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Accreditation and Rankings

AACSB International Accreditation

All academic programs of the UB School of Management are accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. This prestigious accreditation is considered to be the hallmark of management education.

Bloomberg Businessweek

Bloomberg Businessweek has ranked the UB School of Management's full-time MBA program as one of the best in the nation. The school's Executive MBA and Professional MBA programs are among the best in the U.S. in their categories as well. 

Specialty rankings were compiled based on the employer satisfaction section of Bloomberg Businessweek's full-time MBA survey.

Our students were rated as follows:
No. 12 in the U.S. for their teamwork ability
No. 16 for their analytical skills
No. 14 for communication skills
No. 12 for global competitiveness

In addition, the School of Management was ranked in the top 30 for five functional areas:
No. 22 for accounting
No. 21 for finance
No. 19 for marketing
No. 22 for operations
No. 26 for general management 

Bloomberg Businessweek also ranked the UB School of Management for having one of the country's "Top Undergraduate Business Programs." In the recruiter component of the ranking, the UB School of Management was ranked No. 11.

Financial Times

The Financial Times has ranked the UB School of Management's Executive MBA program, offered in Buffalo and Singapore, as one of the world's best.

The EMBA program placed No. 29 in the U.S. and No. 62 worldwide. Among the ranking’s many components, the UB School of Management’s EMBA program was No. 34 for graduates’ salary growth, No. 30 for percentage of female faculty and No. 20 for percentage of international faculty, and No. 59 for faculty research.

Forbes

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.

U.S. News & World Report

The University at Buffalo School of Management has been ranked a "Best Business School" by U.S. News & World Report in its annual ranking of MBA programs. The UB School of Management was ranked No. 89 out of 441 MBA programs surveyed. The MBA ranking is part of U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.”

In addition to the ranking of full-time MBA programs, U.S. News ranked the UB School of Management’s Professional MBA program No. 98 in a specialty ranking of part-time MBA programs.

U.S. News & World Report has also ranked the UB School of Management as one of the country’s "Best Undergraduate Business Programs" in the 2012 edition of “America’s Best Colleges.” The school was ranked No. 81, higher than any other business school in the SUNY system. The ranking was culled from a list of more than 600 schools accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, positioning the school in the top 15 percent of accredited undergraduate business programs.

The Wall Street Journal

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 has 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.

The Gourman Report

The Gourman Report, published by Princeton Review, ranks the school's undergraduate business program 24th in the country and its accounting program 36th in the country. 

The Gourman Report also ranks the school's MBA and PhD programs 41st and 39th in the country, respectively.

International Rankings

ReportED (Education magazine from India), in a ranking of full-time MBA programs, ranks the UB School of Management No. 52 worldwide and No. 31 in the U.S.