The Boston College Carroll School of Management’s part-time MBA program is now ranked 17th nationally by U.S. News & World Report—six steps above its showing last year. That is the highest overall ranking ever recorded for the BC MBA.
In addition, the Carroll School’s full-time MBA program held steady at no. 46, tied with Boston University and the University of Pittsburgh, according to this annual survey of the nation’s best MBA programs, released April 8 by U.S. News.
Meanwhile, in the specialty rankings for MBA studies, the Carroll School’s finance and accounting programs both placed 9th in their disciplines. Marketing and Analytics took the 12th and 13th spots, respectively.
With its no. 17 ranking, the school’s part-time MBA remains by far the highest-ranked program of its kind in New England. Its closest regional counterparts include the programs at Boston University (29th), University of Massachusetts Amherst (40), and Northeastern University (49). For its part, the full-time program tied for 5th in New England, behind Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, and MIT.
U.S. News surveyed 508 schools of management as part of its broader “Best Graduate Schools” report. In assigning ranks, the publication looks at factors including successful placement and earnings of those who graduated from full-time programs. Also figuring into the tabulations are academic metrics (the achievements of entering students) and opinions expressed by business school peers, corporate recruiters, and employers.
The survey found that new graduates of the full-time MBA program earned a total annual compensation of $144,216, averaged for the past two years. In addition, 84.4 percent of those in the full-time MBA classes of 2023 and 2024 received job offers within three months of graduating.
Marilyn Eckelman, the Carroll School’s dean of graduate programs, said the BC MBA’s “high touch” approach to working with students has enabled the school to continually upgrade their skills and make them profession-ready. She pointed to other attractive aspects of MBA education at Boston College, including a part-time program that mirrors the full-time curriculum, and a strong emphasis on data analytics.
“For those reasons and more, our reputation in industry continues to grow,” she said.
