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  • 1
  • Percentage Increase
  • on pre-MBA salary in the Big Ten
  • (Economist, 2022)
  • 1
  • Payback Time
  • Fastest time to pay back MBA degree among ranked universities.
  • (Forbes, 2019)
  • 9
  • MBA Program
  • Among public universities in the U.S.
  • (Forbes, 2019)
  • 10
  • MBA Program
  • Among public universities in the U.S.
  • (Financial Times, 2026)

U.S. News & World Report

#7
Supply chain management/logistics program, among public institutions, and #15 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2026
#10
Production/operations program, among public institutions, and #23 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2026
#11
Accounting program, among public institutions, and #26 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2026
#19
MBA program, among public institutions, and #43 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2026
#20
Marketing program, among public institutions, and #37 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2026
#20
Management program, among public institutions, and #43 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2026
#24
Finance program, among public institutions, and #46 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2026
#26
Entrepreneurship program, among public institutions, and #46 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2026
#29
Business Analytics program, among public institutions, and #48 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2026
Fountain outside Student Services building on MSU campus, as seen lit up at night.

Bloomberg Businessweek

#25
MBA program, among U.S. public institutions
Bloomberg Businessweek, 2025
#56
MBA program, nationally
Bloomberg Businessweek, 2025
Stone Michigan State University sign at entrance to MSU campus.

Financial Times

#10
MBA program, among U.S. public institutions
Financial Times, 2026
#31
MBA program, nationally
Financial Times, 2026
#67
MBA program, globally
Financial Times, 2026
Front entrance to the Edward J. Minskoff Pavilion

Fortune

#10
MBA program, among U.S. public institutions
Fortune, 2023
#31
Overall
Fortune, 2023
Spartan Statue with a blue sky in the background.

The Economist

#1
in the Big Ten for percentage increase on pre-MBA salary
Economist, 2022
#1
Breadth of alumni network, globally
Economist, 2022
#17
MBA program, among U.S. public institutions
Economist, 2022
#38
MBA program, nationally
Economist, 2022
#48
MBA program, globally
Economist, 2022
Beaumont Tower surrounded by trees in the winter with snow on the ground.

Forbes

#9
MBA program, among U.S. public institutions
Forbes, 2019
#27
MBA program, nationally
Forbes, 2019
3.6
years to pay back MBA costs — shortest payback period among all schools ranked
Forbes, 2019
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