 5 | Hofstra University (Zarb) | 97.00% | 78.00% | 96.00% | 96.00% |
| 6 | Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) | 98.00% | 95.00% | 89.00% | 94.00% |
| 7 | Auburn University (Harbert) | 86.00% | 86.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| 8 | University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business | 92.00% | 93.00% | 98.00% | 90.00% |
| 9 | Jack Welch Management Institute | 53.10% | 54.60% | 64.00% | 69.00% |
| 10 | University of Florida (Warrington) | 91.00% | 92.00% | 92.00% | 95.00% |
| 11 | Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) | 78% (4-year) | NR | 95.00% | NR |
| 12 | University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | 91.00% | 88.00% | 93.00% | 91.00% |
| 13 | University of Utah (Eccles) | 85.00% | 72.00% | 87.00% | 84.00% |
| 14 | Wake Forest University | 95.00% | 90% (4-year) | 95.00% | 95.00% |
| 15 | Villanova University | 89.00% | 84.00% | 85.00% | 84.00% |
| 16 | Lehigh University | 81.40% | 79.10% | 66.67% | 80.30% |
| 17 | Fairfield University (Dolan) | 100.00% | 100% (4-year) | 88.00% | 88.00% |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium | 83.80% | 84.30% | 84.50% | 81.40% |
| 19 | Bryant University | 92.50% | 91.10% | 90.00% | 86.40% |
| 20 | Rice University (Jones) | 88.00% | 96.50% | 96.00% | 96.40% |
| 21 | University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) | 85.00% | 84.00% | 96.00% | 93.00% |
| 22 | North Carolina State University (Poole) | 87.00% | 77.00% | 97.00% | 92.00% |
| 23 | Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) | 71.00% | 71% (4-year) | 85.00% | 86.00% |
| 24 | Santa Clara University (Leavey) | 82.00% | 82.00% | 92.00% | 92.00% |
| 25 | University of Connecticut | 74% (4-year) | 63% (3-year) | 99.00% | 91.00% |
| 26 | University of Iowa (Tippie) | 80.00% | 86.20% | 95.00% | 94.34% |
| 27 | University of South Florida (Muma) | 91.00% | 86.00% | 91.00% | 94.00% |
| 28 | Clemson University | 61.00% | 57% (5-year) | 94.00% | 94.50% |
| 29 | University of Denver (Daniels) | 70.00% | 78.00% | 55.00% | 81.25% |
| 30 | Texas Tech University (Rawls) | 80.00% | 83.00% | 83.00% | 92.00% |
| 31 | University of Cincinnati (Lindner) | 82.00% | 67.50% | 84.00% | 88.90% |
| 32 | University of Delaware (Lerner) | 84.00% | 97.00% | 97.00% | 98.00% |
| 33 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 72.30% | 75.60% | 86.20% | 86.80% |
| 34 | Baylor University (Hankamer) | 69.6% (5-year) | 64.00% | 71.60% | 78.00% |
| 35 | Pepperdine University (Graziadio) | 98.00% | 76.00% | 90.63% | 96.00% |
| 36 | University of Maryland (Smith) | 86.75% | 80.00% | 81.97% | 71.00% |
| 37 | Syracuse University (Whitman) | 56.00% | 64.00% | 91.00% | 92.00% |
| 38 | William & Mary (Mason) | 90.00% | 92.70% | 88.00% | 96.00% |
| 39 | University of Michigan-Dearborn | 72.00% | 61.00% | 87.00% | 80.00% |
| 40 | San Jose State University (Lucas) | 92.00% | 93.00% | 96.00% | 91.00% |
| 41 | American University (Kogod) | 68.90% | 64.25% | 73.33% | 80.00% |
| 42 | Longwood University | 88.30% | NR | 81.00% | NR |
| 43 | Ohio University | 76.00% | 85.00% | 71.00% | 77.00% |
| 44 | Rogers State University | 62.80% | 56% (3-year) | 78.30% | 77.00% |
| 45 | Southern Methodist University (Cox) | 88.46% | 85.7% (5-year) | 84.89% | 81.00% |
| 46 | University of Massachusetts Lowell (Manning) | 81.00% | 74.00% | 91.00% | 78.00% |
| 47 | University of California-Davis | 87.00% | 93.50% | 90.00% | 98.00% |
| 48 | MIssissippi State University | 82.00% | NR | 80.00% | NR |
| 49 | Louisiana State University (Ourso) | 76.00% | 76.00% | 80.00% | 93.00% |
| 50 | Creighton University (Heider) | 80.00% | 81.00% | 90.00% | 91.00% |
| 51 | Florida International University | 97.00% | 93.00% | 88.00% | 91.00% |
| 52 | Temple University (Fox) | 74.00% | NR | 91.00% | NR |
| 53 | SUNY Oswego | 80.00% | 82.50% | 84.00% | 88.20% |
| 54 | Drexel University (LeBow) | 75.00% | 59.00% | 84.00% | 93.00% |
| 55 | University of Missouri (Trulaske) | 100% (4-year) | 57% (3-year) | 92.92% | 86.00% |
| 56 | George Mason University (Costello) | 87.20% | 68.00% | 80.00% | 78.00% |
| 57 | Seattle University (Albers) | 80.00% | 91% (5-year) | 82.00% | 85.00% |
| 58 | University of Houston (Bauer) | 69% (4-year) | NR | 88.00% | NR |
| 59 | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Rollins) | 90.60% | 97.40% | 81.00% | 67.70% |
| 60 | Kennesaw State University (Coles) | 93.00% | 94.00% | 94.38% | 98.00% |
| 61 | University of North Texas (Ryan) | 79.00% | 55.00% | 81.00% | 97.00% |
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