Accreditation and Rankings

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• Of more than 16,000 business schools worldwide, only about 5% are accredited by AACSB International.
• Most B-school rankings start with AACSB-accredited schools, yet typically only 20-25% of those schools make the final rankings.
• The UB School of Management is ranked in all the major rankings—Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, U.S. News & World Report—usually in the top 10% of this elite group.

All academic programs of the UB School of Management are accredited by the prestigious AACSB International. This accreditation is considered to be the hallmark of management education.

Bloomberg Businessweek has ranked the UB School of Management's MBA program as one of the nation's best. The school climbed 12 spots in the 2021 ranking to No. 64, putting it solidly in the top 10% of AACSB-accredited business schools. Among public B-schools, UB is ranked No. 29.

The school fared exceptionally well in the learning component of the survey with a rank of No. 32 overall, besting such schools as Harvard, Duke and NYU, and in diversity, also No. 32.

The UB School of Management is the only school in the Buffalo Niagara region to make the Bloomberg Businessweek list.

Bloomberg Businessweek also ranked the UB School of Management for having one of the country's "Top Undergraduate Business Programs." In the last ranking, the UB School of Management vaulted 37 spots to No. 85.

The Financial Times has ranked the UB School of Management's Executive MBA program as one of the world's best.

Forbes magazine ranks the UB School of Management as one of the world's best business schools based on the return on investment it provides MBA graduates. The school's ranking of No. 49 places it solidly in the top 10% of graduate business programs accredited by AACSB International. Among public universities, the school's rank is No. 25.

Once again, U.S. News & World Report ranked the UB School of Management a "Best Business School" in its 2023 ranking of MBA programs. The school's MBA is ranked No. 72 overall and No. 38 among public business schools.

U.S. News & World Report has also ranked the UB School of Management one of the country’s "Best Undergraduate Business Programs" in the 2022 edition of “America’s Best Colleges.” The school is ranked No. 51 among public B-schools and No. 84 overall.

In both the MBA and undergraduate rankings, the School of Management is ranked higher than any other business school in the Buffalo Niagara region and higher than any other business school in the State University of New York (SUNY) system.

In its last ranking (2007) of full-time MBA programs, the Wall Street Journal ranked the UB School of Management No. 9 in the nation among schools with strong regional recruiting bases. The WSJ ranked the UB School of Management as one of the world's best business schools for seven consecutive years. In addition, UB MBAs have been lauded in The Wall Street Journal rankings for their team skills and leadership potential.

MilitaryTimes has ranked the University at Buffalo School of Management as one of the best business schools in the country for military veterans. 

The School of Management is No. 35 among 77 schools on the list. It’s the only school in the Buffalo Niagara region to make the list and is the highest ranked in the entire State University of New York system.