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According to data for our 2026 online MBA ranking, fewer programs require GMAT or GRE scores for admission, and fewer students are submitting them. Five years after the pandemic disrupted MBA admissions, GMAT and GRE requirements for online programs appear to be a lasting casualty. In our 2020 ranking of the Best Online MBA Programs…

Amid changing business needs and an evolving university landscape Rotman has launched a new One-Year MBA program. Designed for high-performing students who have an undergrad in business and want to advance their education — without having to repeat content they’ve already learned — the program stays true to the principles of Rotman’s flagship, Full-Time MBA.    But why now? And what does it offer potential students? We spoke with Joseph Milner, Vice-Dean, MBA Programs, about the new program.   Why Did Rotman Introduce A One-Year MBA?  Milner: Over the course of…

Brian Williams, an accounting professor at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, records a lesson for GenAI 101 alongside Crimson, an animated AI co-teacher designed to model how students can question, challenge, and learn from generative AI in real time. Brian Williams teaches directly to the camera, sitting at a desk, wearing a red-and-white button…

Divinity Matovu, MBA mom: Many mothers “feel like getting an MBA might be impossible for them. They don’t see a lot of examples of other women who have done it. As a mom thinking about higher education, you can start to feel very alone, isolated and doubtful.” Courtesy photo For all the progress business schools…

Former Gies College of Business Dean Jeff Brown, on the Reichard Real Estate Academy: “I like to describe it as a major renovation of an existing property. We’re figuring out which pieces are strong and which ones need to be rebuilt” When Jeff Brown stepped down as dean of the Gies College of Business at…

Kelley Direct KD Online student Sue Chung, a practicing rheumatologist, was named chief medical officer of a major clinical health network in Southern California shortly after completing her MBA in May 2025. For years, conventional thinking held that online MBAs were for working professionals, those looking to rise in their current industries and companies. Full-time…

Yoram (Jerry) Wind, The Lauder Professor Emeritus and Professor of Marketing at Wharton, argues that creativity is an essential leadership skill as artificial intelligence reshapes how leaders think and decide. For nearly 50 years, pioneering Wharton Professor Jerry Wind helped define how generations of MBA students think about markets, strategy, and leadership. He pioneered how…

Auburn University online MBA students. Auburn again had the highest 1-year retention rate of our OMBA ranking, recording 100% returning students the last two years. A defining factor of Poets&Quants’ ranking of the Best Online MBA Programs in the U.S. is the volume of supplementary data we release along with it. This includes what alumni…

In this column, Ayush Dubey, MBA candidate at Yale School of Management, talks about his his semester abroad at London Business School, why he ultimately returned to Yale, and what future students should weigh when considering an MBA exchange. In undergrad, studying abroad is a no-brainer: a new country, fresh friendships, and months of exploration…

Remember starting college? It was quite the transition. New people and bigger demands. If you were a starting midfielder in high school, you were glued to the bench come freshman year. If you were an A-student in AP courses, you pulled B’s in college Gen Eds. On your own for the first time, you struggled…