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  • 1
  • Percentage Increase
  • on pre-MBA salary in the U.S.
  • (Economist, 2021)
  • 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.
  • (Financial Times, 2021)
  • 9
  • MBA Program
  • Among public universities in the U.S.
  • (Forbes, 2019)

U.S. News & World Report

#1
Supply chain management/logistics program, nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2022
#7
Production/operations program, nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2022
#17
MBA program, among public universities
U.S. News & World Report, 2022
#20
International program, nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2022
#39
MBA program, nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2022
Fountain outside Student Services building on MSU campus, as seen lit up at night.

Forbes

#9
public university MBA program
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
Stone Michigan State University sign at entrance to MSU campus.

The Economist

#1
in the U.S. for percentage increase on pre-MBA salary
Economist, 2021
#1
Breadth of alumni network, globally
Economist, 2021
#6
Overall salary category, globally
Economist, 2021
#14
MBA program among U.S. public universities
Economist, 2021
#21
MBA program, nationally
Economist, 2021
#31
MBA program, globally
Economist, 2021
Front entrance to the Edward J. Minskoff Pavilion

Fortune

#13
MBA program among U.S. public universities
Fortune, 2021
#31
Overall
Fortune, 2021
Spartan Statue with a blue sky in the background.

Financial Times

#9
MBA program among U.S. public universities
Financial Times, 2021
#22
MBA program, nationally
Financial Times, 2021
#43
MBA program, globally
Financial Times, 2021
Beaumont Tower surrounded by trees in the winter with snow on the ground.

Bloomberg Businessweek

#17
U.S. public university MBA program
Bloomberg Businessweek, 2019
#39
MBA program, nationally
Bloomberg Businessweek, 2019